China and the European Union may not be able to issue a joint statement during Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Brussels next week, as the two sides are bickering over the extent to which access to China’s market should be improved, EU sources have told the South China Morning Post. Germany, France, Britain, Sweden and […] Read more
Beijing’s decision on Sunday to break a tacit agreement by sending two PLA fighter jets across a largely observed line dividing the Taiwan Strait has been seen by Taiwanese analysts as intentional and a response to US naval “freedom of navigation” exercises in the strait. It also demonstrated that Beijing had discounted Taiwan’s reaction over […] Read more
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China and the United States resumed trade talks in Beijing on Friday, giving another push to their high-stakes negotiations to end their months-long tariff war. Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He met US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in the Chinese capital, after the two sides kick-started the […] Read more
European and Chinese leaders sought to reassure each other over economic cooperation on Tuesday despite the increasing US move towards protectionism, as leading EU figures said they were still open to joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative. French President Emmanuel Macron, who is hosting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the final leg of his […] Read more
North Korea pulled its staff out of an inter-Korean liaison office on Friday, Seoul said, weeks after leader Kim Jong-un’s summit with US President Donald Trump ended without agreement. The office in the Northern city of Kaesong was opened in September as the two Koreas knitted closer ties, but the South’s vice unification minister Chun […] Read more
China’s railway line to Laos is almost half complete, putting it on schedule to begin service in December 2021, said the chief of Lao Railways. Trains on the line can travel at up to 160 km/h (100mph) said Lao Railways’ director general Somsana Ratsaphong. Tickets will start from US$20 a trip. The US$7 billion project […] Read more
China has chosen the Hong Kong unit of the country’s largest overseas lender to roll out a cross-border account that would break down barriers between the two jurisdictions, making it easier for local residents to gain access to banking services in the world’s second-largest economy. Bank of China (Hong Kong), one of the city’s three […] Read more
China’s decision to ground the Boeing model involved in the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash within the first 20 hours of the March 10 tragedy was a result of an ever-increasing and deep-rooted risk averse culture, industry insiders said. Portrayed as a rare victory for China in the court of international public opinion, the Civil Aviation […] Read more
Premier Li Keqiang is expected to address questions ranging from foreign investments to structural reforms at a press conference to mark the end of the annual gathering of China’s parliament today. In the course of the just-concluded two-week session, the National People’s Congress passed a law protecting foreign investment in China, and several proposals to […] Read more
