How China’s Housing Crisis Has Global Consequences

new video loaded: How China’s Housing Crisis Has Global Consequences Our Beijing bureau chief, Keith Bradsher, describes how China’s enormous housing crash is affecting economies all over the world. By Keith Bradsher, Rebecca Suner, Thomas Vollkommer, Joey Sendaydiego and Luke Piotrowski May 21, 2026 Source link

Strong Earthquake Hits East China Sea

New Delhi, May 20: A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck the East China Sea on Wednesday morning. The National Seismology Centre (NSC) reported that the earthquake’s epicenter was located at a latitude of 27.523 degrees North and a longitude of 128.418 degrees East. The depth of the earthquake was recorded at […]

25th visit to China: Xi Jinping’s ‘old friend’ Putin to arrive on Tuesday

Russia-China (Image credit:AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit China on Tuesday for a two-day visit, less than a week after US President Donald Trump made a high-profile trip to the country.Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘old friend’ visit is officially linked to the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and […]

Taiwan & Thucydides Trap: How close have the US and China come to conflict before?

For decades, Taiwan has been one of the world’s most dangerous fault lines, a small island sitting at the centre of a growing rivalry between the world’s rising superpower and its reigning one.Now, tension has returned sharply to the global spotlight after Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to invoke the idea of the “Thucydides Trap” […]

Donald Trump-Xi Jinping summit: Taiwan absent from White House China visit summary amid Iran, trade focus

White House on Sunday released a fact sheet on US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, outlining agreements on trade, investment and the Iran crisis but making no mention of Taiwan despite the issue dominating discussions during Trump’s meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.According to the fact sheet, the two countries agreed to establish new […]

Operation Epic Fury to resume? Donald Trump weighs fresh Iran strikes after China visit: Report

File photo: US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump returned from China on Friday, facing mounting pressure over the Iran war, with top aides preparing options for renewed military action against Tehran if diplomacy fails.According to a New York Times report, Pentagon officials have drafted plans for a possible resumption of strikes under a […]

The Xi exception: Why we saw a toned-down Trump in China

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump (AP photo) “Military is obvious.”The remark from US President Donald Trump came almost casually as he stood amid the grand ceremonial spectacle arranged by his Chinese counterpart and host Xi Jinping in Beijing. Rows of Chinse soldiers stood in perfect formation. Red carpets stretched across the […]

‘US, China should be partners not rivals’: Key takeaways from Trump and Xi’s much-watched summit

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump (R) US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday struck a warm and optimistic tone during their high-stakes meeting at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday, with both leaders stressing cooperation over confrontation despite tensions over trade, technology and regional security.Xi rolled out red carpet […]

‘Home Alone’ at White House: Vance jokes as Trump visits China for key talks

JD Vance on Trump’s visit to China Holding fort at the White House, vice president J D Vance compared his situation to Macaulay Culkin in the 1990 film Home Alone.US secret service rules do not allow the president and vice president to travel abroad together, in order to protect the line of succession.US President Donald […]

Top 10 countries with the most gold in 2026: USA tops, China and India lead the global rankings | World News

Gold is amongst the safest forms of investment in the world as it serves as an insurance instrument against inflation, foreign exchange risks, and political instability. It is very usual for the foreign exchange reserves of a country to have some quantity of gold in them. According to the figures available in the first quarter […]