BEIJNING: The escalating situation in Ukraine will likely push global corn and wheat prices higher and affect China’s agricultural imports from the country, which supplies around 30 per cent of China’s corn imports, though the impact will be limited, industry analysts said on Thursday. In addition, certain trade between China and Ukraine may also be … Read more
BEIJING – A Chinese satellite had a near collision with one of the many chunks of debris left by the fallout of a recent Russian anti-satellite missile test, state media reported. Moscow blew up one of its old satellites in November in a missile test that sparked international anger because of the space debris it scattered around … Read more
India has appointed a senior diplomat, who can speak Chinese fluently and with rich experience in diplomatic negotiations, to be its new ambassador to China, and this might be a positive sign for China-India relations, experts said, but stressed that “know China well” doesn’t necessarily mean “be friendly to China” because Indian diplomats’ behavior is … Read more
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will speak Monday at a virtual summit aimed at defusing tensions over Taiwan and other flashpoints, but with both sides signaling little appetite for compromise. The two leaders have spoken by phone twice since Biden’s inauguration in January but with Xi refusing to travel abroad because of … Read more
BEIJING: An exhibition of Pakistani carpet art collection and Chinese photography works kicked off in Shanghai to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The cultural exchange art exhibition running through August 8 is titled, “Image-Making”, featuring a total of 35 exquisite Pakistani handcraft carpets, including five dating … Read more
China on Monday said its borders with India remain stable and that the two sides are currently engaged in talks. “The words and deeds by the Indian government officials or military brass, (and) the Indian military deployment should be beneficial to easing the border situation, not opposite,” China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a … Read more
