Germany needs to think long term and come up with a strategic vision to revive mutual trust with China following a series of diplomatic “bumps” this year, according to international relations observers. The relationship faced a setback last month when German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul postponed his first trip to China. A German foreign ministry…
Taiwan’s Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim gave a speech at the European Parliament in Brussels on Friday, in what organisers claimed made her the most senior official from Taipei to have spoken in a foreign legislature in which it does not have diplomatic recognition. Hsiao spoke at a private conference of lawmakers from around the world who…
Officials from China and Japan are hoping closer bonds between younger generations can help stabilise their turbulent relationship, which faces challenges from issues ranging from wartime history to the impact of Donald Trump’s policies. In December last year, the two countries’ foreign ministers agreed to promote youth exchanges as a way of improving relations between…
China could build an artificial island at the fiercely contested Scarborough Shoal to shore up control of the surrounding waters if its newly established nature reserve fails to stem challenges by the Philippines, a prominent Chinese scholar on the dispute has said. But a final decision would boil down to control, cost and confrontation, according…
The trip could take place either before or after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea, which gets under way late next month. The White House already imposed 30 per cent tariffs on imports of Chinese goods this year and is pressing its European allies to impose 100 per cent tariffs of their own…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has arrived in Kabul to meet his counterparts from Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is Wang’s first trip to the country since a surprise visit March 2022. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed he had arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The ministry had earlier said he would travel to Pakistan later…
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi met China’s top diplomat on Tuesday and hailed the “steady progress” made in improving the bilateral relationship after a years-long stand-off between the nuclear-armed Asian powers. Mr Modi also noted “respect for each other’s interests and sensitiveness” in a statement on social media after meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi….
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has spoken by phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for about an hour, in a high-level contact aimed at reinforcing ties with Brazil’s largest trading partner while confronting a sudden rupture in trade relations with the United States. The call on Tuesday morning Beijing time, requested by Lula,…
US President Donald Trump is keen to visit China but a September visit is not happening, according to sources, who said Beijing and Washington were working to secure a trip in October or November. Hurdles remain, but high-level officials “share a consensus”, sources familiar with the matter told the South China Morning Post. Media reports…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that Beijing and Washington should “find the right way to get along with each other in the new era.” According to a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement, Wang told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Beijing hopes the US would view China with an “objective, rational, pragmatic…