Last year, after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, media reported that he had extended an unusual invitation for China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, to attend the inauguration on January 20. No top Chinese leader has ever attended a U.S. presidential inauguration (in fact, foreign leaders from any country, including close U.S. partners and…
Text size Chinese leader Xi Jinping said relations between China and Sri Lanka faced a “historical opportunity” to foster ties, in talks with the island nation’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday. “China-Sri Lanka relations face a historical opportunity to build on the past and forge ahead,” Xi told Dissanayake during the bilateral meeting in…
An Italian structural composites company has selected Chattanooga for its first U.S. operations facility, investing nearly $3.8 million into the city. According to a statement from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Commissioner Stuart McWhorter, and officials from Microtex Composites Inc., the company will create 26 new jobs. Based in Italy, the composites manufacturer has experienced rapid…
Text size Japan’s top diplomat Takeshi Iwaya expressed “serious concerns” to his Chinese counterpart over Beijing’s increasing military activity, Tokyo said Wednesday. Iwaya also told Wang Yi in Beijing that “Japan is closely monitoring the Taiwan situation and recent military developments”, a Japanese foreign ministry statement said. China regards Taiwan as its territory and has…
Text size Japan’s foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit China on Wednesday for talks with local counterpart Wang Yi, Beijing said. The visit will be Iwaya’s first to China since becoming Tokyo’s top diplomat earlier this year. “China is ready to work with Japan… to focus on common interests, strengthen dialogue and communication, deepen practical…
The Yi Peng 3 had been anchored in the international waters of the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark Mikkel Berg Pedersen Text size Beijing on Monday promised to continue “cooperation” with regional authorities over a Chinese ship linked to the recent severing of two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. Sections of two telecom…
Text size Beijing on Monday promised to continue “cooperation” with regional authorities over a Chinese ship linked to the recent severing of two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, after the vessel set sail from international waters of the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark. “China is willing to maintain communication and cooperation with the…
Despite their ongoing rivalry over the South China Sea, Malaysia and China continue to keep close ties. Back in 2019, the two Asian powers agreed to set up a bilateral consultation mechanism (BCM) specifically for dealing with maritime issues. In October this year, it was finally set into motion. Details of the consultation were scant…
Text size ADDS background, details China said Sunday it “firmly opposed” US President Joe Biden’s approval of $571.3 million in defence assistance for Taiwan. The White House said Friday that Biden had authorised the drawdown “of up to $571.3 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training,…
Text size Beijing on Friday warned Berlin against “manipulation and smearing” China in spying cases, after German police opened an espionage probe into a Chinese national. “We hope that the German side will… stop using so-called espionage cases to engage in manipulation and smearing, and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens…