🇨🇳⚡️- China has adopted an aggressive diplomatic stance while hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation this year. The yearly rotating chairmanship of the organization has been back in China's hands for the first time since 2014.

Since January, China has increased diplomatic probes into U.S.-aligned nations across Latin America, the Pacific and even Canada. This year's APEC will culminate in a summit in Shenzen in mid-November.