Mahathir Warns Against New ‘Colonialism’ During Visit to China
- Malaysian leader meets Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing
- China pledges to increase imports of goods including palm oil
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It probably wasn’t the message Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expected to hear when he asked Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad for his views on trade during a press briefing Monday.
Mahathir, who’s visiting Beijing for the first time since he took shots at Chinese investment ahead of a May election win, told Li that he supports free trade as long as it’s fair. Everyone needed to remember that countries were at different stages of development, he said.