China

China urges WTO members to oppose new US tariffs

Mar 26, 2018 10:34

China has called on the World Trade Organization to prevent the United States from "wrecking" the world body through imposing new trade tariffs, urging the member states of the WTO to oppose those tariffs.
Taiwan scrambles jets to follow Chinese aircraft holding drill near island

Mar 26, 2018 08:07

Taiwan says it has sent aircraft to follow Chinese fighter jets in flight during a combat simulation drill over a strategic South China Sea waterway.
China air force holds drill in preparation for ‘future wars’

Mar 25, 2018 08:46

China's air force says it has held another round of drills in the South China Sea and the Western Pacific in preparation for possible future wars.
Dispatch of US warship to South China Sea serious provocation: Beijing

Mar 24, 2018 04:54

Beijing blasts the passage of an American destroyer close to the islands it controls in the disputed South China Sea as “serious provocation,” saying such military activities pose a challenge to China’s “sovereignty and security.”
China calls on US to 'cease and desist' from endangering trade relations

Mar 23, 2018 01:43

China has strongly denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods in retaliation against the alleged theft of American intellectual property, warning that such measures would put the two economies on course for a trade war.
Trump will imposes up to $60 billion on Chinese imports

Mar 23, 2018 01:30

US President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese imports to reduce the massive US trade deficit with China and retaliate against the alleged theft of American intellectual property.
Taiwan to face ‘punishment of history’ over any separatist move: Xi

Mar 20, 2018 09:54

In his strongest warning yet to Taiwan, China’s President Xi Jinping says the self-ruled island will face the “punishment of history” for any attempt to split the mainland.
China calls on US to ‘correct mistake’ on Taiwan

Mar 18, 2018 10:00

Beijing has called on Washington to “correct its mistake” following a move by US President Donald Trump to approve high-level contacts between officials from US and Taiwan, which China claims sovereignty over.
‘Once hard ice melts:’ China, Russia back Korean peace

Mar 15, 2018 04:55

China and Russia have expressed their full support for a peace drive launched by South Korea to resolve the persisting Korean crisis, a top South Korean official says.
Chinese firm to fund Iran plane purchases

Mar 14, 2018 14:05

Iran’s national airline Iran Air has signed an agreement with a Chinese company to provide funding for the company’s plane purchase campaigns – most notably those pursued with Airbus and Boeing.