New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed developments in Sino-India ties, management of peace and tranquillity along border areas, and Kailash Mansarovar Yatra resumption, during their meeting in South Africa, the MEA said on Friday. The two ministers met on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting…
When not alienating America’s closest trading partners, threatening to take over Greenland, Gaza and the Panama Canal, slapping China with tariffs and decimating the US$40 billion foreign aid programme, US President Donald Trump has targeted the United Nations – handing Beijing a unique opportunity to greatly expand its global reach as it assumes the month-long…
China’s foreign minister on Thursday defended South Africa’s effort to promote solidarity, equality and sustainability at Group of 20 gatherings this year, even as Secretary of State Marco Rubio boycotted the first high-level meeting in Johannesburg this week because of that focus. The Group of 20 is an annual gathering of the world’s largest economies….
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to America’s biggest adversary — China. From the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development to quitting international groups, Trump’s drastic “America First” moves have raised concerns among some…
Beijing welcomed the coming peace talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine initiated by the United States, China’s top envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, adding that “all stakeholders” should be involved. Ambassador Fu Cong’s remarks came as senior American and Russian officials were scheduled to meet on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia seeking…
City governments across China have launched online services featuring DeepSeek while local officials studied the AI start-up, which has emerged as a challenger to US rivals such as OpenAI. Nanfang Daily, a Communist Party-affiliated newspaper in the southern province of Guangdong, reported on Sunday that senior officials in the city of Zhuhai had “watched reports…
A line saying that Washington does not support Taiwan independence has been removed from the US Department of State’s website. The website updated its fact sheet on relations with the island on Thursday, continuing to state its adherence to the “one China” policy but removing the phrase “we do not support Taiwan independence”. “We continue…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said the country is still willing to work with Israel to improve ties. Wang made comments in a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, the highest-level direct talks between the two sides since the start of the Gaza…
A senior Ukrainian official said on Saturday that “China has a crucial role to play in achieving peace”, following a meeting with Beijing’s top diplomat in Munich. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, Andriy Yermak, met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Munich Security…
The world shook this weekend as deep cracks appeared in the transatlantic alliance during a glitzy security summit in Munich. One guest was ready to capitalise: China. Top officials from the United States and Europe spent a chaotic weekend trading barbs over values, Ukraine and democracy, with US Vice-President J.D. Vance clashing with a series…