The discussions, which the people say are in the early stages, come as the Trump administration is ramping up tariff and other trade measures against China. This strategy aims to build leverage for negotiations with Beijing. Trump and Xi, through their representatives, have expressed interest in a summit since Trump won the election in November….
CK Hutchison Holdings’ decision to sell its port operations in the Panama Canal and elsewhere was aimed at mitigating geopolitical risks even though the conglomerate framed the deal as a purely commercial move, analysts and sources have said, as they urged Hong Kong’s other major companies to also prepare for unparalleled uncertainties. The company founded…
CK Hutchison Holdings’ decision to sell its port operations in the Panama Canal and elsewhere was aimed at mitigating geopolitical risks even though the conglomerate framed the deal as a purely commercial move, analysts and sources have said, as they urged Hong Kong’s other major companies to also prepare for unparalleled uncertainties. The company founded…
Donald Trump, China foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian China on Tuesday vowed to fight “till the bitter end” if the United States continues its trade war, following Washington’s decision to double tariffs on Chinese imports. Beijing accused the US of using the fentanyl crisis as a “flimsy excuse” to justify the tariff hikes and announced…
As China’s political elite gather for the country’s annual legislative sessions in March, we examine the broader forces likely to influence policies for the coming year – and how decision-makers will respond to the unpredictable second term of US President Donald Trump. In the first part of this series, Frank Chen surveys the status of…
China’s top universities are aggressively recruiting Chinese undergraduates abroad to skip traditional academic pathways and enrol directly into PhD programmes – as the US tightens funding for graduate studies and geopolitical tensions grow. It is a move that analysts have said reflects Beijing’s push to lure young academics from the United States. Fudan University, a…
China could fill a leadership vacuum left by the United States and Britain after they refused to sign a global joint declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence (AI) at a recent Paris summit, analysts have said. Meanwhile, they added, countries in the Global South are unlikely to take sides in any AI rivalry between…
TikTok Makes a Stunning Return to US App Stores After 75-Day Delay: What Does This Mean for China, US Tech Rivalry,…
With Chinese start-up DeepSeek and its artificial intelligence (AI) model shaking up the global tech sector, China’s top diplomat appeared to seize the chance to promote the chatbot at the high-profile Munich Security Conference. Immediately after his address to the forum on Friday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi quoted some ancient Chinese sayings as he talked…
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