Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

The two-State solution is the only realistic way to resolve the question of Palestine, and China supports the upcoming high-level meeting on the issue at the United Nations, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Friday.

Guo made the statement while commenting on French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement on Thursday that France will officially recognize the State of Palestine during the upcoming 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) in September.

France and Saudi Arabia will co-chair a high-level conference on implementing the two-state solution through specific measures at the UN next week, according to earlier release.

"The question of Palestine is at the heart of the Middle East issue, and the two-State solution is the only realistic way to resolve the question of Palestine. China supports the high-level meeting on the implementation of the two-State solution to be held at the United Nations, and will continue to work with the international community in efforts to end the war in Gaza, ease the humanitarian crisis, implement the two-State solution, and realize a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine," said the spokesman.

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

Two-State solution is only realistic way to resolve Palestine question: FM spokesman

China's expanding ties with the Global South have pushed trade growth far beyond the global average despite the tariff pressure from the U.S., according to experts.

"Whilst the Trump tariffs ultimately led to a significant drop-off in Chinese exports to the United States and vice versa, the trading relationships across much of the rest of the world continue to grow, and China's trading relationships across the Belt and Road Initiative countries, as well as with the Global South, more broadly speaking, has grown at rates far greater than global trade growth as a whole. And we see that evidenced by the latest data. When we break that down, we see that has been underpinned by the developments in high-technology products in particular, whether it's EVs, whether it's even in semiconductors, as well as photovoltaic panels, etc.," said Dr. Warwick Powell, an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology, in a TV interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) on Thursday.

"And you've got to look at the places where the growth is taking place. Africa, I think, is a very interesting case in point, because the kinds of things that China has been exporting and expanding in terms of its exports are all about African economic development -- its machinery, its energy systems, its technology, and this really goes to delivering on China's broader strategic ambition as an emerging great power to be an enabling great power, supporting the development of its partners around the world," he added.

Qian Jun, executive dean of International School of Finance at Fudan University, attributed the trade growth to Chinese firms' endeavor to tap into key regions like ASEAN, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

"The main increase of export comes from, as we have discussed, these new areas: The ASEAN economy -- southeast Asia remains the most important trading partner -- and also Latin America, the Middle East, and these [other such] new regions. So, the exporters of the Chinese companies are also very good at adjusting their destinies, their strategies, how to market their goods and services, so that the reliance on the U.S., for example, has gone down a lot," Qian said.

China's trade momentum increasingly powered by Global South: experts