As Delhi continues to grapple with ‘poor’ Air Quality Index (AQI), China on Wednesday offered to help India battle its severe air pollution crisis, especially in the national capital and its surrounding areas. In Delhi, a week after cloud seeding trails, the air quality which although saw marginal improvement today with the overall AQI recorded…
The revival of US-Cambodia military exercises after an eight-year hiatus signals Washington’s renewed interest in Southeast Asia and offers Phnom Penh a chance to rebalance its strategic ties beyond Beijing, according to analysts. The long-frozen Angkor Sentinel drills will resume following a meeting between US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Cambodian counterpart on the…
US President Donald Trump signed an order on Tuesday to lower fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese products, formalising a key part of his deal with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after their first face-to-face talks in years. Shortly after returning to the presidency this year, Trump imposed additional tariffs of 20 per cent on goods from China…
Less than a week after a high-profile summit between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump – a meeting that cooled the trade conflict between Beijing and Washington after months of heated recriminations – American exhibitors are expected to be more visible at this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE). More than a dozen…
Cuts to federal research would weaken America’s scientific edge against Beijing, warned Raja Krishnamoorthi, the top Democrat on the US House committee focused on China, who is pressing budget chief Russ Vought on whether his office has assessed their impact. “While the United States is dismantling the very foundations that have sustained our STEM and…
By Eduardo Baptista, Toby Sterling and Gilles Guillaume BEIJING/AMSTERDAM/PARIS (Reuters) -The Chinese government slammed the Netherlands on Tuesday over its seizure of chipmaker Nexperia, blaming it for jamming up a resolution to a dispute that has disrupted auto sector supply chains, hit production and caused some firms to furlough staff. Nexperia, Chinese-owned but based in…
Local travel agencies have been urged to reschedule the departure times for short-haul trips that fall on the Legislative Council’s election day on December 7, as part of the efforts by the tourism sector to help boost voter turnout. But the Travel Industry Council on Tuesday also said it was not encouraging members to provide…
President Xi Jinping reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to Moscow, saying it was a “strategic choice” to strengthen ties, during a meeting with visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Tuesday. Xi told Mishustin that China-Russia ties were advancing with steady determination “despite the turbulent and challenging external environment”, according to state news agency Xinhua. “Safeguarding, consolidating…
China’s top envoy to the US said the top priority for both countries is to translate recent outcomes from meetings in Busan and Kuala Lumpur into concrete actions without “causing new disruptions”. Speaking via video link to the US-China Business Council’s annual conference in Shanghai, Xie Feng also reiterated Beijing’s four red lines, including the…
Over 20 Chinese companies have earned a place on Time magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2025” list, with innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) recognised for the first time alongside advances in robotics and consumer electronics. This year’s edition – covering 300 innovations across 36 categories, the most ever – marks the first time Chinese advances in…