Luke 21:7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?” Luke 21:11 "There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and epidemics in many lands, and there will be terrifying things (that which strikes terror), and great miraculous signs in the heavens."
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in China for an official state visit.
Erdogan will be meeting in Beijing with his counterpart, Xi Jinping.
The visit is the first for Erdogan since his election as president in 2014 and the first since Turkey agreed to work with the U.S. to eliminate terrorist group ISIS in parts of Syria.
Erdogan traveled to China with around 100 business owners and leaders in what’s expected to be a discussion of trade deals. The trade between the two nations has reached about $24 billion a year.
However, some believe that the current Syrian crisis will cause Erdogan to try and purchase a long-range missile system which has been a source of concern to Turkey’s fellow NATO members.
Turkey and China have also had issues regarding illegal immigration in southeast Asia of Muslims. Last month, there were protests in Turkey after a group of Muslims illegally crossed from China to Thailand and then were returned to China.
“It’s quite obvious that the current Turkish government is supporting illegal immigration of Uighurs by giving them passports and working with Southeast Asian countries,” said Yin Gang an expert on the Middle East with the government-supported Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. “It would be hard for the relationship between China and Turkey to improve significantly unless Turkey makes serious promises on that issue.”
