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The US plans to deliver three weapon systems worth an estimated $1.8 billion to Taiwan. They include truck-based rocket launchers produced by Lockheed Martin, Boeing AGM-84H long-range air-to-ground missiles, and external sensor pods for F-16 jets, which are manufactured by a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, according to formal notifications received …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the State Department would label six China-based media outlets that work in the US as foreign missions, which requires the organizations to identify its employees to the US government. The secretary of state claimed that the move would help to curtail Chinese propaganda.  …

On Wednesday, the spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, Zhao Lijian, said the Canadian government had shown “hypocrisy” and “weakness,” as he responded to comments made by Trudeau. Trudeau fired warning shots at Beijing on Tuesday as he marked the 50th anniversary of Canada’s diplomatic ties with China. “We will …

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a joint news conference with his Malaysian counterpart that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should work together to ensure security in the region.  The top diplomat argued that the “South China Sea should not be a ground for major …

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin hit back at Pompeo on Friday, after the top US diplomat told the New York Post that Beijing was running a spying operation out of its New York consulate. “Pompeo’s allegations concerning Chinese diplomatic and consular missions in the US and their staff are …

Joshua Wong has long been known as the “poster boy” of the Hong Kong protest movement. This morning, however, he found himself in trouble. The city’s authorities arrested him for participation in an “illegal assembly” last year. It’s not the first time he’s been in hot water either, and nor …

“As we pursue this bright future, we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world: China,” Trump said in a pre-recorded speech filmed on Monday in Washington.  The president also slammed the World Health Organization, which he claimed is “virtually controlled by China.” “The United Nations …

The Chinese Commerce Ministry unveiled the “unreliable foreign entity list” earlier on Saturday, with the official purpose of safeguarding national security interests, as well as maintaining “fair and free international economic and trade order.” It appears to be a response to the US Department of Commerce, which recently added Huawei …

Responding to news of potential US sanctions against Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said the US was “blatantly bullying” Chinese firms. On Friday, the US Department of Defense reportedly warned it might block American companies from providing goods and services to SMIC. The Trump administration …

According to Chinese customs data reported by Radio Farda, China’s oil imports from Iran averaged 77,000 bpd between January and July this year, nine times lower than the figures China had reported before the US re-imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil industry and exports. In reality, various reports, media investigations, and …