Amid the United States President Donald Trump’s imposing an additional 34 percent tariff on China, the latter on Monday accused the US of unilateralism, protectionism, and economic bullying with tariffs, reported Reuters. Speaking to reporters on China’s position, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters, “Putting the US first over international rules is a…
China has vowed to “continue to take resolute measures” to protect its interests against what it called “suppressive” tariffs imposed by the United States. In a position paper released on Saturday evening, the Chinese foreign ministry said the US levies had “severely violated” the legitimate interests of other countries and “severely undermined the rules-based multilateral…
Details have emerged about an apparent two-hour stand-off between South Korean and Chinese coastguard vessels last month, which began when South Korea attempted to investigate a steel structure in the Yellow Sea, media in Seoul reported on Tuesday. According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, citing South Korean diplomatic sources, the confrontation played out on…
China on Tuesday appeared not keen to join US President Donald Trump‘s proposal for a 50 per cent cut in defence budget by the US, Russia and China saying that its “limited” defence spending is to protect its sovereignty, security and development interests. China’s “limited defence spending is completely out of the need of safeguarding…
“Putin would be pleased to welcome world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, to the Moscow celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War if they decide to attend,” Russian state news agency Tass quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday. It is unclear whether Trump…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes the current Dalai Lama could “return to the right path” and fully remedy his political propositions, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. China is open to talks about the future of the current Dalai Lama as long as he can give up the position of splitting China, said Guo…
Donald Trump has sent mixed signals this week about whether he was planning to speak to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping soon. But this uncertainty could also reflect caution on the part of Beijing as its leaders were reluctant to just “hop on a call”, according to diplomatic observers, who said the timing and nature…
Beijing and Manila have agreed to continue talks on settling their territorial differences despite Philippine protests about the presence of a Chinese “monster ship” near the contested Scarborough Shoal. China said both sides had “agreed to strengthen dialogue and contact on maritime issues and properly handle maritime disputes”, following a meeting between Chen Xiaodong, the…
Beijing’s approval of a controversial mega dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows from Tibet autonomous region into India, has sparked concerns about the environmental impact of the project, as well as the effect it could have on China-India ties amid signs of a thaw between the two neighbours. The…
The Chinese government imposed sanctions on seven companies on Friday in response to US military sales and other forms of support for Taiwan, some of which were signed into law this week by US President Joe Biden. Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs identified the companies as Insitu, Hudson Technologies, Saronic Technologies, Raytheon Canada, Raytheon Australia,…