Both countries are seeking closer ties with the West.
In economy, China is getting closer ties with those countries.
Some top Latvians, including an ex-prime minister, are cultivating closer ties with Russia.
Strauss-Kahn said the IMF values China's status and role and would like to Build closer ties with the country.
There is no evidence that Mr Huang has enjoyed closer ties with senior officials than other businessmen in similar positions.
But change did happen to Macau in terms of its booming economy, its brand new look and its ever closer ties with the Mainland.
Far from wanting the United States to back off a majority of Iranians say that they would like closer ties with the West.
Labor's picture of the country focused on multiculturalism, closer ties with Asia, breaking the constitutional link with the British monarchy and making amends for past wrongs to indigenous people.
Xinhua also pointed indirectly to a sensitive issue about the British delay: Brexiteers had promoted a vision of Britain outside the EU with closer ties to emerging markets like China.
It is unlikely that he ever traded in blood diamonds, as some claimed, but he was probably involved in building closer ties between al-Qaeda cells in Africa, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
But far from wanting the United States to back off entirely, a majority say that they would like closer ties with the West, according to a recent poll from the International Peace Institute.
