Source link Washington should act with increased speed to develop supply chains for critical minerals from Africa, a USIP report says Washington could advance its policy goals in Africa through strategic investment in an effort to reduce reliance on China for supplies of critical minerals, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) said on Tuesday. […]
Source link The country’s economy is projected to expand by 5.3% next year, according to a macroeconomic research agency The Chinese economy is expected to grow by 5.3% this year as the property sector recovers and external demand improves, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said on Monday. In its latest report, the Singapore-based group […]
Source link Beijing’s “non-market” policies should be rebuffed through appropriate “countermeasures,” Katherine Tai has said Market-based US and European economies are struggling to survive against China’s “very effective” alternative economic model, a top US trade representative has warned, according to Euractiv. Katherine Tai told a briefing in Brussels on Thursday that Beijing’s “non-market” policies will […]
Source link Beijing’s initiative takes into account the root causes of the conflict, the Russian foreign minister has said China’s plan to resolve the Ukraine crisis remains one of the most viable options on the table to achieve that goal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Lavrov hailed the […]
Source link Chinese companies are producing too many batteries, solar panels and electric cars, harming American workers, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said. She intends to bring up the issue on her trip to Beijing next month. Yellen spoke on Wednesday at a solar cell manufacturing facility in Georgia, which closed in 2017 due […]
Source link Beijing earlier condemned PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh amid tensions at the border The region of Arunachal Pradesh will always remain part of India and the people will continue to benefit from the country’s infrastructure and development projects, New Delhi said on Tuesday. The statement comes after Beijing slammed Prime Minister […]
Source link Washington uses hyped up foreign threats as a pretext for military expansion, Beijing’s defense spokesman has said The United States is leading a dangerous drive to militarize outer space, the Chinese military has said, arguing that the Pentagon represents the greatest threat to peace and security on the final frontier. Asked to respond […]
Source link Media commentary gleefully proclaiming the end of China’s rise fail to take into account the global realities that Beijing is effectively adapting to By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst If there’s one thoroughly unoriginal strand of thought on China present in the mainstream media today, it is the idea that China’s economy has been […]
Source link The two leaders discussed bilateral and international affairs in a phone call on Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call on Thursday with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, ahead of the Lunar New Year, both sides have reported. The Asian country is currently celebrating the holiday, which culminates on Saturday. The […]
Source link China’s top ten highest grossing films for 2023 included zero Hollywood blockbusters, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, marking just the second time in three decades of screening American movies for Chinese audiences that not one US offering cracked the list. Hollywood power brokers and film experts increasingly acknowledge that China can […]
Source link Shipments from the sanction-hit country surged 24% in 2023 to exceed the 100 million ton mark Russia moved past Saudi Arabia in 2023 to become the largest exporter of oil to China, Chinese customs data released on Saturday showed. Moscow delivered just over 107 million metric tons of oil to China in 2023, […]
Source link Washington is reportedly worried that Beijing’s large and high-level delegation could undermine its diplomatic clout US diplomats are scrambling to hold on to their influence in Switzerland, as their Chinese counterparts attempt to woo the country’s top officials during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Politico reported on Monday, citing sources. The outlet […]
Source link Purchases of crude surged last year on growing fuel demand, according to customs data China ramped up its stockpiling of crude last year, with imports beating the previous annual record, reached in 2020, as fuel demand bounced back after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, Chinese customs data released on Friday showed. The country’s oil […]
Source link Washington’s desperate attempts to curb Beijing’s high-tech development are hurting American allies more than the Chinese By Timur Fomenko, political analyst For years now, the US has been strongarming the Netherlands into accepting technology restrictions on the export of advanced lithography machines to China. These machines, produced by the Dutch firm ASML, use lasers […]
Source link Beijing would like to reunify Taipei with mainland China peacefully, Xi Jinping reportedly told the US president in November China is intent on reunifying with Taiwan, President Xi Jinping openly told US President Joe Biden during their summit in San Francisco in November, NBC reported on Wednesday. Beijing would still like to do […]