BEIJING – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar reached the Great Hall, Beijing for the SCO Foreign Ministers’ Group Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday. Dar, along with a delegation, arrived in Beijing, China, last night. He was received at the airport by Ambassador Ms Yu Hong, Department of Asian Affairs,…
Earlier, the US leader said he was “not happy with Putin” following their phone call on July 3. The Kremlin reacts calmly to US leader Donald Trump’s criticism of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We react quite calmly to that. First of all, Trump makes quite harsh statements,…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday called on China to encourage Iran to not shut down the Strait of Hormuz after Washington carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Rubio’s comments on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo” show came after Iran’s Press TV reported that the Iranian parliament approved a measure to…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new naval strategy which aims to fully restore Russia’s position as one of the world’s leading maritime powers, Kremlin aide Nikolai Patrushev said in an interview published on Monday. Russia has the world’s third most powerful navy after China and the United States, according to most public rankings,…
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng began talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent early on Saturday in Geneva in a tentative first step towards defusing a trade war that is disrupting the global economy. Bessent and He were meeting in Geneva after weeks of growing tensions in which duties on goods imports between the world’s…
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a senior Iranian national security official on Wednesday that Beijing appreciated Tehran making diplomatic efforts regarding its nuclear program, ahead of a new round of US-Iran talks on Saturday. “China values Iran’s commitment not to develop nuclear weapons” and “appreciates Iran’s diplomatic efforts,” Wang told Ali Shamkhani, secretary of…
United States officials have reached out to their Chinese counterparts for talks on vast tariffs that have hammered markets and global supply chains, a Beijing-backed outlet said on Thursday, citing sources. Punishing US tariffs that have reached 145 percent on many Chinese products came into force in April, while Beijing has responded with fresh 125 percent duties…
“China’s position on settlement in Ukraine is quite balanced, and we are grateful to our friends for that,” Andrey Rudenko noted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has slammed statements that Chinese citizens are fighting in Ukraine as absolutely false. “I can say that nothing could be farther from the truth, mildly speaking,” he told…
Tariffs of 84 percent on all Chinese imports of American goods took effect on Thursday, deepening a trade war between Beijing and Washington which has rocked global markets and sparked fears of a recession. The levies will apply to all US products entering the world’s second-largest economy, which according to the office of the US…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had information about 155 Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine. Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv that Russia was recruiting Chinese citizens via social media and that Chinese officials were aware of that. He added that Ukraine was trying to assess whether the recruits were receiving…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries and striving to open new ground for China’s neighborhood work. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a central conference on…
China’s top leaders plan to convene a meeting as early as Wednesday to discuss measures to boost the economy and stabilize the capital markets, people with knowledge of the matter said, amid an escalating trade war with the US. The meeting comes as US duties on Chinese imports nearly doubled to 104 percent on Wednesday…
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened huge additional tariffs on imports from China if Beijing did not withdraw its retaliation plans, adding that Washington would begin negotiations with other countries that want them. “If China does not withdraw its 34 percent increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025,…
The joint exercise Strait Thunder-2025A ‘achieved its intended objectives’, according to a military spokesman Mainland Chinese ground forces wrapped up drills targeting mock ports and energy facilities in the East China Sea on Wednesday, as part of the PLA’s military exercises near Taiwan. A military analyst said the exercises also carried a strategic message of deterrence…
Taiwan will use this year’s events to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two to bolster public sentiment on the need to defend the island from Chinese threats – and remind the world it was not the government in Beijing that won the war. World War Two, and the full-scale Japanese invasion of…
