Beijing, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News, app – 07th Mar, 2018 ):China has cautiously welcomed an agreement by North and South Korea to hold a historic summit, urging both sides to “seize the current opportunity” to promote the denuclearisation of the peninsula. The foreign ministry issued a statement late Tuesday praising the “positive outcomes” of…
China does not want a trade war with the United States but will defend its interests, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Sunday. Won’t sit by and watch as China’s interests are damaged-minister Trump last week unveiled plan for import duties on steel, aluminium Getty Images China will produce–and consumer–more steel in 2017. China does…
Following the Winter Olympics, South Korean President Moon Jae-in indicated he was ready to talk to North Korea and engage in diplomacy. And while Vice President Mike Pence – who earlier announced severe sanctions on the North –first signaled a willingness to talk, he quickly seemed to change course. President Trump further indicated that he is considering…
BEIJING — China urged the United States on Friday to abide by multilateral trade rules and not do anything to damage the fragile global economic recovery, after President Trump announced his intention to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminum. China is the world’s dominant steel producer, but experts said the impact of Trump’s decision to…
Joint U.S.-Chinese naval operations would put real pressure on Pyongyang — and are in China’s interests, too. China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) sailors march in Hong Kong on July 1, 2015. (Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images) On Feb. 8, the U.S. State Department released the latest in a series of acknowledgements that the United States and China agree…
President Trump with President Xi Jinping of China in November in Beijing. For all his criticism of China as an economic predator, Mr. Trump has yet to impose a sweeping trade sanction against it.CreditNicolas Asfouri/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — A few weeks after Stephen K. Bannon left the White House in August, he…
A North Korean military security guard keeps watch over the USS Pueblo in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 24, 2108. Japan says its military has witnessed a cargo transfer between China and North Korea on the high seas that it suspects violates United Nations economic sanctions on Pyongyang. The foreign ministry said Tuesday a maritime surveillance…
The promise of EU membership for states in the region is welcome, but Russia, China and Turkey could create instability. ‘Many factors have brought the Balkans back to the fore – not least the recent refugee crisis, which deeply rattled the region.’ Photograph: Bülent Kılıç/AFP/Getty Images The second world war is over but the first world…
The United States must rethink its relationship with Latin America if it wants to respond to China’s influence. In the global competition between world powers, the battle in Latin America exemplifies how power is shifting toward Asia. China has been steadily strengthening political and economic ties with Latin America, while the United States has missed…
“It’s problematic that a foreign nation is involved in our election system. Our democracy is only as good as people trust the results,” former President George W. Bush said. | Seth Wenig/AP Photo Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that there is “pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled” in the 2016 presidential…