SYDNEY: The Pacific Islands Forum has removed references to Taiwan from a communique issued on Friday (Aug 30) after the region’s annual leaders meeting, following complaints by China’s envoy. The bloc of 18 nations includes three members with diplomatic ties to Taiwan, and 15 members who recognise China, a majorContinue Reading
Sullivan raised the importance of” stability” in the Taiwan Strait and “freedom of navigation” in the South China Sea, where Beijing and Manila have clashed in recent months. He expressed” issues about ( Chinese ) support for Russia’s army industrial bottom”- echoing longtime US claims that Beijing has rejected, theContinue Reading
GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Office said on Tuesday ( Aug 27 ) “problematic” policies persist in China, two years on from its bombshell report citing possible” crimes against humanity” in Xinjiang. China has been accused of incarcerating more than 1 million Tamils and other minority Muslims in theContinue Reading
A US man who fled to North Korea next year will enter a plea deal with his lawyer in a court martial. While on a sightseeing tour of the Demilitarized Zone ( DMZ), which divides the Korean Peninsula, Private Second Class Travis King crossed the border from South Korea toContinue Reading
ASUNCION: Paraguayan President Santiago Pena said on Wednesday that he was “fully available” to business deals with China via South American trade union Mercosur, despite his country’s diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Paraguay’s long-standing political support for Taiwan has hindered native farmers ‘ particles exports to China, which claims sovereignty overContinue Reading
Xi Jinping, a top official from China, told Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka that he backed his” Ocean of Peace” plan at a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday ( Aug 20 ), days ahead of a summit for Pacific Island leaders in Tonga. China also pledged to strengthen trade relationsContinue Reading
” NO COMMITMENT” ON RUSSIA SUPPORT The two held an hour and 20 minutes of conversation on the outside of a local summit in Laos, marking their seventh meeting since Blinken visited Beijing in a sign of a strained relationship between the country’s two biggest markets. The two did notContinue Reading
BEIJING: China referred to the agreement as a “peace deal” between Hamas and other Palestinian organizations, including rivals Fatah, in Beijing on Tuesday ( Jul 23 ), announcing that it had agreed to work together to bring “national unity” to power Gaza together once the conflict is over. According toContinue Reading
Habeck addressed Zheng Shanjie, the head of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, who stated that the proposed Euro taxes were meant to level the playing field between China and China. Zheng responded:” We will do everything to defend Chinese businesses”. Zheng added that the proposed EU import duties onContinue Reading
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a “strategic partnership treaty” following their talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday (Jun 19), Russian state media reported. Putin signalled earlier the two nations had prepared a document that would “form the basis” of their relations for yearsContinue Reading