Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon, kicking off his three-day state visit to China.
The Afghan government on Wednesday announced that it suspended talks with the United States on the proposed security agreement, local media reported.
China hosted an international conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace this week in a fresh attempt to relaunch the long-stalled talks between the two sides.
Some leading political economists have lauded China´s renewed interest in the controversial Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP), telling Xinhua that China would enjoy more leverage on the tenor of negotiations "from the inside."