Kim Jong Un to visit China: First public appearance at multilateral event in 6 years; Russia also attending

[ad_1] Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jingpin (AP images) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit China next week for the first time in six years to attend a military parade, the two countries announced on Thursday. The visit will mark Kim’s first appearance at a major multilateral event with other world […]

US-China trade row: Donald Trump says he could ‘destroy China’; hints at 200% tariffs on rare earths

[ad_1] File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States holds overwhelming leverage over China, even suggesting that if he chose to use it, he could “destroy” the world’s second-largest economy.Speaking in the Oval Office on Monday before a bilateral meeting with South Korean President […]

Deadly extramarital affair: Married man dies after hotel sex with lover in China; woman fined Rs 7.5 lakh

[ad_1] A court in China has ordered a woman to pay 62,000 Yuan (Rs 7,53,643.48) in compensation to the family of her married lover, who died after having sex with her in a hotel room. The 66-year-old man, surnamed Zhou, died of acute myocardial infarction, according to a medical certificate issued by a local hospital, […]

Contraceptive slip-up: Man’s Rs 200 payment failure exposes extramarital affair in China; blames pharmacy for ruining his relationship

[ad_1] A payment failure can expose the dark secrets and may ruin the relationship. In China, a man claimed that the payment failure at the pharmacy store led to the collapse of two families and demanded accountability from the company. A man, posted a video, stating that he visited the Pinggang branch of Dashenlin Pharmacy […]

‘Reverse the downward spiral’: Nikki Haley urges US to strengthen ties with India to counter China; warns of ‘strategic disaster’

[ad_1] File photo: Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (Picture credit: ANI) Former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has called on Washington to strengthen its partnership with India, warning that undermining decades of progress in relations would be a “strategic disaster.”In an opinion piece for Newsweek, Haley described India […]

How does US plan to take on China? By building a drone fleet inspired by Ukraine – but how well is it going?

[ad_1] The Pentagon is betting heavily on autonomous maritime drones to counter China’s growing naval power in the Pacific. Inspired by Ukraine’s successful use of cheap, kamikaze-style sea drones against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, US defense planners envision swarms of high-tech, AI-driven vessels patrolling the Taiwan Strait and deterring a Chinese advance. But a string […]

China’s Economy Slows Broadly Even as Exports Keep Rising

[ad_1] The Chinese economy slowed noticeably in July, according to official statistics released on Friday, highlighting a complex set of challenges facing China amid growing global tensions over trade. The government attributed the slowdown partly to the trade war with the United States, though China’s economy is still suffering the overhang of a four-year-long crash […]

Trump signs order extending China tariff truce by 90 days, White House official says

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending a tariff truce with China by another 90 days, a White House official said on Monday with only hours to go before US tariffs on Chinese goods were due to snap back to triple-digit rates.The order followed a noncommittal answer by Trump to reporters […]

In unusual move, US to take cut of AI chips sold to China

[ad_1] Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to pay the US 15% of the money they take in from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, as part of a highly unusual financial agreement with the Trump administration.The deal, which was described by three people familiar with the agreement who spoke anonymously, comes a month […]

Report: China detains diplomat for questioning after trip abroad

[ad_1] Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat widely seen as a potential future foreign minister, has been taken away by authorities for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Liu was taken away after returning to Beijing in late July from an overseas work trip, WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter. China’s […]