Foreign Affairs vice-minister Xie Feng is said to be the leading candidate to replace Qin as China’s ambassador to the United States. Photo: AFP
Foreign Affairs vice-minister Xie Feng is said to be the leading candidate to replace Qin as China’s ambassador to the United States. Photo: AFP

Who will replace China’s Qin Gang as ambassador to the US?

  • Foreign vice-minister Xie Feng and other candidates face a US-China relationship marked by increasing hostility and numerous flashpoints
  • Yet analysts expect the new envoy to have limited opportunities for creative diplomacy given China’s increasingly centralised decision-making
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China names ambassador to US Qin Gang as new foreign minister
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Foreign Affairs vice-minister Xie Feng is said to be the leading candidate to replace Qin as China’s ambassador to the United States. Photo: AFP
Foreign Affairs vice-minister Xie Feng is said to be the leading candidate to replace Qin as China’s ambassador to the United States. Photo: AFP

Who will replace China’s Qin Gang as ambassador to the US?

  • Foreign vice-minister Xie Feng and other candidates face a US-China relationship marked by increasing hostility and numerous flashpoints
  • Yet analysts expect the new envoy to have limited opportunities for creative diplomacy given China’s increasingly centralised decision-making
28 minutes ago
US-China relations

Who will replace China’s Qin Gang as ambassador to the US?

28 minutes ago
  • Foreign vice-minister Xie Feng and other candidates face a US-China relationship marked by increasing hostility and numerous flashpoints
  • Yet analysts expect the new envoy to have limited opportunities for creative diplomacy given China’s increasingly centralised decision-making

South Korea, Japan Covid travel restrictions excessive: China’s foreign minister

Foreign Minister Qin Gang has outlined for the first time the reasons behind China’s suspension of the issuance of short-term visas to South Korean and Japanese nationals.

Foreign Minister Qin Gang has outlined for the first time the reasons behind China’s suspension of the issuance of short-term visas to South Korean and Japanese nationals.

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5,000 tickets a day go on sale for Hong Kong high-speed rail to mainland China

At the preliminary stage, passengers can mainly travel to Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

At the preliminary stage, passengers can mainly travel to Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

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People queue up outside the West Kowloon terminus on Thursday to buy rail tickets. Photo: Jelly Tse

5,000 tickets a day go on sale for Hong Kong high-speed rail to mainland China

At the preliminary stage, passengers can mainly travel to Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

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Year of the Rabbit 2023: what you need to know about your zodiac animal

How lucky are you in the Lunar New Year 2023? Find your Chinese zodiac animal and learn how to use the Five Elements Theory to boost good luck in the Year of the Rabbit.

How lucky are you in the Lunar New Year 2023? Find your Chinese zodiac animal and learn how to use the Five Elements Theory to boost good luck in the Year of the Rabbit.

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Year of the Rabbit 2023: what you need to know about your zodiac animal

How lucky are you in the Lunar New Year 2023? Find your Chinese zodiac animal and learn how to use the Five Elements Theory to boost good luck in the Year of the Rabbit.

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Japanese owner of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ sued over painting’s Nazi past

The heirs of a former owner of one of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ paintings are seeking the return of the art they claim was taken from its original Jewish owner by Nazi Germany.

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Singapore Art Week 2023

5 things you should not miss during Singapore Art Week

City state’s visual arts event to kick-start new year with its 11th edition from January 6 to 15, which will feature more than 130 events and programmes, including art fairs, festivals and installations.

Grandparents make human swing for baby, child comforts dog scared by fireworks

Love and courage in China: grandparents make baby a human swing, little girl helps dog frightened by fireworks and child wraps blades before discarding to protect rubbish collectors.

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Australian politician ‘ashamed’ of wearing Nazi uniform at 21st birthday party

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet, 40, said it had been a ‘terrible mistake’ and he ‘did not understand the hurt of what that uniform means to people’.

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Japanese owner of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ sued over painting’s Nazi past

The heirs of a former owner of one of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ paintings are seeking the return of the art they claim was taken from its original Jewish owner by Nazi Germany.

3 hours ago
Japanese owner of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ sued over painting’s Nazi past
Singapore Art Week 2023

5 things you should not miss during Singapore Art Week

City state’s visual arts event to kick-start new year with its 11th edition from January 6 to 15, which will feature more than 130 events and programmes, including art fairs, festivals and installations.

5 things you should not miss during Singapore Art Week

Grandparents make human swing for baby, child comforts dog scared by fireworks

Love and courage in China: grandparents make baby a human swing, little girl helps dog frightened by fireworks and child wraps blades before discarding to protect rubbish collectors.

3 hours ago
Grandparents make human swing for baby, child comforts dog scared by fireworks

Australian politician ‘ashamed’ of wearing Nazi uniform at 21st birthday party

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet, 40, said it had been a ‘terrible mistake’ and he ‘did not understand the hurt of what that uniform means to people’.

3 hours ago
Australian politician ‘ashamed’ of wearing Nazi uniform at 21st birthday party
OPINION
Visual Stories
Travellers queue in the border control area at Lok Ma Chau station on January 8, the first day the border with the mainland was reopened for quarantine-free travel. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion | Reopening mainland border isn’t a cure-all for Hong Kong’s economic woes

Reopening will undoubtedly boost Hong Kong’s tourism and retail sectors, as well as other cross-border economic activities, but it’s no cure-all for the city. The plan is still in its early days, the pandemic is not over and other events are slowing the global economy, which will hit Hong Kong.

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Coronavirus China

Letters | If the pandemic is ‘over’, why won’t the US welcome Chinese tourists?

Readers discuss the West’s mandatory testing for travellers from China, and Hong Kong’s status as an arbitration hub.

Readers discuss the West’s mandatory testing for travellers from China, and Hong Kong’s status as an arbitration hub.

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If the pandemic is ‘over’, why won’t the US welcome Chinese tourists?

Opinion | Painful as it is, China must break its property-speculation habit

It will be impossible to wring speculation out of the sector without much lower prices and a significant increase in financial distress. But the longer the economy is dependent on an ever-rising property market, the higher the economic costs of reform.

It will be impossible to wring speculation out of the sector without much lower prices and a significant increase in financial distress. But the longer the economy is dependent on an ever-rising property market, the higher the economic costs of reform.

12 Jan 2023 - 8:15AM
Painful as it is, China must break its property-speculation habit