Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, met with top executives of Saudi Aramco, BMW, Toyota Motor, FedEx and dozens of other foreign companies at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday as China seeks to boost foreign investment amid worsening trade relations between China and the United States. It was the third time … Read more
In December 1967, when he arrived at a snowy farm on China’s northeastern border with the Soviet Union, Xu Chenggang carried with him an electron tube to help him assemble a radio. Mr. Xu, a 17-year-old Beijing native, would spend the next 10 years there, living in a horse stable and subjected to re-education and … Read more
Tokyo — President Trump in early March criticized what he characterized as a one-sided security alliance between the U.S. and Japan. Officials in Japan have heard these comments from Mr. Trump before, and so far, they’ve continued shaping the country’s national security plans based on the assurance of backing from the United States. Government officials admit … Read more
When China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo last weekend, he said China saw “great potential” for trade and stability if the three neighbors worked together. Citing what he called their shared “Oriental wisdom,” he quoted a proverb, seemingly alluding to the United States as an unreliable, … Read more
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he may give China a little reduction in tariffs to get a deal related to Chinese-owned TikTok done while adding that he was likely to extend a deadline if an agreement over the social media app was not reached. “With respect to TikTok, and China is going … Read more
A Chinese woman’s extravagant lifestyle, funded by a shocking US$3.3 million fraud, has been exposed, leaving her husband to grapple with mounting debt and betrayal, according to the South China Morning Post. While the husband reportedly lived frugally to pay off existing debts, his wife secretly orchestrated a scheme to defraud friends and acquaintances. The … Read more
Americans are increasingly anxious about their financial prospects, with a closely watched gauge of consumer confidence slumping to a 12-year low amid growing concerns about tariffs and inflation. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points in March to 92.9, the fourth straight monthly decline and its lowest level since January … Read more
Washington — Leaders of U.S. intelligence agencies will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday to testify about global security threats facing the country. The hearing, which is set to begin at 10 a.m., will feature testimony from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, FBI Director Kash Patel, National Security … Read more
A United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to China was forced to make an unexpected U-turn after one of the pilots boarded the aircraft without a passport. Flight UA 198 ended up landing in Shanghai almost six hours later than planned due to the pilot’s blunder, CNN reported. Flight 198 took off from LAX at … Read more
A Chinese woman named Lingling, from Jiangxi province in southeastern China, is seeking justice after a disastrous breast augmentation procedure left her severely disabled. According to a report in the South China Morning Post, Ms Lingling spent approximately Rs 2.8 crore (2.4 million yuan) on breast implants and follow-up treatments, only to learn that the … Read more