Both leaders were upbeat about the call, with Trump calling it “a very good one” and Xi saying he and Trump both hoped for a positive start to US-China relations, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. US President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed issues including TikTok, trade and Taiwan in a phone […]
Read MoreFor the first time, Pakistan has launched a surveillance satellite made entirely of its own technology. It was assisted by neighboring China. The satellite was launched from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Friday (January 17). China Daily reported that this afternoon, China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket, which […]
Read MoreAbout four minutes before the fatal crash, one of the pilots reported a bird strike and declared an emergency before initiating a go-around and attempting to land on the opposite end of the runway. Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea last month, […]
Read MoreChina has offered to invest $3.7 billion in Sri Lanka, stated to be the biggest-ever foreign investment in the island nation, to build a state-of-the-art oil refinery at Hambantota as the two countries signed a new plan to upgrade BRI cooperation during Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s state visit to China. On Thursday, Dissanayake […]
Read MoreTikTok’s US operations could either be sold through a competitive process or an arrangement by the government, the report said, suggesting that the future of the app is no longer solely in ByteDance’s control. Chinese officials are in preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the United States to billionaire Elon […]
Read MoreThe implications of Trump’s comments for US policy on Taiwan have been widely discussed on China’s social media platforms in recent days and by foreign policy analysts. For years, the US government has urged China to show “restraint” in pushing its claim on Taiwan and to drop military threats to bring the democratically governed island […]
Read MoreTaiwan, which China views as its own territory, said a ship owned by a Hong Kong company but registered both in Cameroon and Tanzania, damaged a cable to the north of the island earlier this month, although it says it has not been able to verify the ship’s intentions and was unable to board it […]
Read MoreThe Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from between 74 and 81 percent previously. A Japanese government panel said Thursday it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a “megaquake” to up to 82 percent in the next 30 years. Such a jolt […]
Read MoreSouth Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faced renewed questioning Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over a failed martial law declaration, but his lawyers said he would not take part. The Constitutional Court was also to hold its second hearing in a trial that will decide whether to uphold Yoon’s impeachment, after the […]
Read MoreChina will actively support Sri Lanka in focusing on economic development and the two countries should jointly foster new highlights in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, as well as cooperation in modern agriculture, digital economy and marine economy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Wednesday. China’s efforts in further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese […]
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