chinese foreign minister: Bangladesh snub compels China foreign minister Wang Yi to change visit dates


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Bangladesh has snubbed China with the Sheikh Hasina government compelling foreign minister Wang Yi to change dates of his visit to Dhaka in August. In an unusual diplomatic move, Beijing had announced Wang’s Dhaka visit early August without consulting the Bangladesh government. The dates of the visit have now been tentatively fixed around August 7-8 after consultations, ET has learnt. Earlier the Chinese Foreign Ministry had unilaterally announced other dates for Wang’s visit. This is the first high-level visit from China to Dhaka in the last five years notwithstanding growth in trade ties and increase in Chinese investment in Bangladesh...