China’s armed forces should be ready for combat and be prepared for unexpected crisis and war, President Xi Jinping said on Friday in his first meeting with the military top brass in Beijing in 2019. The massive and rapidly modernizing, People’s … Read More
2018 has been unkind to China’s stock markets. Major indexes in Shanghai and Shenzhen both saw annual losses of more than 24 percent in 2018. Two major factors unsettled the Chinese markets for much of 2018: The ongoing trade war … Read More
In this file photo taken on Dec 05, 2018, a Chinese and US national flags hang on a fence at an international school in Beijing, China. Source: AFP THE US and China on Sunday “made new progress” on the issues … Read More
Two days after warning Canada of “grave consequences” if it did not immediately release Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer (CFO) of China’s tech giant Huawei and daughter of its founder, China arrested two Canadians. Last Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman … Read More
Leadership focuses on domestic agenda to suggest it is not caving in to US demands, analyst says China will try to develop “a powerful home market” to help offset external uncertainties next year, the country’s top leadership agreed on Thursday, … Read More
After President Donald Trump helped send markets tanking by feeding doubts about his trade deal with China, he stepped in Wednesday to pump up optimism in a series of early-morning tweets. The US President cited “very strong signals” overnight from … Read More
Getty Images US President Donald Trump says he is likely to go ahead with an increase on tariffs currently imposed on Chinese goods at the start of 2019. The comments to the Wall Street Journal come as he is expected … Read More
Two sides confirm importance of conducting trade under WTO rules. European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He shake hands in Beijing on June 25 © Reuters BEIJING (Kyodo) — China and the European Union agreed … Read More
Donald Trump’s statement of a possible “great deal” between Washington and Beijing that came out of the blue on October 30 may come true after months of tensions over a US-China tariff spat. Speaking to Sputnik, CCTV editor Tom McGregor … Read More
Tensions are now growing around the future of the South China Sea and Taiwan. Tensions are now growing around the future of the South China Sea and Taiwan As China continues to battle the escalating trade war with the US, … Read More