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Will Beijing be worried by the CIA setting up a special unit to focus solely on ‘the global challenge’ China poses?

America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has announced a new group that will focus solely on China and the strategic challenges…

3 years ago

Beijing warns Australia’s ‘provocative actions’ on Taiwan could be ‘cataclysmic’ for bilateral ties, after former PM visits island

Tony Abbott, who headed the Australian government between 2013 and 2015, delivered a speech at a conference in Taipei on…

3 years ago

Pentagon holds ‘frank’ talks with Chinese military as Beijing decries ‘back-stabbing’ AUKUS deal

“The two sides held a frank, in-depth, and open discussion on a range of issues affecting the US-PRC defense relationship,”…

3 years ago

US invented ‘hostage diplomacy’ says Beijing, claims foreigners are safe in China after Spavor and Kovrig release

On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying hit back at the Western media and several “absurd rumors” after she…

3 years ago

Trudeau says two Canadian citizens accused of spying by Beijing boarded plane home, hours after Huawei executive’s release

“About 12 minutes ago, the aircraft carrying Michael Kovrig and Micheal Spavor left Chinese airspace and they are on the…

3 years ago

Biden is hosting a Quad summit to counter the influence of Beijing. How might China respond to being left out in the cold?

The group of four nations is, in all but name, a strategic anti-China pact set up to counter Beijing’s influence…

3 years ago

Taiwan blasts ‘arch criminal’ Beijing over its opposition to island’s parallel bid to join Asia-Pacific trade pact

The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the Chinese officials in a tersely worded statement on Thursday, insisting that…

3 years ago

Bank of China: Beijing to steadily expand cross-border use of yuan in 2021

According to the regulator, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is expected to further boost trade ties between the…

3 years ago

Pointless stunts by Britain’s anti-China rabble of MPs will have no real influence on Beijing-London relations

Nearly six years ago, Chinese leader Xi Jinping addressed the House of Commons, heralding what David Cameron’s government described as…

3 years ago

Beijing fines 3 chip dealers for price gouging as global shortage raises costs for automakers

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) imposed a fine on Shanghai Cheter, Shanghai Chengsheng Industrial and Shenzhen Yuchang Technologies…

3 years ago