Tag: President Xi Jinping
China officially bids for 2023 Asian Cup
AFP | China has formally submitted a bid to host the 2023 Asian Cup, state media said, another sign of the country's determination to eventually...
Kazakh police raid raises spectre of China’s long arm – James...
James M. Dorsey | A police raid on a Kazakh group documenting the plight of Kazakhs and Uyghurs caught in a brutal crackdown in China’s...
China cuts taxes, sees ‘tough struggle’ as growth slows
AFP | China's premier warned Tuesday that the country faces a "tough struggle" as he unveiled tax cuts and other measures to prop up an...
China arrests Marxist student leader for celebrating Mao’s birthday
AFP | Chinese police detained a well-known Marxist student activist at a top university on Wednesday, a witness said, for attempting to commemorate the 125th...
China’s surplus with the US hits new record in November
AFP | China's trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a record $35.6 billion in November, official data showed Saturday, as exports across the...
Sierra Leone scraps project for Chinese-built airport
AFP | Sierra Leone has scrapped a $400-million (347-million-euro) scheme for a Chinese-built airport, saying the project was too costly, but Beijing sought to dismiss...
The ramifications of Saudi Arabia joining CPEC – Dr. Zafar Nawaz...
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The significance of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been multiplied by Saudi Arabia’s inclination to join the project. The participation...
North Korea holds 70th anniversary parade, without ICBMs
AFP | North Korea refrained from displaying its intercontinental missiles in a massive military parade through Pyongyang celebrating its 70th birthday Sunday -- a conspicuous...
China-Africa summit to target investment despite debt worries
AFP | African leaders will gather in Beijing Monday for a summit focused on economic ties, granting China a feel-good photo opportunity as it comes...
Protests before Hong Kong independence activist talk at press club
AFP | Rival protesters gathered outside Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club Tuesday as it was set to host a talk by an independence activist, despite...
Six things we learned from historic US-N.Korea summit
AFP | US President Donald Trump hailed his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un as a "very great day in the history of the...
Six things we learned from historic US-N.Korea summit
AFP | US President Donald Trump hailed his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un as a "very great day in the history of the...
Denuclearisation: the great divide for Kim-Trump summit
AFP | The issue at the top of US President Donald Trump's agenda for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is also...
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...
N. Korea’s Kim turns from threats to hugs in diplomatic drive
AFP | From threats of war to brotherly hugs, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has emerged as a skilled diplomat with the unexpected assistance...
The significance of Modi’s visit to China
M K Bhadrakumar | The informal summit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Wuhan (April 27-28) triggered a range of opinions...
China interested in free trade and providing more jobs for the...
News Desk | GVS: Pakistan China relations have often been described as "deeper than the ocean, higher than the Himalayas" what defined these relations from early...
Come in, Kim. Join the club
M K Bhadrakumar | According to US officials, North Korea’s ICBMs are capable of hitting any part of the United States. These North Koreans are an...
Trump’s first foreign trips only indicate one thing….
Jawad Falak | US president Donald Trump’s first official visit to the Middle East has been making rounds among nearly all the media circles of...
Pak-China cooperation strong at OBOR summit: What is India missing?
Aymen Ijaz | Relations between Pakistan and China are based on historical and cultural linkages and the deep-rooted connections between the two nations which have...
How Putin intends to jump on the OBOR bandwagon
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Russia has not been a significant beneficiary so far of the Chinese honeypot known as Belt and Road Initiative – although...
US Deep State is using “Trump” card to play the game...
Muhammad Azam | In the past two weeks, the state of the White House has sublimated from chaotic damage control to a visibly coherent institution...
After last week’s visit to the USA: China now going to...
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that the Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China Li Zhanshu...
King Salman’s visit to China & Malaysia: What Saudis Want?
James M. Dorsey | Yet Salman’s geopolitical concerns go far beyond whether the US remains a reliable guarantor of regional security. Saudi Arabia is locked...
China’s Xi seeks to enforce Strong will against corruption at Communist...
BEIJING — Having punished more than a million Communist Party members for corruption, Chinese President Xi Jinping will use a key meeting that started...