China eyes stronger ties with Mekong countries
Diplomacy
China eyes stronger ties with the other five countries along the Lancang-Mekong river, pledging new loans, medical aids and scholarships to its neighbors.
Xinhua丨Updated: January 12, 2018
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who co-chaired the second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders' meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, speaks at a press conference after the meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 10, 2018. Li and Hun Sen, as well as Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Myanmar Vice President U Myint Swe jointly met the press after the meeting. [Photo/Xinhua]