Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday warned the world was entering an era of growing “unilateralism” and “protectionism,” in comments at a major Asia-Pacific trade summit in Peru. Xi was in Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, and is due to hold talks with his US counterpart Joe Biden on Saturday….
Text size Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed satisfaction Friday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had told Russian President Vladimir Putin that nothing could be decided about Ukraine without Kyiv’s participation. “Scholz… gave me an account of his talk with V.Putin,” said Tusk on X, referring to a phone call earlier Friday between the two…
Text size The United States on Thursday called on Latin American nations to be vigilant of Chinese investment as President Xi Jinping was inaugurating a major port in Peru. Xi, in Peru alongside US President Joe Biden for the APEC summit, was opening the first Chinese-funded port in South America, a $3.5 billion complex in…
APEC, created in 1989 with a goal of regional trade liberalization, brings together 21 economies that jointly represent 62 percent of global GDP and over 40 percent of global commerce Luis ACOSTA Text size US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrive Thursday in Lima for an Asia-Pacific summit overshadowed by the…
WASHINGTON — Retiring President Biden will meet one last time with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of this week’s APEC summit in Peru — as President-elect Donald Trump threatens to slap new tariffs on Chinese goods and force the Asian nation to pay “reparations” for the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden, 81, and Xi, 71,…
Text size Palau’s president has accused China of flouting the Pacific nation’s maritime borders, raising concerns about research vessels lurking “uninvited” within its waters. “We keep on raising flags and complaining about it, but they keep on sending them,” said President Surangel Whipps Jr, the pro-US leader re-elected this week. “They continually don’t respect our…
Text size In leaning on hawks Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz, Donald Trump is setting the stage for an existential battle against China — although, as always, the president-elect’s knack for dealmaking may intervene. Trump, who rhetorically at least has long broken with the historic bipartisan consensus in Washington for an assertive US global role,…
Text size The secretary of Russia’s Security Council Sergei Shoigu will visit China next week for talks with top Chinese officials, Russian state news agencies reported. Moscow and Beijing have deepened military and defence ties since Russia ordered troops into Ukraine nearly three years ago, with Chinese President Xi Jinping one of Russian President Vladimir…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto in Beijing on Saturday, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. The newly sworn-in Indonesian leader landed in China on Friday, kicking off his first foreign tour seeking a more prominent position for Jakarta on the world stage. tjx/je/rsc Source link
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Peru and Brazil next week for meetings of APEC and the G20, Beijing’s foreign ministry said Friday. Xi will go to Lima from November 13 to 17 and Rio de Janeiro from November 17 to 21, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement. In…