Hong Kong’s economy and trade with the United States will benefit from greater stability and certainty brought by the summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump, the city’s leader has said. “Hong Kong is an externally oriented economy, susceptible to the influence of the main market,” Chief Executive John Lee…
Wang Yi urged both sides to ‘create a suitable environment, manage existing differences, and eliminate unnecessary interference’. (EPA Images pic) BEIJING: China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing. Foreign minister Wang Yi told a press conference in the…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and the US President Donald Trump had a phone conversation on Taiwan and Ukraine issues on Monday, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua. The phone call came after a series of fast-changing geopolitics in recent weeks. China has seen an escalating row with Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s…
If the US hopes to rebuild a competitive shipbuilding industry and narrow China’s commanding lead, it should adopt some lessons from Beijing – emphasising long-term planning, steady government funding and policy consistency, witnesses told a US Senate hearing this week. China’s phenomenal rise in the global shipbuilding sector has caught the attention of Washington’s policymakers…
The administration of US President Donald Trump on Tuesday tightened the rules on the importation, marketing and sales of new Chinese telecoms gear in the United States, a move set to haunt bilateral relations ahead of the summit of the top leaders later this week. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to block new…
China is adding new diplomatic moves to justify its military threat to coerce Taiwan into submitting to rule from Beijing. In a formal position paper delivered to the United Nations last month, China declared that China’s sovereignty over Taiwan was guaranteed by the 1971 UN resolution that recognized the Peoples Republic of China as the…
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and how fine-tuning supply chains…
Synopsis China will not reach a deal with the US at the expense of its own principles and Chinese companies’ interests, said the country’s top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang. ANI The Chinese government will review and approve matters related to TikTok‘s technology exports and the licensing of intellectual property rights in accordance with law, an…
Beijing has warned against “unilateral actions” targeting Chinese interests, as the US intensifies pressure on Western allies to impose steep tariffs on China and India for allegedly “enabling” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by continuing to buy Russian oil. US President Donald Trump issued a letter to Nato members on Saturday, urging them to stop buying…
China has accused the United States and Britain of undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait with their decision to send warships through the waterway, a mission that the two allies described as routine. The People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theatre Command said Chinese naval and air forces closely monitored the destroyer USS Higgins and…