Trump ‘willing to work with Russia and China’
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump says he is willing to work with Russia and China, providing they cooperate. Mr Trump told the Wall Street Journal that newly-imposed sanctions on […]
China to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020
Source: The Guardian World’s largest energy market looks to move from coal towards cleaner fuels China will plough 2.5tn yuan (£292bn) into renewable power generation by 2020, the country’s energy […]
Catholics in China should integrate into socialist society-senior party official
Source: Reuters Chinese Catholics must run their church independently, implying at arms length from the Vatican, and guide believers on a “Sinicisation path”, said a senior Communist Party official, as […]
China Says It Will Launch First Mars Probe by 2020
Source: Time BY Kerry Close China’s space exploration program is shooting for the moon—and Mars, too. A white paper released by the country’s cabinet promised that it will launch its first […]
“Underground” Catholics pose challenge for Pope’s hopes of better relations with China
Source: Reuters By Lisa Jucca, Benjamin Kang Lim and Natalie Thomas | BEIJING/HONG KONG Every winter Sunday in the Chinese village of Youtong, hundreds of Catholic faithful brave subzero temperatures […]
What is China’s role in global governance?
Source: China Daily By Pang Zhongzhing, who is a professor of international political economy at Renmin University of China and a distinguished professor of Global Studies at Zhejiang Normal University. […]
China ‘striving for new world order’
Source: ET BEIJING: In 2004, it overtook France. In 2005, it surpassed the United Kingdom. A year later it left Germany behind. In 2009, it dethroned Japan. And now it has set its sights on the No 1 spot. Never before in history has a country achieved such an unprecedented […]
What 5 Political Promises Say About the State of the World
Source: Time BY Ian Bremmer presidential candidates, Donald Trump made a lot of campaign promises. Though enough voters appear to have liked what they heard to make Trump President, some of those pledges, like deporting millions of illegal immigrants and banning Muslims from entering the country, are unlikely ever to be […]
Chinese ‘red line’ that could spark a war
Source: Asia Times: The South China Sea — despite all of the controversy, so-called “historical claims” and the growing chances of blood being spilled over it — is the beating heart of Asia’s economy.The rationale for such a statement is straightforward. This vital part of the global commons, home to […]
Trump chastises Beijing for island building in South China Sea
Source: Nikkei Asian Review President-elect’s Twitter outburst sets the stage for tense relations NAOYA YOSHINO, Nikkei staff writer © Reuters WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday accused China […]
For Uighur exiles, Kashmir is heaven
Source: Aljazeera Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On a wintry November morning in Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-administered Kashmir, Mohammad Abdullah sits on the carpeted floor in his living room, with […]
Chinese Navy Warship Seized an American Drone in the South China Sea
Source: Time BY Phil Stewart / Reuters (WASHINGTON) — A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China […]
Russia, Daesh and Afghanistan
Source: ET In an unusual and bold appearance before the Afghan parliament’s upper house, the ambassador asked if US, Britain, Italy, Qatar and Saudi Arabia maintain contacts with them then why is it an issue if “we are also talking to them.” Our “limited contacts” are aimed at bringing the […]
Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi
Source: Reuters By Christian Shepherd | BEIJING A popular website for Chinese Muslims has been inaccessible since Saturday after a critical letter addressed to Chinese President Xi Jinping was posted […]
Five myths about U.S.-China relations
Source: The Washington Post By John Pomfret John Pomfret, a former Washington Post bureau chief in Beijing, is the author of “The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and […]
Trump attacks China in Twitter outburst
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets criticising China for its monetary policy and its operations in the South China Sea. “Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency” and “build a massive military complex?” he asked. “I don’t think so!” […]
Hardline Islamist Protests In Indonesia Are Spreading Fear Among the Minority Chinese
Source: Time By Stephen Wright Protests by conservative Muslims against Jakarta’s Chinese Christian governor are putting religious and racial fault lines in the spotlight JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The capital of […]
China’s Great Leap Backward
Source: The Atlantic By JAMES FALLOWS What if china is going bad? Since early last year I have been asking people inside and outside China versions of this question. By “bad” […]
Trump signals the end of ‘Made in China’
Source: Asian Review BY HIROSHI MURAYAMA, Nikkei senior staff writer Various news reports have recently suggested that Hon Hai Precision Industry, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer of Apple products, is considering shifting production from China to the U.S. The speculation is nothing new. But this is the first time it has […]
China starts to embrace slow food revolution
Source: Asian Review BY JOHN KRICH, Contributing writer TURIN, Italy — It seems that history, when it comes to food production in China, is repeating itself — much like every […]