35 y. ago State Visit to the People's Republic of China by HM King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu Mata‘aho

State Visit to the People's Republic of China by HM King Taufa‘ahau Tupou IV and Queen Halaevalu Mata‘aho  Matangi Tonga

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1 hour ago Sean Stein on why US businesses are walking a tightrope to stay in China

Sean Stein is president of the US-China Business Council (USCBC), a Washington-based non-profit organisation that promotes trade between the world’s two largest economies. The council represents more than 270 American companies doing business in China. He most recently served as board chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in China and is chair emeritus of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Before that, he served for nearly three decades as a diplomat, including as US Consul...

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1 hour ago Exclusive | Sean Stein on why US businesses are walking a tightrope to stay in China

Exclusive | Sean Stein on why US businesses are walking a tightrope to stay in China  South China Morning Post

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2 h. ago Australia should not sabotage its own efforts to boost ties with China

Chinese media outlets were keen to accentuate the positives of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to China. However, sections of the Australian media played up the idea that China was attempting to drive a wedge between Australia and the United States and members of the Australian opposition criticised the visit, calling some of Albanese’s stops “indulgent”. The visit achieved much in some areas, but otherwise made little progress. Despite reported efforts by Elbridge Colby, US...

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2 h. ago Opinion | Australia should not sabotage its own efforts to boost ties with China

Opinion | Australia should not sabotage its own efforts to boost ties with China  South China Morning Post

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4 h. ago Deep ideological divergence exists between China, US energy strategies

Deep ideological divergence exists between China, US energy strategies  chinadailyasia.com

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5 h. ago GOP lawmaker warns of threats from China targeting AI, energy production

GOP lawmaker warns of threats from China targeting AI, energy production  Fox News

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7 h. ago Rahul Mocks 'Make In India'; Berates Bharat & Bats For Beijing | Congress' RaGa 'Made In China'?

Rahul Mocks 'Make In India'; Berates Bharat & Bats For Beijing | Congress' RaGa 'Made In China'?  Times Now

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8 h. ago Typhoon Wipha: Hong Kong airport scrambling to deal with backlog of 500 flights

Hong Kong airport is scrambling to deal with a backlog of 500 cancelled flights for about 100,000 passengers, with some people waiting there since Saturday amid the upheaval caused by Typhoon Wipha. Chris Au Young, the Airport Authority’s general manager of terminal and passenger experience, said on Sunday afternoon that about 400 rescheduled flights would either depart or arrive in Hong Kong later in the day as the typhoon moved away from the city and weakened. “More than 500 flights were...

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8 h. ago Hong Kong airport scrambles to deal with backlog of 500 flights as Wipha departs

Hong Kong airport is scrambling to deal with a backlog of 500 cancelled flights for about 100,000 passengers, with some people waiting there since Saturday amid the upheaval caused by Typhoon Wipha. Chris Au Young, the Airport Authority’s general manager of terminal and passenger experience, said on Sunday afternoon that about 400 rescheduled flights would either depart or arrive in Hong Kong later in the day as the typhoon moved away from the city and weakened. “More than 500 flights were...

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8 h. ago China lead poisoning: probe finds disease control agency, hospital faked results

Ten officials in China’s northwestern Gansu province are under investigation for oversight failures, after the provincial disease control agency and a hospital were discovered to have falsified test results during a major kindergarten lead poisoning scandal. This comes nearly two weeks after police in Gansu’s Tianshui city detained eight people over their involvement in the poisoning that left more than 200 kindergarteners with high lead levels in their blood, in a case that shocked the...

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8 h. ago Typhoon Wipha hits mainland China after disrupting travel in Hong Kong

Typhoon Wipha hits mainland China after disrupting travel in Hong Kong  The Washington Post

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9 h. ago Trump and Xi tipped to meet ahead of or during Apec summit in South Korea

This year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea is probably the best opportunity for Xi Jinping and Donald Trump to meet in person this year, multiple sources have said. They said Trump might visit China before going to the Apec summit between October 30 and November 1, or he could meet his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the Apec event. According to South Korean media reports, Xi plans to attend the event in Gyeongju, but Trump’s participation is yet to be...

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9 h. ago Exclusive | Trump and Xi tipped to meet ahead of or during Apec summit in South Korea

Exclusive | Trump and Xi tipped to meet ahead of or during Apec summit in South Korea  South China Morning Post

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10 h. ago China’s rare earth magnet exports to U.S. surge following trade pact (XLK:NYSEARCA)

China’s rare earth magnet exports to U.S. surge following trade pact (XLK:NYSEARCA)  Seeking Alpha

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10 h. ago US government worker, target of exit ban, kept from leaving China for months

An American citizen who works for the US government has been blocked from leaving China for months, possibly on national security grounds, after travelling there recently, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source familiar with the matter said that a naturalised US citizen, originally from China, was detained by authorities upon landing in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in April. The individual, who previously served in the US Army, works for the US Commerce Department’s Patent and...

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11 h. ago As trade deals show, the US now seeks rent from Asean, not partnership

US President Donald Trump’s return to tariff diplomacy is on full display in Southeast Asia as he boasts of trade deals with first Vietnam, then Indonesia. The region faces some of the world’s steepest US tariffs come August 1, and many countries have rushed into last-minute talks to avoid economic fallout. Trump has announced a 19 per cent tariff on all Indonesian goods entering the United States under a deal, down from 32 per cent, with Indonesia agreeing in return to buy 50 Boeing jets and...

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11 h. ago US and EU aid cuts see China’s star on the rise in Southeast Asia, report says

China’s role as Southeast Asia’s largest infrastructure financier is increasing its regional influence at a time when the United States and the European Union are slashing their foreign aid budgets, a new report by an Australian think tank said. With the Trump administration in the United States scrapping about US$60 billion in aid and European countries pulling back more than US$25 billion, “the centre of gravity” in Southeast Asia’s development finance landscape “looks set to drift East,...

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11 h. ago Hong Kong to build more subsidised homes in I&T hub to meet middle

Hong Kong will build more subsidised homes in its new I&T hub near the border with mainland China to cater to the increasing needs of middle-class families and align with the city’s strategy to attract top talent, the housing minister has said. Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin also outlined her plans to make public flats in the Northern Metropolis, where the San Tin Technopole innovation and technology (I&T) hub is located, more liveable by integrating them into nature and old...

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11 h. ago Typhoon Wipha makes landfall in southern China after battering Hong Kong

Typhoon Wipha makes landfall in southern China after battering Hong Kong  Al Jazeera

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