Source link Consumer prices fell 0.5% year-on-year in November, the steepest decline since 2020 China’s consumer price drop worsened last month, indicating that the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery may take longer than previously expected, according to data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics published on Saturday. The consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.5% in November […]
Source link Washington condones the fighting while claiming to care about Palestinians, Beijing’s envoy has said The US decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for a truce between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas is hypocritical, Zhang Jun, China’s ambassador to the organization, has said. On Friday, the US was the […]
Source link The bloc threatened to “name and shame” 13 companies doing business with Moscow The European Union may identify and possibly sanction more than a dozen companies based in China for providing Russia with goods that might be used in the Ukraine conflict, the bloc’s leaders have told reporters in Beijing. European Commission President […]
Source link Russia’s current relationship with China allows for full-spectrum cooperation in the tech sector, including with regards to its military applications, President Vladimir Putin told a Chinese entrepreneur on Thursday during a panel discussion at VTB Bank’s ‘Russia Calling!’ forum. The remark was part of Putin’s answer to a question about US sanctions policy, […]
Source link Beijing tried to warn Brussels that sanctions and military aid would not work against Moscow, diplomat Wu Hongbo has said The European Union must avoid driving Russia “into a corner” and sit down to talks with Moscow if it hopes to end the conflict in Ukraine, China’s envoy to Europe said on Wednesday. […]
Source link Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the issue of Taiwan during a phone call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday Washington must not interfere in Beijing’s internal affairs, Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi warned US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a phone call on Wednesday. They were discussing the future […]
Source link The head of the European Commission recently sounded alarms about a “growing trade imbalance” with Beijing China has invited EU member states to take advantage of its “mega market,” responding after the European Commission warned it could soon deploy protectionist measures to guard local industry from Chinese firms. Speaking during a press briefing […]
Source link The facility operated in test mode for 168 hours prior to commercial operation, according to the Chinese National Energy Administration The world’s first fourth-generation nuclear power plant (NPP) has officially started commercial operation in the Chinese province of Shandong, the National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on Wednesday. A high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) at […]
Source link Charles Michel will attempt to defuse an ongoing spat with Budapest over Kiev’s bid for EU membership, Politico reported European Council President Charles Michel will return from China ahead of schedule in a bid to save Ukraine’s bid for EU membership, Politico reported on Tuesday. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has urged Michel […]
Source link Beijing taking control of Taiwan will cause “severe damage” to the bloc’s economic interests, Anders Fogh Rasmussen is warning Preventing military escalation by China against Taiwan should become a priority for the EU, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said, as a summit in Beijing later this week brings the two […]
Source link The veteran statesman’s global legacy is extremely polarizing, and one paradox is the admiration he enjoyed in Beijing Earlier this week, the famed former secretary of state and national security adviser Henry Kissinger passed away. This news was put out by a statement from his consultancy firm, without naming a cause of death. […]
Source link South Africa has received a shipment of 450 gasoline generators donated by China to ease the impact of severe power shortages in the country, local media reported on Thursday. According to Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, about 100 more generators are expected to arrive in the near term. The equipment will be distributed to […]
Source link Visa-free travel may not seem like a big deal, but it throws a spanner in the works of the rhetoric about a “closed” and “bad-for-business” Beijing By Timur Fomenko, political analyst Last week, Beijing announced that the citizens of six EU countries – Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal – will be […]
Source link Uganda is seeking a loan from China after the World Bank stopped funding due to the country’s adoption of an anti-homosexuality law, Reuters has reported. The East African country wants to borrow $150 million from China’s Export Import Bank (Exim) to help develop its internet infrastructure, the news agency said, citing Uganda’s Finance […]
Source link The Washington Post’s reporting on a secret Chinese-Russian tunnel project is “baseless,” Beijing has declared Reports of a Chinese-Russian project to build a tunnel between Crimea and the Russian mainland are “baseless,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has said. Citing Ukrainian spies, the Washington Post claimed last week that executives from both […]