Geopolitics
Beijing: The US Navy guided missile destroyer challenged Chinese claims of sovereignty in and around islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, media reports said. more
Exporters could lose $175 mln due to pile-up in Vietnam-China border

Hanoi, Vietnam: Experts believe that exporters could lose VND3-4 trillion ($131-175 million) if 6,200 container trucks remain stuck at the Vietnam-China border.

US Commerce dept blacklists Chinese biotech firms that threaten national security

Washington: The United States Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken action to address the ongoing threats to US national security and foreign policy ...

US puts Chinese firms helping military on trade blacklist, China criticizes decision

Washington, DC/JEN: Amid growing tensions between Beijing and Washington over the status of Taiwan and trade issues, the United States has put a dozen Chinese companies on its trade black ...

Beijing irked as US invites Taiwan to democracy summit

Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday criticized the United States for inviting Taiwan, claimed by China as it's territory, to the 'Summit for Democracy&# ...

Chinese social media platform bans users from flaunting 'wealthy lifestyle'

A Chinese lifestyle platform has banned wealth-bragging behavior on its site in the latest move to heed the national call to offer healthy online content and better regulated cyberspace, ...

Four Chinese patrol ships enter waters near Senkaku Islands disputed by Japan: Reports

Tokyo: Four Chinese patrol ships entered on Friday the area which Japan views as its own territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China), media ...

Encouraging Taiwanese independence would be playing with fire: Xi tells Biden during virtual meeting

Washington/Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Joe Biden during his virtual summit that encouraging Taiwanese independence would be "playing with fire&quo ...

European Parliament delegation's visit to Taiwan irks China

China has 'opposed' the visit of an European Parliament team to Taiwan and said  the one-China principle is the political foundation for the establishment of China-EU diploma ...

Taiwan has no future but to reunify with China: Wang Yi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said Taiwan has no other future but to  reunify with China.