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Beijing visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken keeps talks open between the two superpowers with the Ukraine war, Russian relations and Mideast conflict looming large.
Pledge to use city’s new domestic national security law only in compelling circumstances and to promote ‘soft power’ suggests a subtle change in government stance.
- State news agency rejects allegations that Chinese EV firms are exporting a glut of electric vehicles
- Accusations reflect anxieties abroad about critics’ own industrial development, it says
Across the region, high-stakes games of geopolitical brinkmanship are combining to create a perilous chain of potential nuclear-conflict zones.
The announcement comes close on the heels of US secretary of state’s meeting with Chinese president.
Air China will start to add international flights from Sunday, while bookings ahead of May Day holiday have surged, but flights to US are having a sluggish recovery.
Along with the US mega star’s Midnights, the US Secretary of State also picked up a record by Chinese rocker Dou Wei.
The privately held social media giant has rejected a report that said it was ‘exploring scenarios’ to sell a majority stake in TikTok’s US operations.
China-US ties are more stable but still at risk if ‘red lines’ are crossed, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.
The FCC has cited national security concerns in revoking or denying Chinese companies’ rights to provide US telecoms services.
The app’s algorithms are deemed too important to the Chinese parent company, making a sale to an American buyer highly unlikely.
But American treasury secretary says the policy option is something Washington ‘would be prepared to use if necessary’.
Trip would be the long-time leader’s first abroad since his re-election, amid Western claims that China is propping up Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.
Mohamad Hasan takes a veiled swipe at US-Philippines military cooperation during a meeting with China’s foreign minister in Beijing.
Chinese space agency deputy director declares China on track to put astronauts on the moon by 2030.
Secretary of State raised concerns in meeting with Shanghai party chief Chen Jining, but also said direct engagement between the two sides is a ‘necessity’.
Europe must not become a vassal of the US, he said, as he outlined his vision for a more assertive EU on the global stage.
Intellectual property protection infringements along with technology transfer, counterfeiting and other concerns cited.
China’s status as a ‘near-peer competitor’ is driving efforts to limit access to key technologies such as semiconductors and counter its global influence.
The plan would next be submitted to the relevant ministries in each of the 21 member economies of Apec before appearing on the agenda of the Apec Leaders’ summit in Lima in the week of November 10.
Chew Shou Zi, chief executive of the popular app, says the platform will continue to operate as it challenges the new legislation in court.
Taiwan’s exports to the US in the first quarter beat shipments sent to mainland China, with analysts pointing to a ‘strategic plan’ by Washington to construct and lead a world supply chain and market order.
Biden signed the bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new US aid to Ukraine, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks re-election.
Trade, Ukraine among topics on the agenda, with Blinken expected to pressure China to urge its firms to stop supplying dual-use goods to Russia or face more punitive measures.
