(Bloomberg) — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng will lead talks on trade and other pressure points Sunday in New York ahead of next week’s summit between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies. The negotiators will lay the groundwork for a high-profile meeting between President Donald Trump and…
At 12:01 p.m. Beijing time on July 6, 2026, a Chinese strategic nuclear-powered submarine launched a long-range ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead toward designated international waters in the South Pacific. According to China’s official account, the missile landed accurately within the designated maritime area. Beijing described the launch as a routine element of its…
Chinese president Xi Jinping said that China’s path as the first country to develop wind and solar power has proven to be forward-looking. (EPA Images pic) BEIJING: Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for accelerated planning and construction of a new energy system to safeguard the country’s energy security, weeks into the Iran war that…
Chinese ambassador Shen Jian said his country ‘firmly opposes the constant distortion and smearing of its nuclear policy by certain countries’. (AFP pic) GENEVA: The US on Monday accused China of dramatically swelling its nuclear arsenal, and doubled down on claims that Beijing had conducted secret nuclear tests, demanding again it be part of any…
The Chinese and Russian militaries have pledged to deepen cooperation in sensitive areas including missile defence, following high-level talks in Moscow involving China’s top general. General Zhang Youxia, the first-ranking vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, met with his Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov on Thursday, according to China’s defence ministry announcement. The visit – Zhang’s…
(Bloomberg) — Chinese investors hunting for the next artificial intelligence winners are looking beyond high-flying chipmakers to the utilities and metal producers that form the industry’s physical backbone. The shift toward the sector’s supply chain — from power generators to materials used in data centers — reflects growing concern over lofty valuations in pure-play AI…
The government of Hong Kong is urging residents planning to travel to Japan or those currently staying in the country to exercise caution. Hong Kong’s Security Bureau updated information about travel to Japan on its website on Saturday. It says, “Since mid-2025, there has been an increasing trend of attack incidents against Chinese citizens in…
Worried by China’s growing arsenal of ballistic missiles, India is responding with a plan to create a joint rocket force that would control and expand the country’s non-nuclear missiles. But the proposed Integrated Rocket Force, or IRF, has been beset by delays and may be outgunned by Chinese missiles. The mismatch could place India in…
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump’s “baseless, irresponsible, and shameful accusations” in his speech to the Israeli Knesset. In his speech, Trump had hailed the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran earlier this year, saying “many of Iran’s top terrorists” have been “extinguished from this earth”. Trump also…
Five years ago, China’s longtime leader Xi Jinping shocked and delighted the world by declaring in a video presentation to the United Nations that his country would peak its carbon emissions this decade and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. He tried to rekindle that magic late last month in another virtual address to the UN,…