KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and China remain committed to strengthening bilateral relations despite the change in the Malaysian government. Both Malaysia and China also agreed that trivial matters should not affect their relations that went back hundreds of years. Bai said China and Malaysia had a historical friendship dating several hundred years – all the way to Admiral Cheng Ho’s historical visit to Melaka. Bai suggested organising ex­­changes between Malaysian women federations and those in China so that “these sisters can learn from each other”. From January to March this year, total trade with China increased by 0.3% to reach RM68.94bil compared with the corresponding period last year.

Source: The Star July 21, 2018 23:48 UTC