39 h. ago Ambassador Xie Feng: No matter how the external environment changes, China’s strategic choice to pursue high

Ambassador Xie Feng: No matter how the external environment changes, China’s strategic choice to pursue high-quality development and high-standard opening up will not change_Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America  中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆

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43 h. ago China’s US envoy says world faces ‘stark choice’ as 2026 opens with instability

China’s top diplomat in the United States delivered a sharply worded rebuke on Thursday over US President Donald Trump’s tumultuous approach to global relations, laying out a stark choice between a world informed by China-led stability and one battered by Washington. Chinese ambassador Xie Feng’s comments to the 1,000-member China General Chamber of Commerce come two weeks into Trump’s second year of his latest term in the White House. The past fortnight has already seen the Trump administration...

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47 h. ago US ambassador to China David Perdue to visit Hong Kong at the end of January, sources say

America’s ambassador to China, David Perdue, will visit Hong Kong at the end of January to speak at a business conference, according to sources. Perdue will address the Goldman Sachs Global Macro Conference Asia-Pacific 2026 on January 27, several people familiar with the matter told the South China Morning Post. They said the envoy was expected to spend “several days” in the city. The US consulate in Hong Kong declined to comment on the matter. But an American diplomat in the city, speaking on...

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5 d. ago Europe’s real threat is its own inner ‘demon’, not Russia: former Chinese envoy

Europe made a “misjudgment” in categorising Russia as its top security threat and instead the continent’s real danger lay in Europeans’ inner “demon”, according to China’s longest-serving ambassador to the US. Cui Tiankai, a former Chinese foreign vice-minister, also claimed Nato had outlived its relevance and argued that the transatlantic security alliance no longer served the long-term interests of its members. Cui’s comments came during a discussion examining US relations with its allies...

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8 d. ago China says it is still ‘deeply committed’ to Venezuela as ambassador meets new leader

China said on Friday it would continue to offer its firm support to Venezuela after its ambassador met the country’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez. She described her meeting with Chinese ambassador Lan Hu as “cordial” and thanked Beijing for its condemnation of the abduction of former leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. “We value China’s firm and consistent stance in strongly condemning the serious violation of international law and Venezuelan sovereignty,” Rodriguez...

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8 d. ago China says it is ‘deeply committed’ to Venezuela as ambassador meets new leader

China says it is ‘deeply committed’ to Venezuela as ambassador meets new leader  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago Fmr. Ambassador to China: Pres. Trump and China's Xi don't want to rock the boat with Venezuelan oil

Fmr. Ambassador to China: Pres. Trump and China's Xi don't want to rock the boat with Venezuelan oil  CNBC

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1 week ago ‘Embrace the moment’: on China, Daniel Kritenbrink puts pragmatism first

Daniel J. Kritenbrink is a partner at The Asia Group. Previously, Kritenbrink served in the United States government as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs and ambassador to Vietnam. His diplomatic career spans three decades and includes assignments in Japan, China, Kuwait and Washington. In this interview, Kritenbrink discusses the many nuances of the US-China relationship, from cooperation to competition to rivalry, and argues both countries should weigh the...

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2 w. ago Trump to meet US’ China envoy after call with Japan PM Takaichi as Taiwan drills conclude

US President Donald Trump is meeting US Ambassador to China David Perdue at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Friday, rounding off a day of diplomacy that began with a call with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The engagements come at a delicate moment for the administration as it seeks to align its “America first” regional approach amid a deepening diplomatic rift between Tokyo and Beijing over Taiwan, and following Washington’s recent approval of its largest-ever arms sale to the...

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2 w. ago Former U.S. ambassador to China discusses the relationship between the two countries

Former U.S. ambassador to China discusses the relationship between the two countries  NPR

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2 w. ago China food delivery platform names Jay Chou as brand ambassador, supported by lookalikes

A quartet of singer Jay Chou lookalikes in China has produced a video supporting the pop idol’s new role as a delivery brand ambassador, sending social media into a frenzy of laughter. On December 18, the Chinese delivery giant Meituan unveiled Chou as its brand ambassador following their high-profile partnership with actress Liu Yifei. Known as the “King of Mandopop”, the Taiwanese singer-songwriter has amassed more than 23 million followers on mainland social media thanks to his musical...

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2 w. ago China food delivery platform names Jay Chou as brand ambassador, backed by lookalikes

China food delivery platform names Jay Chou as brand ambassador, backed by lookalikes  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Former Minister Details Tensions in Appointing Ambassador to China

Former Minister Details Tensions in Appointing Ambassador to China  조선일보

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3 w. ago China, Russia partnership ‘stronger than ever’ despite Western sanctions: envoy

Western sanctions have not weakened ties between Beijing and Moscow but instead fostered closer dialogue and higher levels of mutual trust, Russia’s ambassador to China Igor Morgulov said on Tuesday. Addressing a forum at Renmin University of China in Beijing, Morgulov portrayed the deepening partnership as a response to efforts aimed at constraining both countries’ technological development and distorting fair competition. China and Russia had expanded cooperation in an “extremely complex”...

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