China’s gateway to N. Korea pins hopes on Kim-Trump summit
AFP | After a sanctions-driven hiatus, dozens of North Korean women are again cutting cloth, pedalling sewing machines and manning production lines at a garment...
G7 ministers criticize US tariffs and warn of trade war
News Analysis | Last week, Trump was told that the U.S. was playing a ‘dangerous game by slapping tariffs on European steel and aluminum. Therefore,...
US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: Mattis
AFP | Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where...
China to host Iran leader amid nuclear deal upheaval
AFP | Iran's president will attend a summit with his Chinese and Russian counterparts next month, officials in Beijing said Monday, as they try to...
Beijing protests US warship operation in South China Sea
AFP | China has voiced "strong dissatisfaction" after two US warships sailed by an island claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, adding...
Taiwan diplomacy harder than ever in US-China tug of war
AFP | Diplomacy has never been easy for Taiwan and is becoming ever more complex as it is caught between the United States under an...
White House has deal to lift sanctions on China’s ZTE
AFP | US President Donald Trump said Friday he had reached a deal to keep Chinese telecoms giant ZTE running, rolling back some penalties in...
The rising tensions between China, US
AFP | President Donald Trump has often bragged of his friendship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, but recent events point to growing stresses between...
China, Russia rise in C. Africa as Western influence shrinks
AFP | Russia and China are muscling their way into the Central African Republic as Western clout in the mineral-rich, strategically important nation seems to...
US revokes invitation to China over ‘provocative military movement’ in the South China Sea
News Analysis | Pentagon has officially announced that they have made the call to revoke the invitation, which was earlier sent, to biennial naval exercises...
The battle for the Iranian nuclear deal: China approaches a watershed
James M. Dorsey | Conventional wisdom has it that China stands to benefit from the US withdrawal from the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran,...
ISIS starting invasion of Central Asia, supported by US: Russian & Chinese sources fear?
Andrey Afasanev | Sources in the Russian military and intelligence agencies say that the preparation of a full-scale offensive operation against Russia through Tajikistan and...