By Gabriel Dominguez and Dannie Pengin Beijing Japan’s latest defence white paper warns of China’s growing ability to sustain military operations farther into the western Pacific Ocean, while pledging to bolster its own monitoring systems, strike capabilities and ammunition production. Released on Tuesday, the 610-page document cautions that Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force […]
Read MoreThe United States has sanctioned a Chinese oil refinery for buying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Iranian oil. Ahead of potential new talks on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran, the US Treasury Department on Friday said that it was targeting Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, China’s second-largest “teapot” or independent refinery. Hengli is […]
Read MoreChinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative, Ding Xuexiang, stated on Friday that the successful launch of the fourth phase of the Galkynysh gas field will take China-Turkmenistan energy cooperation to a new level. Ding, also Chinese vice premier and a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China […]
Read MoreBY Dewey Simin Beijing and Laura Zhou Beijing has called for all hands on deck to work out what ever-unpredictable US President Donald Trump might demand when he sits down with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a few weeks. Several sources, all speaking on condition of anonymity, said various Chinese government departments had been […]
Read MoreBEIJING: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz won a pledge by China to import more high-quality goods from Germany on Wednesday, as he visited Beijing aiming to reset relations that have been clouded by a yawning trade deficit with the world’s second-largest economy. On his first visit to China as Chancellor, Merz, who was accompanied by a […]
Read MoreBy Yuanyue Dang in Beijing and Amber Wang in Beijing A Chinese private company has drawn the attention of security watchers after detailing US military deployments near Iran, a move experts say underlines Beijing’s intelligence abilities. MizarVision, a Chinese commercial intelligence analysis firm, has consistently published monitoring posts regarding American military movements on social media […]
Read MoreBy Yuanyue Dang in Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after he cemented his leadership at the latest congress of the country’s ruling party. Xi said Kim’s reselection as general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea on Monday reflected the “high trust and wholehearted support” of the country’s […]
Read MoreBy Lawrence Chung in Taipei Taiwan’s parliament is set to prioritise review of a disputed NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) special defence budget bill when its new session begins on Tuesday, as pressure mounts from Washington. But US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks about consulting Chinese President Xi Jinping on arms sales could complicate the debate, […]
Read MoreU.S. intelligence agencies are raising alarms about an explosive test conducted by China, linking it to a broader effort to accelerate and modernize the nation’s nuclear arsenal. In a detailed report for CNN, national security correspondents Zachary Cohen and Kylie Atwood explain how American analysts see the test as part of Beijing’s push toward next‑generation […]
Read MoreBy Alyssa Chen While K-pop has conquered almost every corner of the globe, South Korea’s entertainment industry remains largely locked out of the Chinese market due to a geopolitical chill that has lingered for a decade. China unofficially banned South Korean entertainment products in 2016 after Seoul deployed the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence […]
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