Alyssa Chen

1 month ago | scmp.com | Alyssa Chen |Meredith Chen |Dannie Peng |Zhao Ziwen

Chinese students studying in the United States could again become caught in geopolitical crossfire if Republican lawmakers press ahead with legislation to bar them from obtaining visas. Republicans in the US House of Representatives are set to introduce a bill on Friday to stop Chinese citizens from obtaining student visas, citing the threat of espionage.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Finbarr Bermingham |Amber Wang |Alyssa Chen

China could send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine to help preserve any negotiated ceasefire in its war with Russia – as long as they are working with non-Nato countries like India – a former PLA colonel suggested. Zhou Bo, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, said that China had “sufficient troops and military strength” to contribute to an international post-war effort.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Alyssa Chen |Amber Wang

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed confidence Friday concerning the outlook for US-China relations but also vowed a resolute response if Beijing faced any “unilateral bullying practice” from Washington. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Wang said that China wishes to build “stable, sound and sustainable” ties with the US. “Of course we hope that the US will work in the same direction with us.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Finbarr Bermingham |Alyssa Chen |Amber Wang

Senior world leaders and diplomats descended on Munich on Friday for a weekend that could mould the future of global geopolitics. Top officials from China, the United States and Europe will meet at the Munich Security Conference to discuss US President Donald Trump’s vow to end the war in Ukraine by negotiating directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Jan 21, 2025 | scmp.com | Alyssa Chen |Robert Delaney

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed ties with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as the two face a more geopolitically assertive US government led by Donald Trump, who criticised the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on the first day of his second term as president.