BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to visit Beijing next week amid tensions over trade and China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. China’s foreign ministry announced Pompe… ( read…
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China slams ‘irresponsible’ United States over shelved security talks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry criticized the United States for suggesting that Beijing was behind the cancellation of sensitive security talks planned for this month … ( read original story …)
Why Canada likely just gave the U.S. and Mexico a say over its own trade talks with China
… Canada is going to be negotiating a trade agreement with China, they have to keep them [the U.S.] up to date,” he told Global News. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Prime … (…
China hits movie star Fan Bingbing with huge fines for tax evasion
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has ordered A-list movie star Fan Bingbing to pay about 884 million yuan ($129 million) in overdue taxes and fines, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday … ( read original…
China fines movie star Fan Bingbing in high-profile tax evasion case
state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday. Fan appeared in the “X-Men” and “Iron Man” film franchises with more than 62 million followers online in China. She dropped off the radar in … ( read…
Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deal with Canada, Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims … ( read…
Beijing critical of U.S. military operation in the South China Sea
The U.S. Navy has deployed a destroyer to sail close to the Spratly Islands, an area in the South China Sea claimed by Beijing. The move prompted a furious response from Beijing, ratcheting up ……
Beijing demands apology after UK Conservative Party kicked out a Chinese journalist who slapped a party volunteer
Beijing is demanding that the British Conservative party apologise for kicking out a Chinese journalist who slapped a volunteer at a conference. Kong Linlin, a reporter for the state-run China Global … ( read original…
Tennis-Del Potro Powers Past Ramos-Vinolas in Beijing Opener
(Reuters) – U.S. Open finalist Juan Martin del Potro swatted aside Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the China Open second round. Del Potro, playing his first match since losing … (…
China says security dialogue postponed at U.S. request
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has postponed upcoming security talks with the United States at the request of Washington, a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday, amid rising tensions … ( read original story …)
Pentagon chief drops planned visit to China as tensions continue
Defense officials confirmed news reports of the meeting cancellation … but the tension has spilled over into the military arena. China, for example, has refused a request for a U.S. warship … ( read original…
China’s Health Care Crisis: Lines Before Dawn, Violence and ‘No Trust’
The news angered the public, rattling confidence in the government … The country does not have a functioning primary care system, the first line of defense for illness and injury. China has one gene… (…
China’s Local Governments At Odds With Beijing Over Coal Plants
Despite a major push by Beijing to reduce the number of coal power plans across China, local authorities are doing their own thing—a wave of new coal-fired TPPs are coming on stream in China ……
