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 […]
Source link Russia’s energy giant, Gazprom, set a new record for daily gas supplies to China through the Power of Siberia mega pipeline, the company announced on Saturday. Gazprom supplies natural gas to its leading trading partner under a long-term contract sealed with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). The Power of Siberia is part […]
Source link Chinese officials have said the Western nuclear tech-sharing deal could kick off a new arms race The international community must address nuclear “proliferation risks” posed by the three-way AUKUS agreement between the US, UK and Australia, Beijing’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said. Speaking before the IAEA board of […]
Source link Officials in Beijing have attributed an outbreak of respiratory ailments in children to commonly known pathogens Chinese authorities have eased the World Health Organization’s concerns over a surge in childhood respiratory illnesses, saying the outbreak involves only commonly known pathogens and likely stems from the lifting of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Officials with the […]
Source link Vyacheslav Volodin has claimed in a meeting with Xi Jinping that Moscow-Beijing relations are at the strongest point in history Russian State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has led a parliamentary delegation to Beijing, vowing in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to strengthen cooperation between legislatures of the two nations as they […]
Source link For both leaders, the most important thing at the APEC summit in San Francisco was to be seen as maintaining influence in the Asia-Pacific On Wednesday Chinese leader Xi Jinping travelled to San Francisco for the APEC summit. Here, he held a meeting with US President Joe Biden and attended a luxury dinner […]
Source link Washington has introduced a slew of export curbs aimed at stalling advances in China’s semiconductor industry since last year Chinese companies are continuing to buy US chip-making equipment using gaps in Washington’s export controls, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). The US introduced curbs on its […]
Source link Joe Biden hailed Wednesday’s talks with Xi Jinping as among the “most productive” in years Washington and Beijing will restore communications channels between their military, US President Joe Biden told reporters following his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco on Wednesday. DETAILS TO FOLLOW You can share this story on […]
Source link US intelligence previously accused Beijing of supporting Moscow by not restricting bilateral trade The White House is confident that China has not supplied weapons to Russia for use in the Ukraine conflict, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday. Sullivan was asked for an update on the issue ahead of a […]
Source link A global survey shows growing recognition of Beijing’s might, but without the soft power to back it up, it causes more fear than respect By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst The Pew Research Center recently published a comprehensive survey of 24 countries regarding their opinions of the US and China. These surveys have been a […]