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
“China has noted the reports of suicide terrorist attack. We are deeply shocked by this attack. We express deep condolences and sympathy to the injured and bereaved families,” spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Geng Shuang said. BEIJING: China on Friday expressed deep “shock” over the Pulwama terror attack carried out by a Jaish suicide […] Read more
Beijing has sent a trusted senior cadre – with a track record of versatility and economic development – to join the highest decision-making body of China’s highly sensitive Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Wang Junzheng, 56, has been appointed to Xinjiang’s 14-member Communist Party standing committee, according to an official statement on Monday. His new role […] Read more
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: 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
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
