With a couple of tweets, U.S. President Donald Trump may have brightened the mood of this week’s trade talks between China and the United States. But he’s also increased confusion here in Beijing. In this…
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Is Beijing softening its tone towards Hong Kong on major policies?
Reading between the lines is necessary when it comes to Beijing’s narrative on major policies, including those about Hong Kong under “one country, two systems”. Here comes the latest question: is Beijing softening its tone…
China’s first Beijing-built aircraft carrier begins historic sea trials as the country bids to create a the world’s most fearsome navy
China has taken a historic step in its bid to build a navy that rivals the world’s finest by sending the country’s first domestically built aircraft out for sea trials. The vessel has the temporary…
China’s first domestically-made aircraft carrier begins sea trials
China’s first aircraft carrier built entirely in its own shipyard … stability of mechanical systems and other equipment,” Reuters quoted the official Xinhua news agency as saying. The Liaoning provincial maritime safety bureau issued an…
Beijing urges ceasefire after deadly Myanmar border clashes
China on Sunday condemned fighting on its border between Myanmar forces and ethnic rebels that has left 19 dead, mostly civilians, in some of the worst bloodshed on the restive frontier in recent years. The…
China’s first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
BEIJING — China’s first entirely home-built aircraft carrier began sea trials Sunday in a sign of the growing sophistication of the country’s domestic arms industry. The still-unnamed ship left dock in the northern port of…
China’s first home-built carrier sets out for sea trials
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s first domestically developed aircraft carrier … of weapons and other systems and has not yet entered service. The official Xinhua news agency confirmed the ship had left for trials with a…
Beijing again flexes military muscle, sending fighter jets, bombers around Taiwan
Beijing on Friday conducted encirclement drills around Taiwan with its new Su-35 fighter jets as it again flexed its military muscle amid tensions with the self-ruled island. The “innovative joint operation” involved two theatre commands…
China central bank says to maintain neutral policy, stable yuan
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank will maintain its neutral monetary policy and keep liquidity and credit growth largely steady while keeping the yuan currency basically stable, it said on Friday. The central bank’s…
China monthly car sales pick up in April; EV sales double
Monthly figures from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show that passenger cars sales in April rose 11 per cent over a year earlier to 1.9 million vehicles, outpacing a 3.5 per cent growth rate…
Leaders of Japan, China, South Korea agree to co-operate on North Korea
TOKYO — China, Japan and South Korea warmed their chilly relations … “The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia,” Abe told a joint news conference in Tokyo,…
China’s new train line to Iran sends message to Trump: We’ll keep trading anyway
The launch of a new rail connection between Bayannur in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Iran was announced by the official news agency Xinhua on Thursday. Its exact path was not described in the…
Critic’s jailing shows hushed dissent since ’08 China quake
Like many in the poor, mountainous region, Chen and her husband had been working in more economically vibrant eastern China. Hearing news of the quake at the textile plant where they worked in Zhejiang province,…
