Beijing is turning the trade leaf: Its merchandise trade surplus with the U.S. is down at an annual rate of 10% in the first four months of this year. On current trends, that surplus could fall 24% in 2019. A friendly Trump-Xi meeting is likely during the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan later this month. […] Read more
US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping last met in Argentina in December on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Photo: AP A meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Japan next month is still up in the air as the “current conditions” are […] Read more
China produces 90 per cent of the world’s rare earth minerals, used in hi-tech production such as electric vehicles Rare earth minerals one of the few goods not hit by incoming US tariffs on US$300 billion of Chinese goods as trade war escalates ‘ Readers must think ‘this was written specifically for me’ for successful […] Read more
“By the way, you see the tariffs we’re doing? Because they broke the deal. They broke the deal,” Trump said Wednesday. “So they’re flying in, the vice premier tomorrow is flying in — good man — but they broke the deal. They can’t do that, so they’ll be paying.” Trump added that the United States […] Read more
Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He will go to the United States on Thursday to continue trade negotiations, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. The trip, scheduled for two days, is shorter than expected. The South China Morning Post reported on Monday that Liu was preparing for the trip. The trip comes as uncertainty hangs over […] Read more
This updates a previously published story with new information. China is still preparing to send a delegation to Washington for the trade talks despite the latest threats by US President Donald Trump to increase tariffs, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Monday. “There have been many times that the US side has threatened to […] Read more
Sen. Bernie Sanders hopes to set himself apart from his most formidable 2020 rival on a signature issue: trade. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has led Sanders in early Democratic presidential primary polling since entering the race a week ago, raised eyebrows Wednesday by downplaying the economic threat posed by China. At a campaign […] Read more
Beijing’s acceptance of two Vatican-approved bishop candidates from Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi sends a “cautiously positive” signal over their controversial agreement ahead of Good Friday, experts said. But they expected new tensions to emerge amid uncertainty over the fate of the unofficial church in China. The South China Morning Post reported last month that […] Read more
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has unveiled a new exhibition featuring Lego portraits of Mexican students who were reportedly massacred in 2014. He unveiled the provocative artworks at a gallery in Mexico City on Thursday. They depict the faces of the 43 Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College pupils who were kidnapped and disappeared in Iguala, Mexico. […] Read more
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
