TEGUCIGALPA: The US government said it “respects” Honduras’ decision to move towards establishing formal diplomatic ties with China, the Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina said on Monday (Mar 20) after a meeting with US officials. Reina said Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro made “general comments” on the decision during the meetingContinue Reading
State news agency RIA Novosti said talks between the Russian and Chinese leaders lasted four and a half hours. The two will meet again for formal talks on Tuesday. Putin has welcomed Beijing’s statements on Ukraine as being indicative of a willingness to play a “constructive role” in ending theContinue Reading
State news agency RIA Novosti said talks between the Russian and Chinese leaders lasted four and a half hours. The two will meet again for formal talks on Tuesday. Putin has welcomed Beijing’s statements on Ukraine as being indicative of a willingness to play a “constructive role” in ending theContinue Reading
Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said the US was trying to improve its long-range “anti-access and area denial abilities in response to China”. “We’re seeing the beginning of a missile or strike competition in the region, with the US recognising that it needs toContinue Reading
BERLIN: German Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger will travel to Taiwan next week, Berlin said Friday (Mar 17), as the first cabinet member to visit in 26 years, a move set to spark tensions with China. “The minister will make a two-day visit to Taiwan,” a ministry spokesman told reporters. “TheContinue Reading
BERLIN: Germany’s education minister will visit Taiwan next week, a spokesperson said on Friday (Mar 17), as the country reviews its previously close ties with China. A visit to Taiwan in January by a delegation of high-ranking lawmakers from the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), the smallest party in Chancellor OlafContinue Reading
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Economic necessity and Taiwan’s refusal to increase financial aid were behind Honduras’ decision to establish diplomatic ties with China, Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina said on Wednesday (Mar 15). Honduras President Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday that she had instructed Reina to “undertake the official opening of relations” with China,Continue Reading
SAN DIEGO: Britain cast China as representing an “epoch-defining challenge” to the world order, in an update to its foreign policy framework published on Monday (Mar 13) which declared that the UK’s security hinged on the outcome of the Ukraine war. In the refresh of Britain’s blueprint for security andContinue Reading
SAN DIEGO: Britain cast China as representing an “epoch-defining challenge” to the world order, in an update to its foreign policy framework published on Monday (Mar 13) which declared that the UK’s security hinged on the outcome of the Ukraine war. In the refresh of Britain’s blueprint for security andContinue Reading
LONDON: Britain approved a sharp increase in exports of submarine parts and technology last year to Taiwan as it upgrades its naval forces, a move that could impact British ties with China. The value of licences granted by the British government to companies for the export of submarine-related components andContinue Reading