BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the Netherlands to jointly support free trade and safeguard the stability of global industrial and supply chains in a phone call with the Netherlands’ new foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp on Thursday. He also refuted recent comments about China made at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, saying different political …
BEIJING; China firmly opposes the continued spread of ungrounded false information by the United States about Russia’s “defense industrial base fueled by China,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday. Lin’s remarks came after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s accusation at the 2024 NATO Public Forum. “We express strong dissatisfaction with and firm opposition to the erroneous …
BEIJING: China and Bangladesh on Wednesday elevated their relations to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was on an official visit to China, announced the upgrade during a meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi noted that China and Bangladesh are close and friendly neighbors whose …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had an in-depth exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis when they met in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on Monday. Orban briefed Xi on his recent visits to Ukraine and Russia. Xi commended Orban for his efforts towards seeking a political solution to the crisis, stressing that an early …
BEIJING: July 1 marks the 103rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) – the party that leads one of the world’s most populous countries to realize rejuvenation through a Chinese path to modernization. Found in 1921, the CPC faced with a China that was torn apart and bullied by foreign powers whose traditional political structure and overall …
BEIJING: An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on the missions and tasks of the CPC on the new journey of the new era will be published on Monday, which marks the CPC’s 103rd founding anniversary. The article will be published in this year’s 13th issue of the Qiushi Journal, a …
China on Friday hosted an international conference in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence with experts applauding the spirit and value of these propositions amid a turbulent world. The five principles include mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful co-existence. …
BEIJING: The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence were proposed 70 years ago. Having emerged in a complex historical context, the five principles have been gradually accepted by countries worldwide and become fundamental norms for maintaining international peace and security and promoting friendly relations among nations. At a commemorative conference marking 70 years of the principles, held by China on Friday, …
China has launched a new initiative called the “Belt and Road Skills-Building-Dreams Action” to strengthen international skills cooperation among participating countries. Announced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Tuesday, the action aims to promote joint vocational standards, share training resources, cultivate skilled trainers, achieve mutual recognition of training certificates and establish cooperative brands. These efforts ultimately …
ISLAMABAD: Rare political consensus was shown on Friday at the third meeting of the Pakistan-China Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM) of Political Parties on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Islamabad as a visiting Chinese minister stressed that internal stability was essential for Pakistan’s development. The cross-party political unity was shown at the CPEC Pakistan-China Political Parties Forum co-chaired by Deputy …