Herman Cain on China: This is not a trade war, it’s a negotiation
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Trump announces U.S.-China trade truce, talks to resume
OSAKA, Japan — President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping agreed to a cease-fire Saturday in their nations’ yearlong trade war, averting — at least for now — an escalation feared by financial markets, businesses and farmers. Trump said existing … Read More
China’s Xi to visit North Korea as US nuke diplomacy stalls
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea this week, state media announced Monday, as U.S. talks with North Korea on its nuclear program are at an apparent standstill. Xi will meet with … Read More
Marc Thiessen: Trump didn’t start this trade war, China did
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Before President Trump announced that he was imposing 25 percent tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese goods, he got encouragement from an unlikely source: Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. The Senate Democratic leader, who has little good to say … Read More
France’s Emmanuel Macron asks Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Juncker to join meeting with Xi Jinping in Paris
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Surprise move comes as the European Union’s new, more assertive China policy is being debated in Brussels amid pressure from Paris and Berlin French leader plans to explain Europe’s new strategy on China, with focus on trade and the environment … Read More
Opinion: Xi Jinping is taking China down a dangerous path
As the world focuses on developments in China’s coastal regions, the one-party state is flexing its totalitarian muscle in the northwest of the country. We should not look the other way, says Alexander Görlach. There is a “good” and a … Read More
Russia and China in terrifying plot ‘to form an alliance against the West’
RUSSIA will turn its back on Europe for good and join forces with China “to form an alliance against the West” according to reports in Politico. Moscow no longer cares about “European integration or moving towards Europe” instead it is … Read More
Many in Hong Kong Fear Greater Integration with Mainland China
A mainland Chinese couple pose for photographs at a viewing deck before the skyline of Hong Kong island across the harbour, Feb. 16, 2019. The ruling Chinese Communist Party is moving ahead with greater integration between the former colonial cities … Read More
US Experts Call on Trump Administration to Stand up For Taiwan
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen (C) arrives at a polling station to vote during local elections in Zhongho, New Taipei City, Nov. 24, 2018 – AFP Scholars and experts at the Asia Society have called for a ‘course correction’ in U.S.-China policy, … Read More
Be ready for war, crisis: Chinese President Xi Jinping tells army
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