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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Alyssa Chen |Orange Wang
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr might recalibrate his China policy after failing to stem the influence of rival Vice-President Sara Duterte in a midterm election tussle between two of Manila’s most powerful political dynasties, according to analysts.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Alyssa Chen |Orange Wang
7 hours agoEditors' Pick From micro-investment apps to startup accelerators and early-stage VC funds, this year’s Finance & Venture Capital listees are reshaping their industries. When Gaby Rosenberg was looking to invest in Australia’s fixed-income market as a young graduate, she encountered daunting entry …
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Alyssa Chen |Orange Wang
China is planning to reduce number of US films shown in the country, as part of its retaliation against Donald Trump’s heavy tariffs on the country, the China Film Administration said on Thursday.
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2 months 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.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
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.
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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.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Alyssa Chen
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Japan’s ruling coalition parties to reflect on history, telling a delegation in Beijing on Tuesday that the two countries can solve all problems through dialogue. The delegation of lawmakers – led by Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, and his counterpart Makoto Nishida, from coalition partner Komeito – was in China on a three-day visit, concluding on Wednesday.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Alyssa Chen
A senior Chinese official in charge of propaganda told a group of visiting Japanese lawmakers that China was willing to work with Japan to foster a more favourable public perception of the two nations among each other’s citizens. Li Shulei, head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, made the comments while meeting politicians from Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito in Beijing on Monday.
