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,…
Washington has condemned Beijing’s “retaliatory” decision to impose visa restrictions on US officials accused of interfering in Hong Kong affairs. The US Department of State’s remarks were made on Wednesday, a day after Beijing’s move which was in response to Washington’s threats to impose fresh sanctions on officials after the jailing of 45 opposition figures…
Beijing said it could take countermeasures against Lithuania as it strongly condemned and protested over the decision by Vilnius to expel three Chinese diplomats. The Chinese foreign ministry hit out at Lithuania on Monday, days after the Baltic country declared three staff members of the Chinese representative office to the country as personae non gratae,…
A senior official from the United Kingdom is in Hong Kong to meet government officials and the British business community, in a sign the country’s new administration is moving to revitalise bilateral relations after a fraught few years. Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West arrived the day before to “discuss areas of cooperation and challenge…
BANGKOK (AP) — A hacking group that is believed to be Chinese state-sponsored has compromised two websites with ties to the Tibetan community in an attack meant to install malware on users’ computers, according to findings released Wednesday by a private cybersecurity firm. The hack of the Tibet Post and Gyudmed Tantric University websites appears…