BEIJING: China on Saturday sought “resolute” efforts against an “attempt to roll back" globalisation and called for an orderly multipolar world. “China calls for an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalisation,” according to a statement released at the end
BEIJING: China will provide consular protection and assistance to two Chinese employees of smartphone maker Vivo arrested by Indian authorities and urges India not to discriminate against Chinese companies, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. "We are closely following what you mentioned. The Chinese government
MANILA: Relations between Manila and Beijing have soured under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with Manila pivoting back towards the United States which supports the Southeast Asian nation in its maritime disputes with China. Here is a timeline of key events in 2023 that have escalated
BEIJING: The Chinese military said that an American naval ship had “illegally intruded” on Monday into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. A Chinese naval force was mobilized to
BEIJING: A Beijing court on Monday began hearing compensation cases filed by the families of dozens of Chinese people who died on board a Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared almost 10 years ago. The MH370 jet vanished on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people – mostly
BEIJING: Northern China has reported an increase in “influenza-like illness” since mid-October when compared to the same period in the previous three years, the WHO said China’s National Health Commission told reporters last week that the respiratory illness spike was due to the lifting of Covid-19
SAN FRANCISCO: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that this week's meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping is a badly needed signal that the world needs to cooperate more. "It sends a signal to the rest of the world
WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA: Following their first face-to-face talks after a year, US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to open a presidential hotline, resume military-to-military communications and work to curb fentanyl production. Biden and Xi met for about four hours on the outskirts of
SAN FRANCISCO: Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in the US on his first visit to the country in six years during which he will hold a high-stake meeting with Joe Biden at an undisclosed location in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday morning. After
HONG KONG: A submarine arms race is intensifying as China embarks on production of a new generation of nuclear-armed submarines that for the first time are expected to pose a challenge to growing US and allied efforts to track them. Analysts and regional defence attaches say