Tag: Beijing
‘What Goes Around Comes Around’: Chinese Media Mock Japan Over US Release of Toxic Water in Okinawa
Asia & Pacific14:32 GMT 04.09.2021(updated 18:12 GMT 04.09.2021) In April, Japan’s neighbours expressed outrage over Tokyo’s plans to release 1.23 million tonnes...
‘China is Not the Soviet Union’: Beijing’s US Envoy Blasts Washington’s ‘Cold War’ Mindset
While the US has long publicly presented its conflict with China as primarily geostrategic in nature, a 2018 National Security Council document declassified earlier...
China Says US Pullout From Afghanistan Shows Military Interventions Are Doomed to Fail
Asia & Pacific07:29 GMT 31.08.2021(updated 08:39 GMT 31.08.2021) Washington earlier said it was disappointed by Russia and China's abstentions during a UN...
China Irate Over ‘Provocative’ Passage of US Navy, Coast Guard Ships in Taiwan Strait
World09:17 GMT 28.08.2021After a US guided missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait in late July, Beijing slammed the US and Taiwan -...
China Ready to Offer ‘Genuine’ Aid to Afghanistan, Cautions Nations to Lead, Not Pressure Taliban
The World Bank has predicted a 20% decline in international aid to Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s seizure of power, which could...
Can Kamala Harris’ Anti-China Rhetoric on Asian Trip Boost US Credibility After Afghan Fiasco?
Vice President Kamala Harris has embarked on a two-leg Southeast Asia trip, which includes visits to Singapore and Vietnam, as the US finalises its...
China Slams US ‘Bullying’ as Kamala Harris Accuses Beijing of ‘Coercion’ in South China Sea
Beijing has repeatedly insisted that its military installations in the South China Sea are of a "defensive" nature and are primarily used for scientific...
China, Iran Step in to Aid Afghanistan as US Freezes Kabul’s Foreign Assets After Taliban Takeover
The runaway governor of Afghanistan's central bank has warned of risks of inflation on food and other items as well as currency depreciation in...
Taipei Accuses China of Seeking to ‘Emulate’ the Taliban as Cross-Strait Tensions Ramp Up
The White House insisted Thursday that US policy toward Taiwan “has not changed” following Joe Biden’s remarks in an interview that the US would...
Iran, China to Cooperate on Regional Stabilization as Beijing Urges Taliban to Keep Promises
A flurry of communication across Eurasia has followed the quick collapse of the US-backed Afghan government over the last two weeks as regional powers...
China, Tajikistan Join Up for Security Drills Amid Taliban Victory in Neighboring Afghanistan
The rapid advance of the Taliban since May set regional governments on edge, with Tajikistan and Pakistan rushing troops to their borderlands, and Russia...
‘Apocalypse Now’: What are Risks of CIA’s Possible All Out Clandestine War Against Russia & China?
On 5 August, an op-ed titled "Defence alone will not protect us from Russia and China" by Douglas London, a retired senior CIA operations...
‘Very Much Touch and Go’: US Senator Recounts How Taiwan Delegation Hid Trip From South Korean Gov
In early July, two US aircraft quietly touched down on Taiwan carrying parcels for the de facto US embassy in Taipei. Beijing denounced the...
Beijing Calls US Biggest Threat to South China Sea Security as Blinken Accuses PRC of ‘Bullying’
Asia & Pacific18:39 GMT 10.08.2021(updated 19:02 GMT 10.08.2021) China and other nations with maritime claims in the South China Sea began negotiations...
‘Unlike BJP, We’re Not Influenced by the US, Israel’: Indian Left Denies ‘China Agent’ Accusations
India11:45 GMT 03.08.2021In his new book, former Indian foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale, who has also served as ambassador to China, alleges that Beijing...
India Asserts Maritime Presence in South China Sea As US Calls to Halt Beijing’s ‘Aggression’
World17:41 GMT 02.08.2021(updated 17:42 GMT 02.08.2021) The announcement that warships have been deployed in the South China Sea comes despite speculation from...
