Deere Chairman and CEO Samuel Allen said on Wednesday that his main concern with President Donald Trump’s tariffs is the long-term effects it will have on the supply of agricultural commodities. “We’re more concerned about the structural changes that it might force on the global supply of soybeans and other commodities,” Allen said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” […] Read more
[Photo/VCG] With charges flying back and forth between the United States and China ahead of the eagerly awaited meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping at the upcoming G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, resolving the conflict has taken on great urgency. The alternatives pose grave risks for both countries: an ever-escalating trade war, […] Read more
He Jiankui is reflected in a glass panel as he works at a computer at a laboratory in Shenzhen in China. [Photo/Agencies] A Chinese scientist’s attempt to produce the world’s first gene-edited babies immune to HIV has sparked heated controversy among the public and academics. In an online video posted on Monday, He Jiankui, a […] Read more
By XU WEI State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talks with representatives of the United Nations Security Council and ministry officials in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Monday. FONG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY The international community is in need of an even stronger United Nations in the face of rising unilateral actions, State […] Read more
The “nine-in-one” elections, staged every four years, will be held on Saturday to choose nine levels of officers, including municipal mayors, councillors, and county magistrates. It is the first local election test for Tsai and the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party since she came to office in May 2016. Whether her party – or her opponents […] Read more
China is ready to work with other countries to boost East Asia’s security and development by safeguarding the rules-based international order and free trade, and promoting sustainable development and political dialogue, Premier Li Keqiang told the 13th East Asia Summit on Thursday in Singapore. Regional free trade mechanisms are being accelerated, with the Regional Comprehensive […] Read more
China will take into consideration sincere and constructive advice on the issue of human rights, but firmly opposes vicious and groundless criticism from a tiny minority of people with a political bias, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday. Her remarks came after the United Nations reviewed China’s human rights record on Tuesday. The […] Read more
Free trade should be promoted for a stable, law-based environment, he says Premier Li Keqiang called for increased East Asia regional integration on Thursday and for building up the East Asian Economic Community, while accelerating negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the China-Japan-Republic of Korea free trade zone. He made the statement at […] Read more
EOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader publicly inspected a new weapon for the first time in nearly a year, state media reported on Friday, while it also decided to release a U.S. prisoner, sending conflicting signals at a time of sensitive negotiations. Kim Jong Un’s visit to the test site of a new “tactical weapon” […] Read more
Hands on deck: crew of the warship Zhiyuan CREDIT: PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY More than seven decades after their deaths, 31 Chinese sailors who died during World War II were remembered at a ceremony in Liverpool in northwestern England on Monday. The sailors served on Dutch merchant vessels and died in Britain between 1942 and 1945. The […] Read more
