39 h. ago Wang Yi tells top EU officials to unite against ‘unilateralism and bullying’

Beijing’s top envoy has called for China and Europe to join forces against “unilateralism and bullying” in a thinly veiled swipe at the United States, after meeting European Union leaders in Brussels. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday, before sitting down for marathon political talks with the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas that were expected to run over dinner. “The world today...

Politics

3 d. ago Not Just Shock Absorbers: How ASEAN Is Shaping the China Trade Balance

Not Just Shock Absorbers: How ASEAN Is Shaping the China Trade Balance  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

Events

7 d. ago Harvard Academic Who Met Top Chinese Diplomat Sees US Trade Breakthrough Soon

Harvard Academic Who Met Top Chinese Diplomat Sees US Trade Breakthrough Soon  Bloomberg.com

Politics

2 w. ago 2 Chinese spacecraft just met up 22,000 miles above Earth. What were they doing?

2 Chinese spacecraft just met up 22,000 miles above Earth. What were they doing?  Space

Politics

3 w. ago When Chinese manufacturing met Small Town, USA : Planet Money

When Chinese manufacturing met Small Town, USA : Planet Money  NPR

Economics

3 w. ago China’s Xi meets Panchen Lama, urges continued ‘sinicisation of religion’

Chinese President Xi Jinping met the Panchen Lama on Friday and called for continued efforts to promote the “sinicisation of religion”, state media reports said. The call from Xi comes exactly one month before the exiled Dalai Lama’s critical 90th birthday, when the Tibetan spiritual leader has indicated he may reveal his preferred method for choosing a successor. According to state news agency Xinhua, Xi received a visit from the Panchen Lama in Beijing and expressed hopes that he would “work...

Politics

4 w. ago Harvard speech by Chinese graduate exposes class disillusionment at home

Controversy surrounding a speech given by a Chinese Harvard graduate reflects the Chinese public’s “disillusionment” with elite education and “anger at class rigidity”, according to a Chinese academic. Last week, Yurong “Luanna” Jiang, a Chinese Harvard University graduate, delivered a controversial speech amid the ongoing clash between the university and the White House, and uncertainty over United States–China relations. Jiang was the first Chinese woman selected as the student speaker at a...

Politics