INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
USAID, long one of the foremost tools of US soft power, ended its six decades as an independent agency on July 1, with no details on how it
had been reviewed disclosed
Meanwhile, the China-initiated International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), made a high-profile debut in Hong Kong in May.
Foreign
Minister Wang Yi attended the inauguration and stressed looking for ways to resolve issues “so as to lend our thoughts to countries
seeking to resolve problems or disagreements with others”
