BEIJING – China Wednesday called into question the US forcing of smaller countries into picking sides in Sino-US trade war. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson denounced certain U.S. officials’ move to force small and medium-sized countries to pick sides. “It is so typical of some U.S. officials to force small and medium-sized countries to pick sides,” said Wang Wenbin, the …
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday said improving skills to solve practical problems is an urgent need when coping with the current complex situation and the arduous tasks China faces. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the comment during the opening ceremony of …
New measures announced by President Xi Jinping to support the United Nations will offer a strong boost to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, bolster the level of food security and reduce extreme poverty for the world’s least developed countries, officials and experts said. In a speech delivered via video at the general debate of the 75th session of the …
New York – China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, on Thursday fought back at U.S. accusations against China over the handling of COVID-19. At a summit-level debate on “global governance after COVID-19,” the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, repeated President Donald Trump’s demand to hold China accountable for the spread of the virus. …
Afghan Taliban must honour diversity in intra-Afghan dialogue By Dr Hussain Yasa A week after the Intra-Afghan talks started, at last, the distance between the two negotiating teams started surfacing in the first session of their proper face-to-face talks. It took almost a week for the contact groups to finalize the agenda and the principles of the talks. From the very …
China, US stand to gain from cooperation, lose from confrontation, reminds Zhao Lijian – asks US to stop making waves in South China Sea BEIJING – A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Friday urged the United States “not to make an issue out of China in its election.” “We have no comment on the U.S. presidential election, which is …
China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday warned the U.S. that it should respect China’s red line on the Taiwan question, after the island finalized the purchase of F-16 fighter jets from U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin on August 14. The Pentagon announced on Friday the 10-year, 62-billion-U.S.-dollar contract with Lockheed Martin for the new production of the F-16 Foreign Military Sale …
It is no secret that Sino-U.S. relations have quickly deteriorated in recent months. The rhetoric and actions have reminded the world, worryingly, of a new Cold War. In a time of uncertainty, does the world really need a new Cold War between the two largest economies? And could the Sino-U.S. relationship take another shape? Chapter 1: A vaccine race for …
The U.S.’ pressurising campaign against China will only make Chinese people more united, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, commenting on the results of a questionnaire gathered from over 100,000 responses on China-U.S. relations. The questionnaire, launched by the Chinese newspaper The Global Times on Monday, is comprised of six questions mainly regarding how Chinese people view the current …
‘It is also a solemn move to safeguard China’s national sovereignty, security’ BEIJING — China has announced sanctions against 11 U.S. individuals with egregious records on Hong Kong affairs. “This is a necessary move opposing the U.S. anti-China forces’ flagrant interference in China’s internal affairs over a long period of time. It is also a solemn move to safeguard …