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…
Text size Tehran has formally protested the arrests of two Iranians in Italy and the United States accused of transferring sensitive US technology to Iran, local media reported. US prosecutors on Monday charged Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi and Mohammad Abedininajafabadi with “conspiring to export sophisticated electronic components from the United States to Iran in violation of…
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…
China missiles NICHOLAS SHEARMAN Text size China’s missiles according to an assessment by the US Office of the Secretary of Defense* 2024 2023 2022 Year data published: Source: *Annual China military report to congress, 2024, 2023, 2022 Source link
The US Supreme Court has set a January 10 hearing for a ByteDance legal challenge to a law requiring the company to sell TikTok or see the app banned in the United States Kiran RIDLEY Text size As the US Supreme Court considers whether to uphold a law that could get TikTok banned in the…
Text size China held rare high-level talks with India on Wednesday at which it stressed the need to “maintain the peace” and seek a “comprehensive solution” to their border disputes. The meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Beijing comes amid easing tensions between the giant neighbours….
Former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou waves to reporters before leading a delegation of students to China I-Hwa Cheng Text size Former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou headed to China on Wednesday for a trip he said was aimed at building “a bridge for peace”, after Beijing last week intensified military drills around the island. Ma, who…
Text size China on Tuesday slammed as “preposterous” claims that a businessman had used his links with Britain’s Prince Andrew to spy for Beijing, after the UK government voiced mounting concerns over the allegations. “Accusations of so-called Chinese espionage are preposterous,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, adding that strong ties with London were “in the…