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
The senior Chinese official who oversees state-sanctioned Christian churches has pledged to rid the faith in China of any Western “imprint” and called for further “Sinicisation” of religion. Xu Xiaohong, chairman of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), a government-controlled body that runs state-approved Protestant churches, on Monday attacked what Beijing perceived […] Read more
China is becoming increasingly isolated in its refusal to list as a terrorist the founder of the Pakistan-based organisation responsible for the suicide bombing in Kashmir on February 14. The US, Britain, France and Russia on Wednesday backed India’s long-standing call for the UN Security Council’s sanctions committee to blacklist Masood Azhar, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad […] Read more
HANOI, Vietnam — President Donald Trump cut his losses here Thursday.After traveling halfway around the world for a face-to-face meeting with one of the world’s most notorious despots — with hopes of persuading the dictator to give up his nuclear weapons cache — the president who considers himself the world’s ultimate deal-maker pushed away from […] Read more
It’s unclear whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is going to give up his nukes anytime soon, and the same could probably be said for his cigarettes. Footage by Japan’s TBS TV showed Kim, a habitual smoker, taking a pre-dawn smoke break Tuesday at a train station in China hours before his arrival in […] Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives at the Dong Dang railway station in Vietnam at the border with China. Photo: Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump will conduct their summit over the course of two days in Hanoi, starting with a one-on-one meeting on Wednesday before a dinner that evening. […] Read more
China’s top trade negotiator Liu He will meet US President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon in Washington as the two nations race to reach a deal before the March 1 deadline for the US more than doubling its tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports. The meeting, listed on the White House’s daily schedule […] Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk expects that the electric car maker will have the technology needed to essentially operate vehicles without drivers by the end of the year. The entrepreneur made the comment on a podcast with Cathie Wood and Tasha Keeney of ARK Invest, a firm that owns shares in the company. Tesla’s automated driver […] Read more
Pakistan-based group’s claim of responsibility poses foreign policy challenge to Indian prime minister Questions raised on claims of a ‘reset’ in relations following the summit meeting in Wuhan By: Debasish Roy Chowdhury A terror strike on Indian security forces in the country’s restive Jammu and Kashmir province has raised renewed questions in India on China’s […] Read more
Trade talks between the US and China have broken up without a deal, with the US warning that “very difficult issues” remain unresolved. The talks in China this week were aimed at securing a new deal before further US tariffs are imposed on 1 March. China said negotiations would now continue in the US next […] Read more
