Tag: Beijing
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Donald Trump praises ‘momentous’ US-China deal aimed at defusing trade war
After nearly two years of conflict and the exchange of punishing tariffs that have had a negative impact on business investment and global economic growth, President Donald Trump last month announced a “phase one” trade deal with Beijing.
January 16, 2020 -
Xi Jinping to drive home belt and road plan during 2-day Myanmar visit
The Chinese president's visit will seek to cement Beijing's position as Myanmar's largest investor and strategic partner.
January 15, 2020 -
Voting underway for Taiwan leadership, legislature elections
The island's legislature has 113 seats, including 73 directly elected regional seats.
January 11, 2020 -
Nepal-China Transit Protocol to come into effect from Feb
After completing all domestic procedures, Nepal, on August 9, had notified China and had been waiting for a notification from Beijing.
January 2, 2020 -
The decade that was
The decade has been somewhat reminiscent of the 1980s that was marked by dramatic activism and with immediate consequences, notably the overthrow of the Marcos regime in the Philippines through people’s power in 1986, the ouster of the South Korean military dictatorship in 1987, the toppling of the entire eastern bloc of Soviet states in 1989 followed in its aftermath by the disintegration of the Soviet Union (August 1991), the beginning of the end of the apartheid era in South Africa and powerful but unsuccessful uprisings in Myanmar and China.
January 1, 2020 -
Japan PM urges China to set Hong Kong ‘free and open’ after pro-democracy protests
The two leaders also discussed North Korea and the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the spokesman said.
December 24, 2019 -
US acts on Uighurs
The White House has yet to say whether the President will sign or veto the bill, which contains a provision allowing the Oval Office to waive sanctions if the President determines that to be in the national interest.
December 7, 2019 -
Chinese FM to visit India this month for boundary talks
The talks were to be held in September but had to be postponed as the two sides could not find a suitable date for the meeting.
December 4, 2019 -
Beijing Blues
Western engagement with China rested largely on a blithe and now utterly discredited assumption that economic liberalisation would bring political freedoms.
December 4, 2019 -
‘Rapid rise’: China overtakes US in number of diplomatic missions
The United States opened no new posts and was forced to shutter its consulate in Saint Petersburg -- amid tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions following the poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal in Britain.
November 27, 2019 -
China, US moving closer to deal, no agreement on tariff rollbacks: Report
That information was not included in a report on the Global Times' website, which was much more cautious about the future of a deal.
November 26, 2019 -
Hong Kong courts have no power to rule on face mask ban: China
The move was seen as a watershed legal moment for the city since its 1997 return by Britain to China -- but has been largely symbolic.
November 19, 2019 -
Thousands gather in Hong Kong street amid fresh protests
According to the city's hospital authority, the total number of people injured on Monday's protests included 93 men and 35 women.
November 12, 2019 -
Hong Kong restaurants branded ‘yellow’ if they support protests, ‘blue’ if they don’t
Meanwhile, detailed lists were being circulated on social media sites, with map applications showing the colour of restaurants in different districts.
November 2, 2019 -
China leases pacific island after Solomons cuts ties with Taiwan
Jonathan Pryke, director of Sydney-based foreign policy think tank the Lowy Institute Pacific programme, said it was not unusual for China to promise such special economic zones to developing nations that were desperate for investment.
October 17, 2019 -
Trump, China, & Biden
Trump referred to a business deal that Hunter Biden was involved in, drawing on investments from the Chinese government-owned Bank of China.
October 7, 2019 -
China says change of venue on Gandhi Jayanti ‘purely technical’
An event organised to mark Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary was shifted to the Indian Embassy premises last minute on Wednesday after the Chinese government "denied permission" to hold the event, according to Indian embassy officials.
October 6, 2019