China has warned Australia it could be slapped with an additional 55 per cent tariff on beef imports within days if it exceeds new shipment quotas. Starting this year, Beijing introduced new quota and tariff arrangements for major beef-importing countries, including Australia, in a bid to protect local farms and beef producers. Australia’s annual import…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned his party’s ruling elites this year that failure to understand emerging technologies could see China cede ground in the race to dominate the future of the global economy. “Leading cadres at all levels must effectively strengthen their knowledge of frontier science and technology, improve their professional capabilities and make efforts…
Hong Kong has established an international commercial court specialising in adjudicating major cross-border disputes, with the justice chief saying it will strengthen the city’s role as a global legal hub under the national plan. The Hong Kong International Commercial Court (HKICC) was launched on Thursday as a dedicated platform for global enterprises to resolve high-value…
Journalist, Lianhe Zaobao The cost of living in Hong Kong is notoriously high, and some Hong Kongers are choosing to move to cities in the Greater Bay Area in mainland China to live and work, in pursuit of a more manageable pace and quality of life. Lianhe Zaobao journalist Tai Hing Shing finds out more….
The US Treasury has decided to extend a sanctions waiver allowing trade in Russian seaborne oil for another 30 days after several countries sought additional time to continue purchases. A tourist watches the MT Desert Kite oil tanker carrying Russian oil at Narara Marine National Park in the Arabian Sea, Gujarat, India, March 11 ,…
Expert breaks down China’s influence on Iran, US foreign policy Dennis Citrinowicz, an analyst at the Institute for National Security Studies, explains China’s complex role in the Iran conflict and its strategic implications for America. He highlights that China, while not wanting Iranian nuclear weapons, benefits from US focus on Iran, potentially draining munitions needed…
There was no joint statement out of Trump’s China trip today. But there might as well have been. In one of the most secretive spaces in Chinese politics, the walled compound where China’s top leaders live and work, the number of cameras and journalists granted access at the start of the bilateral tea this morning…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Trade has emerged as a central focus of President Donald Trump’s high-stakes meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, following a Supreme Court setback over Trump’s tariff agenda earlier this year. “President Trump had a good meeting with President Xi of China,” a White House official…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump opened his high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping by predicting a “fantastic future together” — striking an unusually warm tone as his administration pursues new trade and investment deals with Beijing. “In fact, the longest relationship of our two countries that any president…
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, lead the world’s two most powerful nations and, as such, their meeting in Beijing today could have major ramifications for the global order. But as one leader’s popularity is tanking and the other’s power is growing, one other question looms over the summit: who really…