By Maria Siow The Chinese ambassador to Canberra has urged Australia not to be “incited” by Nato’s support for demands by the US to raise defence spending sharply and instead should cooperate with Beijing to resolve regional disputes. Analysts say the “unsolicited advice” is unlikely to sway Canberra and could backfire by reinforcing distrust of […]
Read MoreIt was a completely unsurprising surprise announcement. In a highly unusual statement issued on June 14, a Saturday, Kazakh authorities said they had selected Russia’s state-owned Rosatom to build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant, binding the country further to its northern neighbor. “Finally, the spectacle is over,” Kazakh economist Aset Nauryzbaev, who opposed the project, […]
Read MoreChinese smartphone and electronics companies have started sending products from their Indian plants to places like West Asia, Africa, and even the United States, according to a report by The Economic Times. These markets were earlier mostly supplied by China and Vietnam. This shift follows the Indian government’s efforts to encourage exports and the expansion […]
Read MoreBy Kandy Wongin Hong KongandFrank Chenin Shanghai American retail giants are now demanding that their Chinese suppliers shoulder half to 66 per cent of the cost of US import duties, as the ongoing US-China trade war ramps up pressure on businesses’ bottom lines, industry sources told the Post. US retailers have been locked in talks […]
Read MoreChinese Vice Premier He Lifeng resumed talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Saturday afternoon in Geneva in a tentative first step towards defusing a trade war that is disrupting the global economy. Bessent and He were meeting in Geneva after weeks of growing tensions in which duties on goods imports between the world’s […]
Read MoreThe Chinese embassies in India and Pakistan on Friday (9 May) advised citizens to step up safety precautions and to be cautious about travelling to the South Asian countries, amidst the worst fighting in the region in nearly three decades. The nuclear-armed neighbours have been clashing since India struck multiple locations in Pakistan on Wednesday […]
Read MoreBy Saeed Shah and Idrees Ali ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – A top Chinese-made Pakistani fighter plane shot down at least two Indian military aircraft on Wednesday, two U.S. officials told Reuters, marking a major milestone for Beijing’s advanced fighter jet. An Indian Air Force spokesperson said he had no comment when asked about the […]
Read MoreBy Resty Woro Yuniar Indonesia is sending mixed signals about Chinese investment in its nickel industry as it aims to align its policies with US tax credit eligibility under a trade deal with Washington, with the government denying placing limits on Chinese involvement even as reports suggest new deals are being structured to minimise their […]
Read MoreChinese diplomats are pressuring lawmakers from at least six countries not to attend a China-focused summit in Taiwan, participants told The Associated Press. Politicians in Bolivia, Colombia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one other Asian country that declined to be named, say they are getting texts, calls and urgent requests for meetings that […]
Read MoreBy Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, July 25 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks on power sector debt relief alongside structural reforms suggested by the International Monetary Fund, two government sources said. He held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing, they said, and is leading a delegation, […]
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