United Arab Emirates’ Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy attends the opening meeting of the Arab Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, March 28, 2015 United Arab Emirates’s economy minister, Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri, said on Monday trade tensions between the United States and China are harmful […] Read more
By Ryan Browne The United States sailed two warships close to disputed islands in the South China Sea on Monday (Sunday night, ET), a move that is bound to draw the ire of Beijing. The guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance and USS Preble sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Spratly Islands as part of what […] Read more
A self-driving bus assisted by the 5G mobile network is on a test run in Chongqing, a vehicle-manufacturing powerhouse in southwestern China, local authorities said. The bus, equipped with technologies such as Controller Area Network and laser radar, is able to complete all autonomous operations with the assistance of the 5G mobile network. The electric-powered […] Read more
China’s surprise pledge this week to buy more American soybeans has failed to convince US farmers that brighter days lie ahead. In a meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, Liu He, China’s vice-premier and lead trade negotiator, told the US president and his advisers that China was committed to purchasing another […] Read more
By: Scott Snyder and Brad Glosserman Former South Korean “comfort woman” Lee Yong-soo (second from left), who was forced to serve as a sex slave for Japanese troops during World War II, and mourners shout slogans during a funeral ceremony for Kim Bok-dong near the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Feb. 1, 2019. Kim Bok-dong […] Read more
Chinese consumer spending is in better shape than indicated by retail sales data, analysts say, in what could be a positive sign amid a disconcerting slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. Retail sales growth may have faltered in 2018, but experts say that’s only one piece of the puzzle in an increasingly complex consumer landscape. […] Read more
Huawei chief financial officer Sabrina Meng Wanzhou is set for a long battle as she fights extradition from Canada to the United States, a process that could be complicated by intervention from US President Donald Trump, analysts say. Meng made a brief appearance before the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver for a bail hearing […] Read more
China has vowed to defend the interests of Chinese companies and expressed its concern after the United States’ announcement of criminal charges against telecoms giant Huawei, denouncing the move as politically motivated and immoral. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that the US should halt what he called unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies and […] Read more
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, along with his wife Peng Liyuan on Sunday met Ri Su Yong, a senior official from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and watched a performance by DPRK artists. Ri, a member of the Political Bureau of the […] Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Monday to “break the shell of mutual distrust” with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), by meeting leader Kim Jong Un face-to-face and restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries. In a major policy speech to mark the opening of parliament, Abe also vowed to push Sino-Japan ties […] Read more
