U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of “responsibly managing” the differences between the United States and China as the two sides butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues. Talks between the two sides have increased in […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken that the world's biggest economies should be "partners, not rivals" as the two sides pressed for headway on a range of concerns. Blinken, in China for the second time in less than a year, pointed to improvements in
President-elect Lai Ching-te says he is 'very much looking forward to China having the confidence to engage with the elected and legitimate government that the Taiwan people have entrusted. That is the right way for cross-strait exchange.'
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that China is happy to see a confident, open, prosperous and thriving United States and hopes the United States can also look at China's development in a positive light.
Andrzej Duda became the latest world leader to renew acquaintances with the former president as November's election looms. Duda arrived as Republicans threaten to derail plans for more US aid to Ukraine. 'We had four great years together,' Trump said, 'We may have to do it again'
By W.G. Dunlop US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun via video teleconference Tuesday, in the first substantive talks between the superpowers’ defense chiefs in nearly 18 months. The United States has been working to strengthen defense cooperation with its allies in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China’s growing influence […]
China investigating Yao Qian, the former head of the Digital Yuan project. Local media reports say Yao is under probe for “violations of discipline and law.” Yao Qian, a leading Chinese blockchain expert who previously spearheaded China’s Digital Yuan program, is reportedly under government investigation. The Digital Yuan is a central bank digital currency (CBDC) […]
Guests can now present a smart ID card. Residents say people are constantly scanned in public anyway.
The former Stanford president recieved the NSB’s Vannevar Bush Award, which celebrates exceptional lifelong leaders in science.
This week marks the beginning of the first criminal trial against Donald Trump. The former president is accused of crimes stemming from his hush money scheme in which he and his associates sought to
HONG KONG — Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday as he wrapped up a three-day visit to China dominated by contentious issues and warnings from his hosts of another “downward spiral” in relations. The two men met Friday afternoon local time at the Great Hall of the People, an ornate and cavernous building next to Tiananmen Square. The visit is Blinken’s second in less than a year as the two superpowers work to stabilize ties with renewed...
An Israeli parliamentary delegation visited Taiwan last week, led by Boaz Toporovsky, a sitting member of the Israeli Knesset and chairman of the Taiwan-Israel Friendship Group.