And India announces breakthrough with China on the troubled border.

It seems a good time to round up some pretty significant developments in the past week – from October 14 to 21, China told Israel, Britain, and Japan that it wanted to turn a page in bilateral ties, respectively. And today, India announced a significant breakthrough with China in ending the over four-year-long military standoff.

On October 14, Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, had a phone call with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Much of the Chinese readout was repeating China’s stance in the Middle East. A Reuters report’s title is “China urges caution in Israel-Iran tensions, calls for ceasefire.” The Times of Israel’s title is “FM Katz tells Chinese counterpart Iran is threat to entire world, urges ‘balanced position’ on conflict.” The South China Morning Post’s title is “China calls on Israel and Iran to avoid ‘falling into vicious circle.”

So China keeps repeating its stance, and Israel does the same. What’s noticeable here? Wang said

China maintains continuity and stability in its policy toward Israel, and is ready to resume exchanges in all aspects as soon as possible as the situation eases, so as to promote the sustainable development of the innovative comprehensive partnership between the two countries.

On October 18, Wang held talks with visiting British foreign secretary David Lammy in Beijing.

For background, here are some of the headlines:

Britain, China strike conciliatory note during top diplomat’s........

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