An official at the Chinese embassy in Washington on Thursday called Donald Trump’s invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping to his second inauguration a “welcoming signal”, but did not say whether Xi would attend the ceremony on January 20. Trump’s incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed earlier media reports that Trump had invited Xi, but…
There is no record of any Chinese heads of state joining a US presidential transition ceremony. Since becoming China’s paramount leader, Xi has never attended such events personally in foreign countries, instead sending a special representative or envoy. Meanwhile, it would generally take rounds of preparation for a Chinese president to visit the United States,…
The Chinese embassy in Syria urged its citizens to leave the Middle Eastern nation “as soon as possible” as the country’s decade-long civil war reignited and anti-government militants captured more cities. “At present, the war in northwestern Syria is growing tense, and the security situation in Syria is further deteriorating,” the embassy said in a…
Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urged US Commerce Department agents to visit SMIC’s facilities and check whether the company is illegally producing chips for Huawei Technologies, the sanctioned telecommunications equipment company seen as a national champion within China’s chip industry. In a November 4 letter seen by Reuters, McCaul described what…
Brazil has decided against joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative, instead seeking alternative ways to collaborate with Chinese investors, a top government adviser said on Monday. Celso Amorim, special presidential adviser for international affairs, told Brazilian newspaper O Globo that Brazil wants to “take the relationship with China to a new level, without having to…
At least two Chinese were killed and one Chinese and several Pakistanis were wounded, China’s embassy said on Monday morning. The embassy said that around 11pm on Sunday a “terrorist attack” was launched on vehicles of a China-funded electric power company. 01:58 Massive blast in Karachi kills 2 Chinese nationals as separatist group claims responsibility…
China called on Israel to take immediate actions to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East and issued a security alert asking its citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon as the killing of Hezbollah’s leader has driven the two sides closer to a full-scale war. The warnings come after Hassan Nasrallah, the long-time leader of Iran-backed…
Satellite imagery showed that China’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank alongside a pier while under construction, a senior US defence official said on Thursday. China’s first Zhou-class submarine sank likely between May and June, when satellite images from Planet Labs from June appear to show cranes at the Wuchang shipyard, where the submarine would have…
LONDON: China has been yet again alleged of orchestrating ‘government-backed attacks‘ on a news organisation from Britain being run by Hong Kong journalists.Although Chinese authorities have denied any association with the event, analysts believe this case highlights that Hong Kong journalism professionals are facing severe difficulties at home and overseas.The Chaser, a news website by…