By Alice Philipson China’s President Xi Jinping urged Vietnam to join forces in upholding free trade, before wrapping up a visit to Hanoi on Tuesday which President Donald Trump said was aiming to “screw” the United States. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong pose for photos during a meeting at the Presidential…
A mid-air close call between two cargo planes taking off from Hong Kong’s airport on Thursday has triggered an investigation, authorities said Friday, removing air traffic control personnel from frontline duty. A Cathay airplane Hong Kong international airport. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The incident occurred on Thursday around 7 am (Wednesday 2300 GMT) when two aircraft…
BEIJING: China on Friday vowed to take “all necessary countermeasures” after US President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports. Trump’s latest move will come into effect on Tuesday alongside sweeping 25 percent levies on Canadian and Mexican imports, intensifying a brewing trade war between the world’s two…
Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday for the “strong measures” her country has taken against scam centres targeting Chinese people. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and China’s Xi Jinping meet on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Photo: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, via Facebook. Scam compounds have mushroomed along the Thai-Myanmar borderlands,…
China has eased travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains “severe restrictions” on those seeking to go abroad or visit family in Xinjiang, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said Monday. This photo taken on July 19, 2023, shows a policeman standing in front of a propaganda billboard that reads: “National unity is the lifeline for…
VIENNA: Online privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including TikTok, accusing them of “unlawfully” sending Europeans’ personal data to China. Prominent Austria-based privacy campaign group NOYB (None of Your Business) said it has lodged six complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi —…
The United States firmed up tariff hikes Wednesday on more Chinese imports including crucial solar panel components, capping recent efforts by the world’s biggest economy to guard its growing green energy sector. Solar panels are seen at the Mengxi Blue Sea Photovoltaic Power Station in Ordos, in Chinas northern Inner Mongolia region on November 6,…
BUSAN (South Korea) – Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) VIDEO. (To December 1) SIEM REAP (Cambodia) – Summit on landmines VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 29) HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam) – Verdict in appeal for property tycoon Truong My Lan after being sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday inaugurated Latin America’s first Beijing-funded port in Chancay, Peru — a symbol of the Asian superpower’s growing influence on the continent as it prepares to face off with a new Donald Trump administration. China’s President Xi Jinping (left) waves next to Peru’s President Dina Boluarte upon his arrival for…
KOLKATA (India) – Trial of suspect accused of rape, murder of trainee doctor VIDEO. DHAKA (Bangladesh) – Ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India, ordered to appear in Bangladesh court after arrest warrant issued SINGAPORE (Singapore) – Sentencing of oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin for cheating HSBC and abetting forgery (0630 GMT) BAKU (Azerbaijan) –…