However, on Wednesday Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said Malaysia was pursuing more talks with China. That news came days after another minister said the cabinet had decided to terminate the contract … ( read…
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China’s military-run space station in Argentina is a ‘black box’
LAS LAJAS, Argentina – When China built a military-run space station in Argentina’s Patagonian region it promised to include a visitors’ center to explain the purpose of its powerful 16-story antenna. … ( read original…
Why Russia, China are fighting US push against Venezuela’s Maduro
Russia and China are leveraging its economic support to establish a military-industrial presence in Venezuela,” Joseph Humire, executive director of the Center for a Secure Free Society, an independen… ( read original story …)
Beijing boys’ 10,000-km hockey journey to Toronto pays off
Sean Wu said a little prayer. The goaltender for Team China at the IIHF under-20 Division III world championship glanced at the score clock. His team, up 5-1 on Australia in the gold-medal game in…
China fast tracks new foreign investment law as U.S. talks loom
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament will vote in March on a new foreign investment law that will ban forced technology transfer and illegal government “interference” in foreign business practices, … ( read original story …)
For U.S.-China trade talks, hopes are high, expectations low
But she added that “the Chinese slowdown also impacts the United States.” Indeed, U.S. heavy equipment maker Caterpillar reported Monday that its China sales were slowing — news that sent its stock p… ( read…
Canada should immediately appoint high-level envoy to China, former ambassador says
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a daily news briefing in Beijing on Monday that the McCallum matter “is an internal affair for Canada. China will not comment.” Saint-Jacques … ( read original…
Will the US and China finally agree a trade deal?
Top trade officials from the US and China are meeting in Washington as a deadline to strike a deal approaches. This is the second round of talks since Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met…
John McCallum fell victim to Beijing’s ‘influence campaign,’ say former ambassadors
VANCOUVER—Former ambassador John McCallum’s break from Ottawa’s official messaging suggests Beijing was employing strategies from a “well-honed playbook” designed to sway ambassadors into representing … ( read original story …)
China tells U.S. to stop ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei
Beijing will “firmly defend” its companies, said foreign ministry statement read on the state-run TV news. It gave no indication whether Beijing might retaliate for the charges against Huawei, China’s … ( read original story…
The air on cruise ships can be as polluted as the air in Beijing, new study claims
Air pollution on cruise ship decks may be as bad as in cities like Beijing and Santiago, Chile, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The study measured pollution leve… (…
China starts legal process at WTO over U.S. tariffs
China triggered the legal process on Monday for the World Trade Organization to hear Beijing’s challenge to U.S. tariffs imposed on $234 billion US of goods, and berated the United States for blocking … (…
China calls firing ambassador McCallum ‘internal affair’; continues to press for Meng’s release
China will not comment,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing in Beijing. Geng reiterated China’s call for Canada to “make the correct choice” and … ( read original story …)
