6 h. ago China, U.S. to Consider TikTok Future in Trade Talks Next Week

China, U.S. to Consider TikTok Future in Trade Talks Next Week  The Information

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47 h. ago Kim, Xi reached 'important common understanding' during last week's talks in Beijing

Kim, Xi reached 'important common understanding' during last week's talks in Beijing  Yonhap News Agency

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58 h. ago The US can’t box China in, Chinese defence minister warns Hegseth in video call

The US does not pursue “regime change or strangulation” of China, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said as his Chinese counterpart, Dong Jun, stressed that any attempt to contain, deter or interfere with China would fail. The assurance and the warning came on Tuesday as the two men spoke via video in their first direct talks since taking office. It was also less than a week after Beijing held a massive military parade showcasing advanced weapons and promoting its push for a multipolar order to...

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5 d. ago New business secretary Peter Kyle going to China for trade talks this week

New business secretary Peter Kyle going to China for trade talks this week  The Guardian

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6 d. ago Venezuela’s Maduro calls for talks after Trump’s threat over military jets

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has called for dialogue with Washington, hours after President Donald Trump threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military jets if they pose a danger to US forces. Tensions between the two countries soared in recent days after the Pentagon accused Venezuela of buzzing its ships in the Caribbean following a deadly US strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. “None of the differences we have and have had can lead to a military conflict,” Maduro said on Friday in a...

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8 d. ago Xi’s diplomatic blitz casts new light on China’s foreign policy

In less than a week, Chinese President Xi Jinping has held bilateral talks with leaders from more than 20 countries during two high-profile events – the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the northern port city of Tianjin and the Victory Day commemoration in Beijing. The themes of the talks have shed more light on China’s engagement with partners as Beijing casts itself as a champion of a multipolar global order and forges closer economic cooperation. Multilateralism: a keyword...

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1 week ago Malaysia summons TikTok, Meta over slow response to fake news, immoral content

Malaysian authorities have summoned TikTok’s top management over the social media company’s alleged delays in tackling fake news on its platform, state news agency Bernama reported on Tuesday, citing Malaysia’s communications minister. Minister Fahmi Fadzil said TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, had been too slow in responding to requests for help in police investigations, prompting him to ask the firm’s chief executive for help, Bernama reported. Fahmi cited a recent case where a man had...

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1 week ago Indonesia’s Prabowo scraps China trip, TikTok halts live feed amid protests

Indonesia’s Prabowo scraps China trip, TikTok halts live feed amid protests  Al Jazeera

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1 week ago Indonesia’s Prabowo scraps China trip over protests, TikTok halts live feed

Indonesia’s Prabowo scraps China trip over protests, TikTok halts live feed  Al Jazeera

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1 week ago Indonesia’s president cancels China trip and TikTok suspends live video as deadly protests continue

Indonesia’s president cancels China trip and TikTok suspends live video as deadly protests continue  CNN

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2 w. ago Pence group warns Trump on China policy: White House ‘mocks the rule of law’ with TikTok account

Pence group warns Trump on China policy: White House ‘mocks the rule of law’ with TikTok account  The Hill

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2 w. ago Trump tests South Korea’s Lee by demanding ownership of US military base land

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung emerged heavily burdened with an unexpected challenge from his high-stakes first meeting with US President Donald Trump, whose penchant for expansionism and unconventional diplomacy has kept allies on edge, analysts say. Lee’s spokeswoman, Kang Yu-jung, sought to frame the summit positively, describing it as a “rapport-building” get-together and declaring: “The summit went so well that there was no need for a joint statement.” Yet the absence of a statement...

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2 w. ago Trump says Putin’s dislike of Zelensky delaying meeting between 2 leaders

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he had talked to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin since meeting in Washington last week with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders. Trump was last known to have spoken to Putin on August 18, when he interrupted his talks with Zelensky and the Europeans at the White House to call the Russian leader. “Yes, I have,” Trump told reporters when asked if he had talked to Putin since then. Asked how the latest talks went, Trump replied: “Every...

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3 w. ago Huawei opens Douyin account to promote HiSilicon as it expands chip design work

Huawei Technologies has opened an account on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, to promote the custom design services of its HiSilicon chip unit, even as the company continues to maintain a cloak of secrecy around its Kirin smartphone and Ascend AI chips. The Douyin account, set up by HiSilicon (Shanghai), said the company aimed to “enable smart devices for a fully connected world.” As of Thursday, it had three posts and nearly 50,000 followers. The first post, published on Wednesday, was a...

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3 w. ago Why China Is Dunking On The Trump Administration's New TikTok Account

Why China Is Dunking On The Trump Administration's New TikTok Account  Forbes

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