11 h. ago Trade relations hang in the balance as China’s top diplomat tours Europe

Trade relations hang in the balance as China’s top diplomat tours Europe  Yahoo

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20 h. ago China’s Wang Yi urges new international deal on Iran after US, Israeli attacks

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has called for a “new international agreement” on Iran while accusing the United States and Israel of destabilising the Middle East through military actions on Iranian nuclear facilities. Speaking at a joint press conference with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris on Friday, Wang also voiced deep concerns about escalating tensions in the region and warned of the looming spectre of a “nuclear disaster”. His remarks came as Beijing, a key ally of an...

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42 h. ago Rare earth exports should never come between us, China’s Wang Yi tells Europeans

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has downplayed EU concerns over restrictions on rare earth exports and offered assurances that the needs of European companies will be met if they adhere to proper application procedures. Controlling dual-use goods was a sovereign right and an international responsibility for all nations, Wang said during a joint news conference on Thursday with his German counterpart in Berlin. He was responding to a question about European companies’ unease over Beijing’s...

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42 h. ago Rare earth exports should never come between us, China’s Wang Yi tells Europe

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has downplayed EU concerns over restrictions on rare earth exports and offered assurances that the needs of European companies will be met if they adhere to proper application procedures. Controlling dual-use goods was a sovereign right and an international responsibility for all nations, Wang said during a news conference with his German counterpart in Berlin on Thursday. He was responding to a question about European companies’ unease over Beijing’s export...

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61 h. ago China’s Accelerating Efforts to Internationalize the Renminbi

China’s Accelerating Efforts to Internationalize the Renminbi  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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61 h. ago Veteran Chinese diplomat warns Trump’s policies risk ‘shared destruction’

The Trump administration’s national security mindset could push humanity towards more conflicts and even “shared destruction”, the head of the Communist Party’s diplomatic arm has warned. Liu Jianchao, who leads the International Department of the party’s Central Committee, pitched China’s vision of international relations – a rejection of the ethos reflected in American foreign policy language – as a viable path to lasting global peace on Thursday. The veteran Chinese diplomat rejected...

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69 h. ago Europe has many challenges but none come from China, Wang Yi tells EU

China has presented itself as a “peaceful, inclusive and cooperative” partner for the European Union and pledged it will not follow the path taken by the US. In a meeting with EU representatives in Brussels on Wednesday, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi urged the bloc to “truly foster a rational understanding” of China and not seek confrontation despite their division. “China and Europe have different histories, cultures and values. We should not regard each other as opponents just because of...

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3 d. ago Armenia looks to deepen ties with China for foreign policy beyond Russia

Armenia is looking to deepen ties with China with no limits, its foreign minister said, as the South Caucasus republic intensifies efforts to diversify its foreign policy away from Russia following the Nagorno-Karabakh war five years ago. “Not only is there no impediment and any obstacle on the way of deepening our relations, but also there is openness and readiness to deepen these relations without any limitations,” Armenia’s top diplomat Ararat Mirzoyan told the South China Morning Post in an...

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3 d. ago EU's Kallas warns that China needs to rebalance trade relationship with EU

EU's Kallas warns that China needs to rebalance trade relationship with EU  Reuters

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4 d. ago Charm and Coercion Shape China’s Expanding Security Footprint in Southeast Asia

Charm and Coercion Shape China’s Expanding Security Footprint in Southeast Asia  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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5 d. ago China claims Canada’s order for Hikvision closure ‘damages’ trade relations

China claims Canada’s order for Hikvision closure ‘damages’ trade relations  Al Jazeera

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5 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

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5 d. ago China's top diplomat visits Europe pitching closer ties in 'volatile' world

China's top diplomat visits Europe pitching closer ties in 'volatile' world  France 24

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8 d. ago China’s Top Diplomat to Visit Europe as Tensions With US Linger

China’s Top Diplomat to Visit Europe as Tensions With US Linger  Bloomberg

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9 d. ago Trump says a deal related to trade was signed with China on Wednesday

Trump says a deal related to trade was signed with China on Wednesday  Reuters

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9 d. ago ‘Chinese will have to be careful’: US trade truce may come, but risks remain

After months of chest-thumping, accusations and threats, look for US-China trade relations to weather an uneasy pause as the giants retreat from extremist positions, guard against backtracking and alter the negotiating dynamic toward an eventual agreement, analysts and former US officials say. The breather follows this month’s London sit-down after the two engaged in a high-stakes tariff battle then went for each other’s jugulars, with China blocking rare earth exports and Washington choking off...

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9 d. ago Between Sisterhood and Surveillance: How the 4B Movement Came to China

Between Sisterhood and Surveillance: How the 4B Movement Came to China  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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1 week ago Before the US Realizes the Cost, China Is Rapidly Gaining Soft Power Ground

Before the US Realizes the Cost, China Is Rapidly Gaining Soft Power Ground  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

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1 week ago Can China build on eased trade tensions with US amid Trump’s many distractions?

While the US-China talks in London earlier this month suggested Beijing had the negotiating edge over Washington’s other major trading partners, observers warn that China may need to temper expectations of a restoration of senior-level exchanges. US President Donald Trump’s competing priorities – both domestically and internationally – could distract his administration from the pressing need to establish a lasting agreement on US-China trade relations, they said. But while the Trump...

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2 w. ago China urges US to ‘look at the whole picture’ on tariffs to see true trade ties

The envoys of the world’s two leading powers painted starkly different pictures of US-China ties, each offering a competing assessment of the state of their economic relations – just as a recently agreed framework to ease trade tensions hangs in limbo. Speaking at the US-China Business Council in Washington on Wednesday, Chinese ambassador Xie Feng called the trade relationship “generally balanced” and tariffs on Chinese imports “still unreasonably high”, warning that the US goods deficit would...

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