A warning issued last week by Chinese President Xi Jinping over heightened risks of instability on the Korean peninsula signals Beijing’s growing unease with the potential geopolitical turbulence ahead as former US president Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, observers say. “China does not allow conflict and turmoil to happen on…
U.S. relations with China have been incredibly complex for many years. Ebbing and flowing among different trade policies, the two economic supergiants are poised to see increased strain amid new tariff plans. The re-elected incoming president Donald Trump campaigned on imposing high tariffs on China and all foreign entities—which economists have argued will have devastating…
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ECONOMIST SOMETIMES say that China suffers from the three Ds: debt, deflation and poor demographics. America’s presidential election added a fourth: Donald Trump, who has threatened to slap high tariffs on Chinese exports when he returns to the White House. To counter these dangers, investors had hoped China would announce a decisive fiscal rescue package…
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday Beijing and Washington must find a way to “get along” in a message to US president-elect Donald Trump, state media reported. Trump’s crushing presidential victory ushers in a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world, and heralds a possible shift in US-China relations, frayed in…
After weeks of headlines about Pyongyang’s decision to dispatch thousands of troops to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, NATO and the Pentagon said this week that North Korean soldiers are in Kursk, the Russian region partly controlled by Ukrainian troops. Here’s why that’s important for China. Finding Perspective: The Pentagon said North Korea has sent…
Oil prices are set to post a weekly gain as geopolitical uncertainty remains a central focus of oil traders, but a strong dollar and a large U.S. inventory build are holding Brent and WTI back. Friday, October 25th, 2024 The elevation of the Israel-Iran conflict into the main oil market narrative for October is by no…
For centuries, military observers have referred to it as “blood and treasure”. For most of the rest of us, it could be neatly distilled into “wealth and war”. History is littered with examples of nations battling for control of everything from spices to oil, gold and strategic superiority over technology. The latest battleground centres around…
September 2, 2024 HONG KONG – Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po left Hong Kong on Sunday on a five-day tour of Australia aimed at forging economic, financial and innovation ties. He said on his Sunday blog one of the aims of the visit, which will take him to Sydney and Melbourne, is to attract investment…
Hong Kong will become more aggressive in luring investors who can help develop start-ups as the city seeks to diversify the economy and boost the innovation and technology (I&T) sector, the Post has learned. Sources told the Post that city leader John Lee Ka-chiu would announce changes to how the HK$2 billion (US$257.4 million) Innovation…