US defense secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his speech during 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore (Image credits: AP) US defense secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday reassured Indo-Pacific allies that they won’t be left to confront China’s growing military and economic pressure alone. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore, he also urged regional […]
The only daughter of Chinese President Xi Jinping and renowned soprano Peng Liyuan, Xi Mingze has spent most of her life cloaked in secrecy. From carefully staged public appearances to tightly controlled media coverage, her existence has been shielded by the full weight of the Chinese state. Yet, in what now seems like a geopolitical […]
US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau (left), Chinese foreignj minister Wang Yi (AP) Beijing and Washington sustained high-level engagement on Thursday through a call between senior diplomats, indicating that both sides are keeping diplomatic channels open after reaching a trade truce earlier this month. US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau and China’s executive […]
Representative Image (ANI) A recent survey conducted by The Carter Centre and Emory University in Atlanta, revealed that the majority of the Chinese population is against using force to unify Taiwan with China. According to the report titled “Sovereignty, Security, and US-China Relations: Chinese Public Opinion,” released on Wednesday, 55.1% of respondents agreed or somewhat […]
China on Monday said it was “on the right side of history” in the trade war with the United States. US has imposed a whopping 145 percent levy on the arch rival, which responded with a 125 percent tariff on US goods.Top Chinese economic official, Zhao Chenxin, said in a news conference that it US’ […]
China has expressed its willingness to resume trade negotiations with the United States, provided that certain key preconditions are fulfilled. Among the primary demands is a call for greater diplomatic respect, a consistent US trade stance, attention to its concerns on sanctions and Taiwan, and the appointment of a lead negotiator with Trump’s full backing, […]
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping US President Donald Trump has said “the ball is in China’s court,” amid the ongoing tariff war between the two countries, after which America’s tariffs on Chinese goods have reached 145 per cent, while China, in turn, now imposes 125 per cent tariffs on imports from the United States.White House […]
Donald Trump told his team that China should be the first one making a move in tariff agreement. President Donald Trump told his team that the US will not reach out to China first and that China must be the first to make the move, two senior White House officials told CNN as China slapped […]
Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, raised alarms on Thursday about China’s intensified military presence around Taiwan, suggesting that recent maneuvers are far more serious than standard drills. “With military pressure against Taiwan increasing by 300%, China’s increasingly aggressive actions near Taiwan are not just exercises, they are rehearsals,” Paparo said while […]
Beijing: China’s Film Administration said on Thursday it would “moderately reduce” the number of US films it imported into the country, as a standoff between the world’s two largest economies escalates. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 125 percent, while China has imposed retaliatory levies of 84 percent. And […]
