Starbucks is losing its prime spot among chains racing to meet China’s growing thirst for coffee. Luckin Coffee has surpassed Starbucks as China’s biggest coffee chain by sales and units, company …
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Mexico & China agree to help U.S. curb opioid crisis
Drug overdose deaths hit a record high last year and fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, killed more Americans than any other drug. This week Mexico and China agreed to help curb the flow of fentanyl into…
Abandon the ‘China threat’ talk or risk upset in China-US reset, former Beijing envoy says
Pushing the “China threat” line will undermine this week’s reset in the US-China relationship in San Francisco, according to former Chinese vice foreign minister Kong Xuanyou.
China wants to complete a Mars sample return mission before NASA
China wants to steal NASA’s thunder by launching a Mars sample return mission that brings back Martian soil and rocks roughly two years before the … The post China wants to complete a Mars sample…
China has many vulnerabilities for the U.S. to exploit — though America’s own weaknesses make that harder
But unlike the U.S.S.R., China seems in no danger of collapsing. Yet China is grappling with problems that are eroding it from within, and which could be turning the present and dangerous Washington-Beijing dynamic in…
Looking back at 50 years of “panda diplomacy” between U.S. and China
After several Chinese pandas were taken from Washington, D.C., earlier this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled that more of the furry creatures, who he called “envoys of friendship,” will come to the U.
China could send more pandas to the US, Xi Jinping suggests
Chinese President Xi Jinping has indicated China will continue to send pandas to the United States following his meeting with President Biden in California.
See the rusting warship central to the Philippines’ South China Sea claims that Beijing tries to keep from holding on
The BRP Sierra Madre has served three countries over seven decades and now stands as one of the last defenses against an encroaching Chinese Navy.
108 people die from Covid-19 in last 10 months: MoPH
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says more than 20,000 people contracted Covid-19 during the past ten months, with 108 of them losing battle for life. Meanwhile, due to cold …
Are the U.S. and China on a collision course? Where things stand after the Biden-Xi summit
President Joe Biden had a frank discussion with China’s Xi Jinping. His next challenge? Steer the U.S. away from a military conflict over Taiwan.
China navy used sonar pulses against divers, Australia says
Australia has accused China’s navy of using sonar pulses in an incident in international waters that resulted in Australian divers suffering injuries. The Australian defence minister said a Chinese …
Chinese Navy Sonar Blasts Aussie Sailors; Fallout Threatens Australia’s Pro-China Government
Dangerous Chinese harassment of a disabled Australian frigate—injuring sailors—may end up sinking Anthony Albanese, Australia’s pro-China Prime Minster.
China’s influence in C.America advances at a gallop
Anchored in the heart of colonial San Salvador, a towering and expansive library was inaugurated this week by President Nayib Bukele, the latest sign of China’s growing influence across.”The new …