China’s top diplomat expressed hope on Tuesday that the incoming Trump administration would foster cooperative ties with Beijing, hours after former President Donald Trump remarked that the COVID-19 pandemic had strained his once-cordial relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as per Reuters. “We hope the new U.S. administration will make the right choice and work…
The US and China held what could be their last working-group meetings on economics and finance, a month before Donald Trump’s return to the White House amid an anticipated revival of the two superpowers’ trade war. The US Treasury on Monday announced that senior officials from Washington and Beijing discussed economic and financial issues in…
Zircon from Australia could become fiercely contested by China and the United States, a geologist who works with the Chinese military has warned. While zircon is commonly valued as a gemstone, inside, it contains the metal zirconium. The metal can withstand very high temperatures, enabling ceramics, for example, to be heated to above 3,000 degrees…
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani (not pictured) on the day of their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Japan on December 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s “coercive behaviour” threatens regional stability, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday, after Taiwan said Beijing was carrying out…
Despite escalating efforts from the United States and its allies to clamp down on trade, international companies with an interest in the still-sizeable Chinese market are adopting a new plan of action to stay engaged while keeping themselves insulated from unexpected geopolitical shocks, analysts said. The strategy, dubbed “in China for China”, is an integrative…
During his Thanksgiving holiday on Nantucket, President Joe Biden spent Black Friday shopping with his family. He was seen holding a copy of “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” by Palestinian and Lebanese author Rashid Khalidi, a book critical of Israel’s history, as reported by the New York Post.The book examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from…
US President Joe Biden has called on President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider his proposed tariffs on Canadian, Mexican, and Chinese goods, calling them “counterproductive” as the transition of power moves forward from the Democrats to the Republicans.“I hope he rethinks it. I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,” Biden told reporters on Thursday in…
The US has brokered the release of three Americans it said had been wrongfully detained in China for many years, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday. The White House national security council named the three as Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung and said all the US citizens it deemed to…
His hope is that the roughly 30,000 body brushes and exfoliating gloves make it to Bare Botanics’ facility in Madison, Wis., before Inauguration Day. He thinks Trump is serious about his campaign promise to impose tariffs of 60% on all Chinese goods. American businesses are dusting off a playbook they used during Trump’s first term:…
During their meeting over the weekend, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a stern warning to US President Joe Biden, widely perceived to be intended for Donald Trump’s incoming administration. The underlying message was loud and clear: do not try to seek regime change in China. Xi outlined Beijing’s core stance, expectations and “guardrails” the Chinese…