Washington: President Joe Biden said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he was strengthening the Quad alliance in the Indo-Pacific “against China”. “I indicated to Xi Jinping that I was going to pull together the Quad: Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. He said, ‘You’re just doing that to affect us.” At a party fundraiser … Read more
President Xi Jinping of China has proposed a “global security initiative” that is backed by Russia and follows the principle of “indivisible security,” which states that no country should increase its security at the expense of another. Mr. Xi said the world should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries while paying attention … Read more
Beijing: During a phone chat with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday, Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe warned the US not to underestimate China’s resolve. The two defence ministers also discussed maritime and air security, as well as the situation in Ukraine. According to Xinhua, Mr Wei said … Read more
Asian stocks opened decrease on Monday in cautious trade, as China published better-than-anticipated economic growth however officers still warned of “giant demanding situations beforehand”. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 1.25 percentage in early change, whilst Hong Kong and Sydney were closed for vacations. Stocks in Shanghai, which pronounced the first Covid-19 deaths for the reason that … Read more
Three Chinese astronauts have returned to earth, after experiencing the longest crewed mission till-this-date, on Saturday. China’s space program has allowed the astronauts to go aboard their country’s newest orbital station. The live telecast was shown to the public. The Shenzou 13 space capsule landed in the Gobi desert, in the northern region of Inner … Read more
China’s targeted and successful COVID-19 prevention and control efforts enabled the safe and seamless holding of the Winter Olympics, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday, defending his country’s strict zero-COVID policy amid a large rise of coronavirus infections in Shanghai and other places. “In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we have prioritized the … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping told outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday that the two countries had “correctly” handled the sensitive issue of the disputed South China Sea, attempting to put a positive spin on a relationship that never quite delivered the hoped-for benefits. Xi made the statements during a phone discussion with Duterte, who … Read more
Jonathan D.T. Ward, an expert on Chinese global strategy and US-China competitiveness, cautioned that China has been utilising Russia to undermine the United States’ worldwide supremacy. He said that Chinese President Xi Jinping has been “recycling Moscow’s propaganda” against Ukraine while meeting with Ukrainian ministers in an attempt to play both sides. “I think what’s … Read more
During a meeting in Beijing in early February ahead of the Winter Olympics, Xi reaffirmed his support for Putin and Russia. The presidents of the two superpowers proclaimed that the relationships between their respective countries had “no bounds.” “There are no ‘forbidden’ sectors of collaboration,” their astonishing 5,000-word joint declaration added. Russia was stockpiling weaponry … Read more
BEIJING: China locked down an industrial city of nine million people overnight and reported more than 4,000 virus cases on Tuesday, as the nation’s “zero-Covid” strategy is confronted by an Omicron wave. Health authorities reported 4,770 new infections across the country, the bulk in the northeastern province of Jilin, as the city of Shenyang in neighbouring … Read more
BEIJING: When China’s President Xi Jinping issued his traditional Lunar New Year wishes from the country’s coal heartland in January, the subtext was clear: Beijing is not ready to kick its coal addiction, despite promises to slash emissions. The ink had barely dried on the hard-fought deal struck at last year’s United Nations climate conference … Read more
WASHINGTON – “This is international friendship in action,” Adam Foster, chairman of the Helen Foster Snow Foundation, said recently after receiving a reply letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping. “It is wonderful to see that President Xi acknowledges the special role people like Helen Foster Snow have played in the relationship of our two countries,” … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s much-anticipated visit to Beijing has not only cleared the ambiguities over the viability of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, but also attracted investment worth billions of dollars in various sectors. During the visit, the two sides also chalked out a plan for CPEC’s Phase-II, which involves huge incentives for … Read more
The Asian Cup win of China’s women’s football team has generated calls for equal pay on social media, with critics contrasting their performance with that of the men’s team. Xiao Yuyi’s stoppage-time goal gave China a 3-2 victory over South Korea in the final, giving them a record eighth Asian title. Fans on social media … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay a three day visit to China from February 3 to attend the opening ceremony of Winter Olympics Games, Beijing 2022 at the invitation of Chinese leadership. This was stated by Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar at his weekly news briefing here on Thursday. Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese … Read more
BEIJING – The year 2021 witnessed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s tight schedule of “cloud diplomacy:” he had 79 telephone calls with leaders of foreign countries and international organisations, and attended 40 major diplomatic events via video link. These activities have strengthened the bonds between China and the rest of the world and showed that the … Read more
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday exchanged congratulatory messages respectively with First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. In his message to Nazarbayev, Xi noted that since China and Kazakhstan established diplomatic ties 30 years ago, bilateral relations … Read more
BEIJING: Footballers playing in China’s national team should remove any existing tattoos and are “strictly prohibited” from getting any new ones, the country’s sports administration body has said. The sport has found itself in the crosshairs of the Communist Party’s purity drive in recent years, and players on the national football team routinely cover their … Read more
BEIJING: With his clean record and the austere air of a Chinese Communist Party cadre, nothing seemed to indicate Zhang Gaoli would, at the age of 75, find himself embroiled in a sex scandal with global repercussions. The former vice-premier (2013-18) has been accused by tennis champion Peng Shuai — in a message promptly censored … Read more
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping agreed during their virtual summit to work on organizing talks between the nuclear-armed nations on arms control, a senior White House official said Tuesday. Biden and Xi met via teleconference for more than three hours late Monday (early Tuesday in Beijing) in a bid to ease tensions between the … Read more
WELLINGTON: Pacific Rim leaders will begin a virtual summit on Friday, facing pressure to back up ambitious rhetoric on climate change and chart a path to pandemic recovery. The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit brings together leaders from 21 nations, including US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Xi is among … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, the uncontested leader of the world’s most populous nation, heads a pivotal plenary of the ruling party’s top figures next week that will set the tone for his bid for long-term rule. From Monday to Thursday, some 400 members of the Communist Party’s all-powerful Central Committee gather in Beijing behind closed doors. … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, the uncontested leader of the world’s most populous nation, heads a pivotal plenary of the ruling party’s top figures next week that will set the tone for his bid for long-term rule. From Monday to Thursday, some 400 members of the Communist Party’s all-powerful Central Committee gather in Beijing behind … Read more
PRAGUE: Tensions have been flying high between Taiwan and China just as a Taiwanese delegation is visiting central and eastern Europe to boost business ties in a region also targeted by Chinese investors. The 66-member delegation on a tour of Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania has signed 18 memorandums of cooperation in the three countries. Taiwan’s charm … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping had a telephonic conversation with the US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday regarding the bilateral ties between the countries. “Getting the China-US relationship right is not an option, but something the two sides must do and must do it well,” Xi told his US counterpart … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping told his American counterpart, Joe Biden, that US policies towards Beijing have caused “serious difficulties” and that putting ties back on track was critical “to the destiny of the world”, state media reported Friday. “Whether China and the US can properly handle their relations… is critical for the future and … Read more
BEIJING: China will provide 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines for the world and offer $100 million to Covax throughout this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday in a written message to the first meeting of the international forum on Covid-19 vaccine cooperation. [embedpost slug=”/china-urges-us-to-completely-lift-sanctions-against-cuba/”]
The Us President Joe Biden seeks ‘ US- Russia predictable and stable relations’. In the summit communique, Nato leaders also cautioned Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, whom Biden will meet on Wednesday in Geneva, that his country’s military build-up and challenging behavior on Nato’s eastern boundary “contribute to instability along Nato borders and beyond”. Biden further … Read more
