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Cao Jiaxuan
Reporter, China
Cao Jiaxuan joined the SCMP in 2025 and covers China’s diplomacy and foreign relations. She has an academic background in economics and international journalism and previously reported from Hong Kong on China's economic affairs.
Cao Jiaxuan joined the SCMP in 2025 and covers China’s diplomacy and foreign relations. She has an academic background in economics and international journalism and previously reported from Hong Kong on China's economic affairs.
Areas of Expertise:
Diplomacy, economy, markets
Languages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Beijing is said to face complex double-edged calculus amid contrasting approaches of American president and Washington establishment.
Central Asian members in particular see bloc’s main value as preserving their sovereignty rather than enabling collective military action.
Embassy urges the Philippines to protect ‘personal safety and legitimate rights’ of detainees after 24 Chinese nationals arrested on Monday.
The resumption of train routes and a spike in overland trade underscore a reset in ties ahead of a reported leaders’ summit.
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Shehbaz Sharif tells his hosts in Beijing that efforts to mediate between Tehran and Washington ‘moving in the right direction’.
The two countries are also predicted to mark a significant diplomatic anniversary by further deepening their long-standing relationship.
Over 25 years ago, a young boy in Beihai Park caught the attention of Russia’s then new president as he visited China for the first time.
Manila says it sent a plane over the South China Sea reef in an effort to ‘drive away’ those carrying out ‘unauthorised’ research activity.
Donald Trump concludes milestone China visit after Xi Jinping shows him around Zhongnanhai.
A day of positive messaging and personal rapport includes an invitation to visit the White House in September.
Foreign ministry’s European Affairs chief warns about pitfalls of protectionism, says Beijing ready to address Brussels’ concerns.
Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses.
Meeting between top diplomats Wang Yi and Penny Wong signals continuing thaw in bilateral relationship after years of diplomatic freeze.
UN General Assembly president meets Chinese foreign minister in Beijing amid Iran war tensions and global energy crisis.
Former diplomat warns ‘malpractice-like’ lack of preparation for meeting could hollow out potential for productive talks.
Meanwhile, China expresses ‘concern’ over America’s interception of Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman.
The JS Ikazuchi’s passage through the waterway on Friday ‘harmed the feelings of the Chinese people’.
Pledge is a bid to ‘embed Japan at the centre of Southeast Asia’s energy security architecture’, observer notes, but questions its impact.
Lack of mutual trust means a strategic miscalculation could trigger renewed conflict at any moment, analysts say.
Tehran’s lead negotiator hits out at Washington after Islamabad talks, while Vance says sticking point was lack of nuclear commitments.
US sends destroyers for mine-clearing operations in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and US hold high-stakes talks in Pakistan.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will lead first direct talks since Operation Epic Fury began.
The European powers are leading calls for de-escalation but analyst notes ‘the age of soft power as a substitute for hard capacity is over’.
Even though Donald Trump has postponed his trip to China, an academic forum heard that both sides still hoped to keep things on an even keel.
Wang Yi hails ‘positive signals’ from new Dutch minister as US pressure and EU de-risking leave The Hague juggling security and trade interests.
Tehran has signalled a willingness for Beijing to act as a mediator in its escalating war against US and Israel.
Any response from Beijing is likely to be constrained to diplomatic opposition and humanitarian aid, according to analysts.
The former Soviet republics are leveraging diplomatic fallout from conflict to assert autonomy and balance major powers, observers say.
Foreign ministry urges US to ‘safeguard the stable development of China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait’.
