The Russian leader congratulates Trump on winning the US election, saying he was ready for talks with the Republican president-elect. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on winning the United States election, saying Moscow was ready for dialogue with the Republican president-elect. In his first public remarks since Trump’s win, Putin on Thursday praised the US…
China deployed fighter jets and drones as part of a “joint combat readiness patrol” around Taiwan on Sunday, Taipei said, hours after Beijing slammed the latest round of US arms sales to the island. The US State Department on Friday approved a $2 billion arms sale package for Taiwan, including advanced surface-to-air missile systems and…
China will not promise to renounce the use of force over Taiwan but this is aimed at external interference and a small minority of separatists, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday following the country’s latest war games around the island. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, staged a day of large-scale drills…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is escalating tensions with “sinister intentions”, China’s government said, ahead of a keynote speech Lai will give in Taipei that could set off a Chinese military response. Lai, who took office in May after winning election in January, is detested by China which calls him a “separatist”. Beijing claims democratically governed Taiwan as…
Xi, Kim exchange congratulatory messages over 75th anniversary of China-DPRK diplomatic ties. SEOUL, Oct 6 – Leaders of China and North Korea on Sunday traded a vow of enhanced bilateral cooperation on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, state news agency KCNA reported. Chinese President Xi Jinping and…
Russian companies have established a barter trade system with Pakistan to facilitate economic exchanges without the need for monetary transactions, as they seek to overcome challenges with payments related to Western sanctions on Moscow. The alternative trade arrangement was signed at the first Pakistan-Russia Trade and Investment Forum in Moscow. According to the Russian state…
Russia stands alongside China on Asian issues, including the criticism of the US drive to extend its influence and “deliberate attempts” to inflame the situation around Taiwan, its foreign minister said in an interview published on Thursday. Sergei Lavrov, in an essay published in the government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, also praised Beijing’s approach to the…
Hong Kong: China says it successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, a rare public test that analysts said was meant to send a message to the United States and its allies amid heightened regional tensions. An ICBM carrying a dummy warhead was launched at 8:44 a.m. Beijing time and fell into…
It is unclear if the suspect targeted the boy because he was Japanese, but there is concern that the incident could trigger a further deterioration in ties Japan’s foreign minister, Yoko Kamikawa, has described as “despicable” the alleged killing in China of a 10-year-old Japanese boy and demanded that Chinese authorities do everything possible to ensure the…
Amid South China Sea tensions, China’s defence minister reaches out to regional neighbours as Beijing hosts top security conference Beijing has focused on neighbouring Southeast Asian nations at its annual security conference, pushing for cooperation as it tries to portray itself in a “contrasting light” amid tensions over the South China Sea, analysts say. In…
The Director of China’s Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a new round of China-U.S. strategic communication in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday. The discussions were “candid, substantive and constructive,” according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. On China-U.S. relations Wang, also a member…
Vietnam’s new leader To Lam is making China the destination for his first overseas visit Vietnam’s new leader To Lam is making China the destination for his first overseas visit, signaling the continuing importance the Southeast Asian country places on its giant neighbor even as it strengthens ties with the United States and others. Lam stepped off a Vietnam…
