WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to China from March 31 to April 2, a White House official said on Friday, setting dates for a highly anticipated encounter amid tension between the world’s biggest economies. Trump is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of the extended visit, as the two sides…
What if the next war over Arunachal Pradesh is not fought on a mountain, but on a motherboard? The signs are on the wall. At the recently concluded India AI Summit, Lt. Gen. Dinesh Singh Rana, commander-in-chief, Strategic Forces Command, spoke of India using AI to anticipate and foil a Chinese incursion into the Line…
In 2013, China was the largest maker of electronics, and the country imported the vast majority of chips required for manufacturing smartphones and PCs, as it had no microelectronics production capabilities of its own. Driven by concerns surrounding dependence on foreign technology, China’s State Council launched what it called the ‘Made in China 2025‘ initiative….
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! American-born Team China skier Eileen Gu responded to the global criticism she has received during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Her decision to compete for China despite being born in the U.S. has made her a target for Americans and others across the world, with Vice President…
Gu Ailing says it is “sweet” that JD Vance thinks she should be competing for the United States after the American vice-president called her out for representing China. Gu, who also goes by the anglicised Eileen Gu, was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University. However, she has competed for China internationally since…
Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt tussle in hand-to-hand combat on a rubble-strewn rooftop; Donald Trump takes on kung-fu fighters in a bamboo grove; Kanye West dances through a Chinese imperial palace while singing in Mandarin. Over the past week, a slew of cinematic videos of celebrities and characters in absurd situations have gone viral online,…
On the edge of a vast desert in north-west China lies a dried-up salt lake. Its remote, barren location offers little support for civilisation, but makes it the perfect site for secret nuclear testing. This area, known as Lop Nur, or Lop Lake, is where the United States government has alleged that China has been…
Official commencement follows the signing of a bilateral trade agreement granting South African produce duty-free access into the Chinese market South Africa has marked a significant milestone in agricultural trade, sending the first shipment of stonefruit to China this week, following the signing of a bilateral trade agreement that grants South African produce duty-free access into the Chinese market. On 18 February, South African minister of agriculture, John Steenhuisen, and China’s…
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned of growing Chinese “coercion” in her first post-election speech to parliament on Friday, pledging to overhaul defense strategy, ease curbs on military exports and strengthen critical supply chains. Takaichi’s four-month tenure has been marked by a diplomatic dispute with China after she said Japan could use military…
A more horrifying “family planning” practice than China’s one-child policy would be difficult to imagine. In effect between 1979 and 2015, the goal of the initiative was to curb population growth and thereby boost the nation’s economic status. In practice, to name just a few of the abominations, women were sometimes tied down and subjected…