A warning issued last week by Chinese President Xi Jinping over heightened risks of instability on the Korean peninsula signals Beijing’s growing unease with the potential geopolitical turbulence ahead as former US president Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, observers say. “China does not allow conflict and turmoil to happen on…
Hong Kong will explore striking a free-trade agreement with more countries in Latin America, the city’s leader has said, revealing a deal recently signed with Peru will take effect in about six months. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also began wrapping up his first official visit to South America as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)…
On the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Lima, Peru, U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in their last in-person engagement before Donald Trump returns to the White House in January. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara reports from Lima. Source link
Hong Kong’s leader took the opportunity to update Xi Jinping on the city’s economy and development, and received the Chinese president’s encouragement when the pair met on several occasions during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru, the chief executive has said. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said on Saturday (local time) that…
LIMA, Peru (AP) — After two days of meetings in Lima that rarely ventured beyond platitudes in discussing the strategies of robust economic engagement, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum wrapped up Saturday with a spirit of detente that many fear the annual summit may not see again for the next four years. The 21 leaders…
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a detailed pitch for globalisation, liberalised trade and shared economic growth on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation‘s sidelines in Peru on Friday, drawing a sharp contrast with the US as it turns increasingly inward. While Donald Trump was not mentioned by name in the 20-minute speech delivered at the CEO summit,…
Hong Kong has signed a free-trade deal with Peru, in what the two sides hailed as a way to spur new business opportunities between the two economies and with mainland China. Witnessed by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau Ying-wah and his counterpart…
Chinese President Xi Jinping made a detailed pitch for globalisation, liberalised trade and shared economic growth on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s sidelines in Peru on Friday, drawing a sharp contrast with the US as it turns increasingly inward. While Donald Trump was not mentioned by name in the 20-minute speech delivered at the CEO summit,…
CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — On the edge of Peru’s coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being transformed into a huge deep-water port to cash in on the inexorable rise of Chinese interest in resource-rich South America. The megaport of Chancay, a $1.3 billion project…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House. A senior Biden administration official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity ahead of the formal…