bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

Kawala Xie

China’s top diplomat has renewed his country’s call for free trade and regional cooperation amid broader “changes and chaos”, urging Japan and South Korea to deepen trust and communication.
After a meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo on Saturday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the three countries should strengthen economic integration.
“[We] all agree that, in the context of an international situation that is intertwined with changes and chaos, as well as the sluggish recovery of the world economy, it is necessary for China, Japan and South Korea to further strengthen communication, enhance mutual trust, deepen cooperation and provide more stabilising factors for regional peace and development,” Wang said.
“We must unify efforts to promote regional economic integration … maintain stable and smooth regional production and supply chains and maintain communication.
“We will uphold multilateralism and free trade, and promote economic globalisation in a more inclusive direction.”
The call followed talks on regional trade and security between Wang, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul.
The meeting is one sign of improving ties between the countries brought on in part by the uncertainties of US President Donald Trump’s Indo-Pacific policy.
Two months into his second term, Trump has raised alarm in Asia with his willingness to apply tariffs to friends and foes alike and his clashes with Nato over US commitments to Ukraine, prompting all parties to reassess their positions.


Speaking alongside Wang, Iwaya said the international environment was becoming more “severe” and the world was at a turning point.
“It is more important than ever that we make efforts to overcome division and conflict through dialogue and cooperation,” Japanese news outlet Yomiuri Shimbun quoted Iwaya as saying.
The three ministers also announced that they had agreed to accelerate preparations for a summit between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts later this year.
The three nations also agreed to continue talks on a free-trade agreement, which were revived last year after grinding to a halt in 2019.
On North Korea, Wang stressed that China was willing to work with all stakeholders to promote a political solution.
“The current situation on the Korean peninsula is complex, sensitive, unstable, and with increasing uncertainties,” the Chinese foreign minister said.
“All parties should face up to the root causes of the peninsula issue, meet each other halfway, show goodwill to each other, strive to form positive interactions, and seek the greatest common ground of their respective concerns.”
South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted Cho as saying the three nations “reaffirmed that maintaining peace and stability on the Korean peninsula is a shared interest and responsibility of the three countries”.
In an apparent reference to Pyongyang’s deployment of troops to help Moscow, Cho also said North Korea should not be rewarded for its “wrongdoings” in the Ukraine war.


The United States and its partners have urged China to use its influence on North Korea to halt its nuclear activities and its support for Russia.
But Beijing has not taken a stand on the Pyongyang-Moscow partnership and has insisted on a “dual-suspension approach” to the nuclear issue. This approach would require Seoul and Washington to halt joint military exercises and Pyongyang to freeze its missile and nuclear programme simultaneously.
But North Korea is just one of a raft of issues that have complicated China’s relations with its two East Asian neighbours in recent years.
The biggest factor has been the growing rivalry between China and the United States.
Under the previous US administration, Tokyo and Seoul had strengthened defence coordination with Washington.
Last year, Tokyo joined other US allies to sail through the Taiwan Strait, prompting strong opposition from Beijing.
It is also planning to deploy long-range Type-12 surface-to-ship guided missiles next year on its southern island of Kyushu. With an extended range of 1,000km (620 miles), these missiles could put not only North Korea but also China’s coastal areas within reach.
The administration of Yoon Suk-yeol aligned South Korea closely with the United States to counter China in the Indo-Pacific. Yoon was president until his failed martial law bid in December threw the nation into political chaos and resulted in his suspension from office.
South Korea has strong economic ties with China and sold a record amount of chips to China last year but Washington has been pressing Seoul to comply with US tech export controls against Beijing.
In talks with Cho on Friday, Wang called on Seoul to join in opposition to decoupling and the US’ “small yard, high fence” policy of restricting Chinese access to critical technology.
“China’s policy toward South Korea remains consistent. No matter how the domestic situation in South Korea changes, we will always adhere to the good-neighbourly friendship between China and South Korea,” Wang said.
According to Yonhap, Cho expressed hopes for a visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to South Korea in November when Seoul will chair this year’s Apec summit.


The biggest improvement in bilateral ties has been in China’s relationship with Japan.
In Tokyo, Wang also joined Iwaya for the China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue on Saturday, where they discussed Chinese import bans on Japanese seafood.
Iwaya confirmed to reporters after the economic dialogue that there had been “progress” towards China resuming Japanese imports.
China was a major market for Japanese seafood until China banned the products in response to Tokyo’s discharge of waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2023.
However, Taiwan and Japan’s wartime past remain sticking points for Beijing. Japan occupied Taiwan from the end of the first Sino-Japanese war in 1895 until 1945, when its forces lost in the second Sino-Japanese war, a conflict that claimed the lives of tens of millions of Chinese.
According to Reuters, during the meeting with Iwaya, Wang raised the issue of Shigeru Iwasaki, a former joint staff chief of the Japanese military who was recently appointed as a political adviser to the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, the island’s highest administrative body.
In talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday, Wang had urged Japan to “earnestly fulfil the important political commitments it made on history and the Taiwan issue”.
“This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. At this important juncture, we hope that Japan will … make a wise choice and send a correct signal to the world,” the Chinese foreign minister said.
Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the United States, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington is opposed to any attempt to take the self-governed island by force and is committed to supplying it with weapons.
Wang and Iwaya also discussed other contentious issues including China’s military activities around the Diaoyu Islands, known as Senkaku Islands in Japan, as the two agreed to hold the China-Japan Security Dialogue “as soon as possible”, according to a statement from the Japanese foreign ministry.


China pushes Japan, South Korea for stronger trade ties to counter ‘chaos’ in world order

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses a meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

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Foreign Minister Wang Yi urges his counterparts to work towards greater economic integration and supply chain stability


Foreign Minister Wang Yi urges his counterparts to work towards greater economic integration and supply chain stability.


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