By Michael D. Carroll Breaking News Editor ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Germany’s federal prosecutor office says it has arrested an American citizen who allegedly spied for China. The individual is accused of providing sensitive information to Chinese intelligence services, potentially compromising national security. The man, identified only as Martin D. under German privacy law,…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated former US president Donald Trump on his re-election, Beijing’s state media said Thursday. “Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to US president-elect Trump,” state broadcaster CCTV said in a one-line report, without specifying when the message was sent. bur-oho/je/cwl Source link
Text size China can buckle in for another four years of tariffs, tensions and tough talk under a second Donald Trump presidency, experts told AFP — though they said the billionaire’s openness to deals could play in Beijing’s favour. World leaders lined up to congratulate Trump on Wednesday as the former president neared his election…
Text size China said Wednesday it hoped for “peaceful coexistence” with the United States as Donald Trump appeared on the verge of a decisive victory over Kamala Harris in the country’s presidential election. “We will continue to approach and handle China-US relations based on the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation,” foreign…
Russia’s first peace treaty to stop its full-scale invasion of Ukraine offered one-sided conditions that all but demanded Kyiv’s total capitulation, it has been reported. The revelations by investigative outlet Systema citing what it said was a draft agreement show Moscow’s conduct in negotiations at the start of Vladimir Putin‘s invasion. The former U.S. envoy…
Text size Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will visit China next week, Beijing said Friday. The visit will take place from Monday to Thursday, Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing. Anwar was elected in 2022 and has visited China twice since then, describing the country as “a great friend”…
Text size US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said he supported calls for investigations into “election-related violations” in Georgia, where legislative elections were won by the ruling party, seen as close to Russia. Citing reports from international and local observers, the top US diplomat said the pre-election environment was marked by “vote buying…
India and China reached a border patrol agreement after years of prolonged negotiations, at both the diplomatic and military levels. That paved the way for the first bilateral meeting since October 2019 between Chinese President Xi Jinping and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While Xi and Modi held an ‘impromptu meeting’ along the sidelines of…
China confirmed on October 22 that it has reached an agreement with India to end the border standoff in eastern Ladakh, PTI reported. “Over a recent period, China and India have been in close communication through diplomatic and military channels on issues related to the China-India border,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping departed on Tuesday on his way to a BRICS summit in Russia, state news agency Xinhua said. Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the summit, which is the biggest such meeting in the country since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. mjw/oho/mca Source…