BEIJING: President Xi Jinping heads to Russia on Monday (Mar 20) hoping to deliver a breakthrough on Ukraine as China seeks to position itself as a peacemaker. Freshly reappointed for a third term in power, Xi is pushing a greater role for China on the global stage, and was crucial inContinue Reading
“Over the years we have worked together with our diplomatic allies to support their national development plans in elevating the welfare of their people,” he added. “Despite the shadow of the big bully in the neighbourhood, Taiwan will not budge,” Wu said, in a clear reference to China. “It willContinue Reading
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Russia from Mar 20 to 22 for a state visit after he was invited by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Friday (Mar 17). This will be Xi’s first trip to Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine. Xi last visited Russia inContinue Reading
Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Russia from Mar 20 to 22 for a state visit after he was invited by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Friday (Mar 17). The visit comes as China offers to broker peace in Ukraine, an effort that has been met withContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea said that the missile it launched on Thursday (Mar 16) was a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a drill to demonstrate a “tough response posture” to ongoing United States-South Korea military drills, state media reported. Photos released on Friday by the country’s government media showed KimContinue Reading
BEIJING: China is concerned about an escalation of the war in Ukraine and wants Moscow and Kyiv to hold peace talks, senior Chinese diplomat Qin Gang told his Ukrainian counterpart over a phone call on Thursday (Mar 16). China, which has refrained from condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine,Continue Reading
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Honduras President Xiomara Castro said on Tuesday (Mar 14) she had instructed the country’s foreign minister to bring about the opening of official relations with China. Castro made the statement on Twitter. The leader of the Central American country had floated the idea of cutting ties with TaiwanContinue Reading
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said that it had expressed serious concern to the Honduran government and urged it to consider its decision carefully and not “fall into China’s trap”. A source familiar with the situation in Taiwan said that the island needed to exhaust “every possible means” to maintain diplomatic tiesContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: China will once again start issuing a range of visas to foreigners as of Wednesday (Mar 15), the country’s embassy in Washington said, a major easing of travel restrictions in force since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The move marks the latest step towards reopening China to theContinue Reading
KABUL: Afghanistan has launched its annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching 9 million children, the health ministry said on Monday (Mar 13), the second year in a row the vaccination drive has taken place under Taliban rule. Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan are the last countries with endemic polio, anContinue Reading