China’s top foreign policy official Wang Yi has accused the United States (U.S.) of having a wrong perception about China that led to a wrong policy towards the country. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on the first visit…
Bill Gates meets Xi Jinping as US-China tensions simmer
Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates met China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday as tensions remain high between Washington and Beijing. Mr Xi told Mr Gates that he was “the first American friend” he had met in Beijing this year, according to…
Messi scores rapid goal as Argentina down Australia in Beijing friendly
Lionel Messi scored after barely a minute as he guided Argentina to a 2-0 friendly win over Australia in Beijing on Thursday evening. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner curled in from the edge of the area after just 81 seconds…
Means of production price decline in China
Most of the capital goods monitored by China’s statistical authorities registered lower prices in early June compared with late May, official data showed on Wednesday. Of the 50 major goods classified in nine categories, including seamless steel tubes, gasoline, coal,…
Guo Wengui, Chinese billionaire and Steve Bannon associate, to go to trial in 2024 in fraud conspiracy
The exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, who was charged by U.S. prosecutors in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy, will go to trial in April. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres set the trial date at a hearing Tuesday in New York…
Chinese maker produces 1st new-energy light-rail train for Argentina
CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., a major Chinese high-speed train manufacturer, has produced the first new-energy light rail train for Argentina, the first export project for such trains from China. The ceremony marking the production completion of the train was held…
Snooker match-fixing scandal: Liang Wenbo and Li Hang handed lifetime bans
Chinese players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been handed lifetime bans for their involvement in snooker’s biggest match-fixing scandal. Eight other players, all from China, have received bans ranging from 20 months to five years and four months from…
China, South Africa vow to deepen partnership
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Tuesday, talked over phone with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor and vowed to deepen partnership. The two sides during the talks promised to further deepen the…
Pope Francis to visit Mongolia, home to just 1,300 Catholics
Pope Francis will travel in early September to Mongolia – a country with few Catholic faithful but that is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church due to its proximity to China. The Vatican announced the trip (31 August to…
China and Russia ignore US call at UN to condemn North Korea satellite launch
China and Russia on Friday ignored a US call for the UN Security Council to unite in condemning North Korea for its attempted satellite launch this week and instead blamed Washington for raising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Mr Robert…