Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to host India’s national security adviser Ajit Doval, a sign of improved Beijing-New Delhi ties.
17 Dec 2024 - 4:25AM videocam
Trump spokesman confirms inauguration invitation, but Qiu Wenxing of Chinese embassy does not discuss whether Xi Jinping will attend.
13 Dec 2024 - 5:20AM videocam
Report says it is not clear if Xi has accepted the US president-elect’s invitation.
12 Dec 2024 - 10:24AM videocam
If Washington and Beijing can manage tensions in 2025, particularly on Taiwan, ‘we should all celebrate’, says prominent expert Minxin Pei.
11 Dec 2024 - 7:35AM videocam
‘Significant’ labour shortfall runs into tens of thousands as Washington and allies worry about Beijing cracking their encryption.
Even so, US Defence Department expert on the Arctic adds, ‘it’s important for us to be consistently monitoring how their intentions progress’.
6 Dec 2024 - 5:56AM videocam
Beijing-sanctioned economist who spent time in federal prison tasked with advancing White House agendas on ‘manufacturing, tariff and trade’.
5 Dec 2024 - 3:18AM videocam
As the Philippines pushes back in the South China Sea, ‘we have to accept that China successfully divided’ other Southeast Asian nations.
3 Dec 2024 - 6:08AM videocam
The Virginia-class vessel is the first of its kind to be deployed at the strategic military base, which is closer to Beijing than Hawaii.
27 Nov 2024 - 10:34PM videocam
Recommendation by Seoul-based institute may mark a shift, but analysts say such talks may be needed with a US led by isolationist Trump.
Some say he could use self-ruled island as bargaining chip for economic concessions while others rule that out, citing political pushback.
23 Nov 2024 - 6:55AM videocam
China’s projected military industrial base cannot be matched without increased spending, lawmakers hear.
21 Nov 2024 - 4:12PM videocam
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO’s business interests could be exploited by Beijing, according to testimony at cybersecurity hearing.
21 Nov 2024 - 1:16AM videocam
If Washington cuts back, Manila is ready to work with other regional partners, Philippine Ambassador to US Jose Manuel Romualdez adds.
Trump nominees for high-level positions suggest Washington will lean more toward New Delhi and further from Beijing, analysts say.
American leader’s last face-to-face talk with his Chinese counterpart comes amid uncertainty over future of bilateral relations under Trump.
14 Nov 2024 - 7:00AM videocam
President-elect’s transaction-based approach to diplomacy could see informal behind-the-scenes dialogue with Beijing coming to the forefront.
13 Nov 2024 - 4:46AM videocam
Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister during Trump’s first term, is cited as an example of how to work with the US president-elect.
9 Nov 2024 - 6:52AM videocam
Ahead of Cop 29 in Azerbaijan, policymakers fret that the once and future president could stall efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
8 Nov 2024 - 10:56PM videocam
The Republican promised his supporters a ‘golden age for America’ after securing a mandate to overturn the post-1945 Washington consensus.
7 Nov 2024 - 9:44AM videocam
Some 300 children on mainland had been matched with adoptive American families when the ban was announced in August.
2 Nov 2024 - 4:28AM videocam
Vital for data transmission and communications between continents, lines are vulnerable to sabotage and a stage for global power rivalry.
US treasury secretary’s meeting in Washington follows talks last week with China’s vice-minister of finance Liao Min.
Drug maker has yet to elaborate whether Leon Wang is in custody, nor have his whereabouts been disclosed.
Without naming Beijing, long-time allies discuss ways for ‘two sides to jointly address current challenges’, especially in South China Sea.
29 Oct 2024 - 4:36AM videocam
Geostrategic importance and criticality to global trade cited amid ‘active’ cooperation this year between Beijing and Moscow in Arctic Ocean.
26 Oct 2024 - 4:50AM videocam
US national security adviser favours targeted duties as Donald Trump campaigns on raising them to 60 per cent on all Chinese imports.
Exercise to come after US and Canadian vessels made passage through strait on Sunday, which followed PLA’s blockade test a week ago.
22 Oct 2024 - 4:55AM videocam
Homeland Security Department confirms 131 deportees are aboard amid the rise of immigration as a defining issue of US presidential election.
These are first sanctions against Chinese entities ‘directly developing and producing’ weapons systems with Russian firms, says US.