Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the courage and commitment of Hong Kong’s embattled leader on Monday, and reiterated the central government’s support for the city’s police force, as he met Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor for the second time in two months. But Xi also made a point of repeating remarks he made in Brazil last […] Read more
Former White House chief economic advisor Gary Cohn said Monday that he believes President Donald Trump will go forward with the Dec. 15 tariffs if the U.S. and China haven’t agreed to a trade deal. “I think he thinks that that’s a forcing function and if he keeps blinking, he loses credibility in the Chinese […] Read more
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will face “retribution sooner or later” for saying that Beijing wanted him to fire the general manager of the Houston Rockets, state broadcaster CCTV said in a commentary published late Friday. The government-controlled broadcaster said Silver “crossed the bottom line” by continuing to defend Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey. “To cater […] Read more
Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised to put EU-China relations to the fore when Germany takes on the European Union’s rotating presidency next year. This includes plans for a summit meeting – which multiple diplomatic sources expect to be held in Leipzig next September – where for the first time President Xi Jinping would meet all […] Read more
China talked up progress on trade with the US on Tuesday, highlighting bulk purchases of American farm products it had already made this year and saying that it was “on the same page” as Washington in negotiations. Asked if the two countries agreed on the degree of progress from two days of high-level talks in […] Read more
US President Donald Trump said “good things are happening” at the start of a second day of high-level trade negotiations with China, and signaled that he is inclined to sign a deal. “Good things are happening at China Trade Talk Meeting,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “Warmer feelings than in recent past, more like […] Read more
Chinese state-run television network CCTV said it was suspending the current broadcast arrangements for the NBA’s preseason games in China. Tencent, which owns the digital streaming rights for NBA in China, said it would also “temporarily suspend” the preseason broadcast arrangements. It follows a tweet made by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey in which […] Read more
The anti-mask law has thrown the Hong Kong leader’s official programme of talks with the public into doubt, according to political sources, who also revealed that frontline protesters were among those who had attended her closed-door sessions. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has, however, not given up on meeting groups of Hongkongers as a […] Read more
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg says it will take time for China to resolve problems like air pollution. Photo: AFP US billionaire Michael Bloomberg has spoken out in support of Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying Xi is “not a dictator” and the Communist Party “listens to the public” on issues like air pollution. Bloomberg made the comments […] Read more
Former French President Jacques Chirac has died at the age of 86, Chirac’s son-in-law told Reuters on Thursday. Chirac was president of France from 1995-2007. Under his presidency, France entered into the single European currency and abolished compulsory military service. Chirac also cut the presidential term of office from seven to five years. Chirac also […] Read more
