Hong Kong authorities have contacted a local policeman who managed to flee from a scam farm in Cambodia, with the force planning to dispatch officers to investigate and help him. The government confirmed the case on Friday, hours after a viral post on the online forum LIHKG said a constable serving at Ma On Shan…
Mexico is preparing to raise tariffs on Chinese imports of automobiles, textiles and plastics, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, under a proposal expected to be part of the 2026 budget to be submitted to the nation’s Congress next month. If confirmed, the increase would mark one of Mexico’s sharpest trade shifts in recent years. Officials…
Beijing has called on the new US consul general to Hong Kong to uphold the principle of non-interference and respect the city’s rule of law, following the announcement that Julie Eadeh has taken up the role after receiving the central government’s approval. Guo Jiakun, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said on Thursday that…
China has lodged a protest with Japan after Tokyo reportedly asked foreign leaders not to attend next month’s parade in Beijing to mark the end of World War II. Citing anonymous diplomatic sources, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday that Japanese embassies abroad had been warning that the Victory Day events had anti-Japanese overtones….
[Source] China has blocked at least two Americans — a Commerce Department employee and a Wells Fargo banker — from leaving the country in recent weeks, according to reports. Who’s stuck The Commerce Department employee, who works under the Patent and Trademark Office, has been barred from leaving China for months after reportedly failing to…
China has confirmed that it barred a senior Wells Fargo executive from leaving the country, saying it banned her exit because of a “criminal case” investigation. Last week, reports surfaced that Chenyue Mao, an Atlanta-based managing director at the American banking giant and a United States citizen, had been stopped from leaving China. In response,…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China’s ambassador to Manila was summoned after Beijing imposed sanctions on a former Filipino senator who has been critical of China’s aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine officials said Tuesday. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last week that it was indefinitely prohibiting former Philippine senator Francis…
Beijing has made it clear that it opposes “hyping up the so-called Chinese spies narrative” after two Chinese nationals were arrested in the US for espionage. Foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, speaking to the media post the arrests on Wednesday, said that she was not aware of the specifics but opposes hyping up this narrative….
All but one of the 21 Hongkongers who were in Israel or Iran have left those countries safely, Hong Kong’s leader has said, adding that escalating tensions in the Middle East will not affect the city’s efforts to develop markets there. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday that the Immigration Department had received…
New Delhi: China has played host to foreign secretaries of Pakistan and Bangladesh in the first-ever trilateral format, a development viewed as significant in India. The foreign secretaries agreed to enhance trilateral cooperation in various sectors such as trade, investment, health, education and maritime affairs in their meeting held in Kunming in Yunnan province of…