Beijing on Thursday accused the United States of hypocrisy in response to accusations by President Joe Biden that China is “xenophobic” and “cheating” on trade. “I would like to ask him: are you talking about China or the US itself?” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, when asked about the comments. In a speech Wednesday […]
BEIJING/MANILA, April 30 (Reuters) – The Philippines on Tuesday accused China’s coast guard of harassment and of damaging two of its boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, rejecting Beijing’s position
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific traded mostly with gains on Tuesday following economic data from Japan and China. Japanese retail sales fell more than projected in March, while industrial production
The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) called on the European Union on Sunday to "continue improving and optimizing the trading environment, providing fair conditions
Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested.
Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region were in the red territory during the afternoon trading on Friday as investors assessed the latest inflation figure from Japan. Meanwhile, global attentio
China's coast guard said on Tuesday it "expelled" a Philippine coast guard ship and another vessel from waters adjacent to the Scarborough Shoal, Chinese state media reported. The coast guard did not provide additional information in a statement, but the incident was the latest to occur between the two countries
China says it firmly opposes foreign military alliances targeting it and stoking bloc confrontation.
The sea should not be an arena where countries can flex their 'gunboat muscles,' says Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and a close ally of President Xi Jinping
More than a dozen times, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida uses the word "peace" as he discusses his country's momentous decision to undertake its largest buildup of military capabilities since World War II."Since I became prime minister, we have substantially revised Japan's National Security Strategy," Kishida told Newsweek during an interview at his office in Tokyo on the heels of his first visit to Washington, D.C., as Japan's leader for talks with President Joe Biden. "Now, in that...
Japan and the European Union will agree to deepen cooperation on economic security, including strengthening supply chain resilience for semiconductors and other critical materials, government sources said Sunday, with the move coming amid efforts to reduce dependency on specific countries such as China. The leaders of Japan and the 27-nation
Russia announced this week that its bilateral trade with China has almost completely moved away from using the U.S. dollar, highlighting the two countries’ commitment to reducing their reliance on the U.S.-led economic system.Aside from reducing dependency on the Western-dominated global currency, these ‘de-dollarization’ efforts allow Russia and China to avoid the myriad sanctions now preventing Moscow from doing business on the international market. Western sanctions have helped lead to a boom...