Chinese airlines offer Japan flight refunds as row over Takaichi’s comments intensifies

Chinese airlines offer Japan flight refunds as row over Takaichi’s comments intensifies

China’s biggest airlines have offered full refunds for flights to Japan after Beijing told Chinese citizens to avoid travel to the country, marking an escalation in a row over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s suggestion that Tokyo could deploy its military forces in a cross-strait conflict. Air China, China Southern and China Eastern published separate…

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Alibaba condemns FT report on firm’s alleged PLA ties as ‘completely false’, ‘malicious’

Alibaba condemns FT report on firm’s alleged PLA ties as ‘completely false’, ‘malicious’

“The assertions and innuendos in the article are completely false,” an Alibaba representative said. “We question the motivation behind the anonymous leak, which the FT admits that they cannot verify.” The Alibaba representative called the article a “malicious PR operation” that appears to “undermine President Trump’s recent trade deal with China”. Hangzhou-based Alibaba owns the…

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Xi welcomes Thai king to China with pledge of progress for family-strength ties

Xi welcomes Thai king to China with pledge of progress for family-strength ties

China stands ready to align development strategies with Thailand for “greater progress” in bilateral ties, President Xi Jinping told the visiting Thai monarch King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Beijing on Friday. The Chinese leader described the two nations as “true good relatives, friends and partners” during his meeting with the king at the Great Hall of…

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Top PLA heads have rolled but China’s hunt for corrupt military officials may be here to stay

Top PLA heads have rolled but China’s hunt for corrupt military officials may be here to stay

Even for the anti-graft era of President Xi Jinping, the wave of investigations into alleged corruption in the Chinese military over the past three years has been exceptional. They are accused of having “violated party discipline and allegedly committed serious crimes related to their duties” – both euphemisms for corruption. “The amounts involved are particularly…

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Xi Jinping vows to boost imports from Spain and deepen ties in talks with King Felipe

Xi Jinping vows to boost imports from Spain and deepen ties in talks with King Felipe

Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to increase imports from Spain and deepen trade collaboration with Madrid in Latin America, amid rising tensions with Europe. Xi made the pledge during a meeting with Spain’s King Felipe in Beijing on Wednesday. “China is willing to import more high-quality products from Spain, explore cooperation potential in emerging…

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