China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has called on the incoming Trump administration to “make the right choices” to strengthen relations as Beijing commits to being a driver of peace and stability amid expected global uncertainty next year. Wang made the remarks on Tuesday at the Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations, hosted…
As Inauguration Day approaches, President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance prepare for their swearing-in ceremony. For the inaugration, Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his Janurary 20 inauguration, CBS News reported citing sources. Reports suggest that Trump extended an invitation to Xi in early November, shortly after the election. However,…
US president-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration in Washington next month, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources. The report said it was not clear whether Xi has accepted the invitation. More to follow … Source link
Africa’s top lenders are opening branches in major Chinese cities in a race to tap into growing trade ties between China and Africa amid Beijing’s push for yuan-based transactions. This is despite threats from the US, where president-elect Donald Trump has said he will impose 100 per cent tariffs on Brics countries that pursue de-dollarisation….
A Europe-based Huawei executive has decried policies to block the Chinese tech company’s entry into certain markets and warned that this could limit the development of the European artificial intelligence industry. Tony Jin Yong, Huawei’s vice-president for Europe, said he was puzzled by measures to form “exclusive groups” among “like-minded countries”, though he did not…
Hong Kong marked a historic moment in its aviation industry on Thursday with the opening of the HK$141 billion (US$18 billion) three-runway system as the city leader called for airlines to be more competitive. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu officiated the launch at Hong Kong International Airport, along with senior Beijing officials, and later broke…
The US has brokered the release of three Americans it said had been wrongfully detained in China for many years, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday. The White House national security council named the three as Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung and said all the US citizens it deemed to…
Following a spate of mass killings in China, the country’s legal professionals are calling for better mental health and social resources while urging authorities to dig for the deeper reasons behind these attacks. On the evening of November 11, a car was driven into a crowd of people exercising at a sports centre in the…
This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech in Brazil titled “Building a just world of common development”, at the G20 summit’s first session on the global fight against hunger and poverty. He spoke of China’s poverty elimination campaign and its commitment to bringing common development and prosperity to the world. “Common” is a…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is promoting the idea of a “shared future in cyberspace” at the country’s annual internet conference this year amid an intensifying US-China rivalry that has raised concerns about technological decoupling, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors. The advance of AI technologies has improved humans’ ability to change the world, but…