They wanted to know if Clark’s government would intervene in the market to reduce prices, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News show. The internal Ministry … estate tycoons and corporations in China and Hong…
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China to send envoy to North Korea
though China has not announced any new punitive measures. Subscribe to INQUIRER PLUS to get access to The Philippine Daily Inquirer & other 70+ titles, share up to 5 gadgets, listen to the news, download…
Rights report urges China to ban gay conversion therapy
HONG KONG — An international human rights group says China’s government should stop hospitals and other medical facilities from subjecting LGBT people to conversion therapy that in some cases has involved electroshock, involuntary confinement and…
Domestic scandals haunt Trump’s Asia trip — China’s president pulled him aside in Beijing to ask, ‘Who is Roy Moore?’
After making a joint statement in Beijing during his Asia tour, Chinese President Xi Jinping pulled President Donald Trump aside and asked, “Who is Roy Moore?” For nearly two weeks, Trump was able to avoid…
A giant Australian publisher scrapped a book on China’s influence out of fear for Beijing’s wrath
Chinese flags flutter at Tiananmen Square ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing Thomson Reuters An Australian publisher has shelved a book on China’s influence in Australia, out of fear of reprisal from…
Markets drop after China releases economic data
TOKYO – Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday as markets watched for tax reform developments in the U.S. and digested economic data from China. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 recouped earlier gains to end…
China’s facial recognition advances; becomes largest video surveillance network
If you cross the street in urban China these days, chances are you’re being watched. The country has built the world’s largest video surveillance network with tens of millions of cameras, and they are now…
Beijing pressured Australian publisher into canceling book release, author says
One of Australia’s major publishers has backtracked on releasing a book detailing Chinese influence in the country — amid threats of retaliation from Beijing, the book’s author says. Clive Hamilton, a prominent Charles Sturt University…
Trump offers to mediate South China Sea feud
Unlike China, the U.S. is not a claimant to the potentially oil-rich … “I’m a very good mediator and arbitrator,” Trump said at a news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in Vietnam’s capital,…
Trump offers to mediate in protracted South China Sea feud
Unlike China, the U.S. is not a claimant to the potentially oil-rich … “I’m a very good mediator and arbitrator,” Trump said at a news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in Vietnam’s capital,…
Trumps offers to mediate in protracted South China Sea feud
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Xi assured him of China’s peaceful intentions…
Trump touts his dealmaking skills as solution to South China Sea dispute
“I know you’ve had a dispute for quite a while with China, if I can help in any way, I’m a very good mediator and a very good arbitrator.” “I’ve done plenty of it from…
Trump offers to mediate on South China Sea
HANOI (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to mediate between claimants to the South China Sea, where five countries contest China’s sweeping claims to the busy waterway. Trump was…
