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US-China relations
Deal breaker? Record Taiwan arms deal complicates Trump’s 2026 Beijing visit
The US defends new arms sales and urges ‘meaningful’ dialogue, but analysts warn the deepening rift risks hollowing out the agenda for the Trump-Xi summit next year.
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China-Latin America relations
Trump’s Venezuela gambit: power play with eye on China or weakness?
26 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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South China Sea
China opens shopping centre on Woody Island in disputed Paracels
26 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
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US-China relations
Beijing sanctions 20 US defence firms over Taiwan arms sales package
10 industry executives also face punitive measures following Washington’s unveiling of a record US$11 billion weapons package.
26 Dec 2025 - 8:37PM
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Taiwanese conscripts carry rocket launchers during a drill inside a military base in Tainan City, Taiwan in November 2024. Washington’s latest weapons package to Taiwan includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones. Photo: EPA-EFE
China-Africa relations
Tracing China’s long links with Kenya, from Admiral Zheng He to belt and road
National museum in Nairobi celebrates 620th anniversary of Ming dynasty navigator’s voyages and 62 years of modern bilateral ties.
25 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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China-Japan relations
China sharpens criticism of Japan ‘neo-militarism’, warns of ‘dangerous signal’
Amid heightened tensions, commentator says Beijing has sufficient policy tools in reserve should Tokyo endanger China’s core interests.
25 Dec 2025 - 7:08PM
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US-China relations
China vows to retaliate against ‘unreasonable’ US semiconductor tariffs
Beijing has pledged to ‘take corresponding measures’ in response to the levy, which Washington says is designed to counter economic threat.
24 Dec 2025 - 10:32PM
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The new tariffs are due to take effect in 18 months’ time. Photo: Reuters
China-Russia relations
China, Russia partnership ‘stronger than ever’ despite Western sanctions: envoy
Moscow’s ambassador tells Beijing forum that relations between the two countries have reached their ‘highest level in history’.
24 Dec 2025 - 7:31PM
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US-China relations
Pentagon says Chinese aircraft carriers, 6th-gen fighters make US ‘vulnerable’
Report adds that Americans’ security is threatened by Beijing’s development of its ‘historic military build-up’, including nuclear arsenal.
25 Dec 2025 - 2:53PM
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Diplomacy
China needs ‘original’ knowledge system on border history to counter West, scholar says
Fan Enshi from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences also warns about the threat of ‘de-Sinicisation’ in US-led historical perspectives.
24 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
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China-Latin America relations
China, Russia clash with US at UN over Venezuela oil seizures and naval pressure
Venezuela turns to UN as Trump’s oil crackdown intensifies and Caracas advances a law targeting those in support of naval blockades.
24 Dec 2025 - 7:46AM
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Sun Lei, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, speaks during a Security Council briefing on threats to international peace and security in New York on Tuesday. Venezuela requested a Security Council meeting, citing escalating tensions resulting from “US aggression” against the country. Photo: EPA
US-China trade war
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Will US-led ‘Pax Silica’ be a new dawn for the international AI supply chain?
Trump administration aims for deeper technology cooperation on new AI infrastructure with allies.
25 Dec 2025 - 1:05AM
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China-Japan relations
China CP comic fan event stripped of Japanese content, dozens of booths affected
Organisers of the weekend convention in Hangzhou did not name Japan directly in its pivot to a ‘Chinese style’ theme.
23 Dec 2025 - 4:25PM
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Antarctica
China drafts Antarctica activities and environment law to protect interests
Legislation proposes expanding administrative permission system beyond scientific expeditions to include tourism, shipping and fishing.
23 Dec 2025 - 1:06PM
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China-Latin America relations
China says US broke international law by seizing oil tankers off Venezuela
Situation intensifies as Beijing condemns tanker seizures and US security chief calls to remove Nicolas Maduro from power.
23 Dec 2025 - 8:27AM
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A US military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the US Coast Guard on Saturday. Photo: DHS via Reuters
US-China relations
Mistrial in case of ex-top aide to New York Governor charged as China agent
Linda Sun, ex-deputy chief of staff to Kathy Hochul, walked free after jury was deadlocked on all 19 counts and could not reach a verdict.
23 Dec 2025 - 10:44AM
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US-China relations
‘Missing’ 6-year-old Yuanxin and father reunited, then deported together to China
Activist says separation from son pressured dad to accept deportation so they could be together, despite fear of returning to homeland.
23 Dec 2025 - 5:10AM
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China-Japan relations
Beijing ‘firmly opposes’ Japanese lawmakers’ trips to Taiwan
Visits to the island by parliamentary members ‘seriously violate’ political foundations underpinning bilateral relations, Beijing says.
22 Dec 2025 - 9:52PM
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Japanese lawmaker Koichi Hagiuda (left) meets Taiwanese leader William Lai in Taipei on Monday. Photo: Handout
US-China relations
Too many US researchers looking at China through American lens, professor warns
Flawed approach to China studies could fuel misunderstandings and lead to misguided policy decisions in Washington, seminar hears.
22 Dec 2025 - 8:19PM
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China-Japan relations
China-Japan tension hits holiday travel as flights cancelled on 46 routes
All cancelled flights are operated by Chinese carriers and involve most of the country’s major airlines.
22 Dec 2025 - 9:13PM
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China-South Korea relations
Blackpink for Ayumi? Why China may reward South Korea’s soft stance on Japan row
Beijing is reviving stalled trade talks with Seoul as the Lee administration breaks with Tokyo on Taiwan, and analysts say Chinese market access could be the geopolitical prize.
22 Dec 2025 - 10:44AM
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Singapore
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George Yeo on superpower ‘headaches’ and why the US dollar could crack
Singapore’s former foreign minister also discusses Trump, the latest China-Japan dust-up, and rivalry between Hong Kong and the city state.
22 Dec 2025 - 10:02AM
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US-China relations
US-China ties in focus after Trump labels fentanyl ‘weapon of mass destruction’
Formal designation in new executive order ‘not necessarily bad’ for Beijing amid cooperation with Washington on drug issues, analysts say.
21 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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China-Africa relations
Chinese workers return to Africa as lucrative job opportunities beckon
Large-scale, China-backed projects entice contract workers to take up posts in some African nations, while political instability keeps others away.
21 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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China’s soft power
From Labubu to blockbuster films, was 2025 the year of China’s soft power?
Chinese lifestyle brands and other cultural exports proved to be a hit around the world this year, here are some of our most notable stories.
21 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM
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