Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Washington needs to approach the issue of Taiwan “prudently”, the ministry in Beijing said, as the pair held their first talks since Donald Trump took office. “We will never allow Taiwan to be separated from China,” Wang said, adding…
With much-anticipated trade actions against China absent on the first day of US President Donald Trump’s second term, a chief Citi economist said there are better odds of “delayed, gradual tariffs” being imposed on the world’s second-largest economy in advance of potential direct negotiations between the two countries’ leaders. A slower onset of tariffs on…
Da Wei is director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy in Beijing. His research focuses on China-US relations and US security and foreign policy. In this interview, he discusses US President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech and first day back in the White House. I’d like to start by asking about US President…
NEW DELHI: US President-elect Donald Trump is planning to visit India and China and after assuming his second term in the Oval office.According to a report in Wall Street Journal, Trump has expressed interest in traveling to China in his first 100 days in office as part of his effort to deepen relations with Beijing….
In-depth information regarding the contents of the phone conversation, which took place on Friday (January 17), has not yet been revealed. Trump did post about it on social media, though read more Chinese President Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday evening, as reported by Chinese state-owned broadcaster, CCTV….
President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both advocate a tough stance on China, but have substantially different strategies on how to interact with Beijing. Before Trump took office in early 2017, the two governments had over 90 official channels of communication. He and his team had little patience for such formalized communication, seeing them as…
US president-elect Donald Trump’s repeated support for TikTok has sparked speculation about potential solutions to prevent the app’s impending ban in the United States, though the path forward remains unclear. “We got to keep this sucker around for a little while,” Trump told supporters on Sunday, just days after meeting TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi…
Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, is revolutionizing agriculture by using drones to spray fertilizers, dramatically cutting costs compared to conventional ground spreaders. Hedrick, who also assists in rescues using thermal drones, shares concerns over US proposed bans on Chinese drones due to defense and economic fears. As US-China competition intensifies, American…
Image used for representative purpose China condemned the United States for its recent military aid and defence material sales to Taiwan. The Chinese foreign ministry cautioned the US against “playing with fire” in a statement released Sunday.China’s foreign ministry urged the US to halt arms sales to Taiwan. The statement called on the US to…
The router-manufacturer TP-Link, established in China, has roughly 65% of the U.S. market for routers for homes and small businesses. It is also the top choice on Amazon, and powers internet communications for the Defense Department and other federal government agencies. Investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened their own probes into…