Edmond Fong

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Visit to Vietnam fruitful albeit brief: Xi

1 week ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

President Xi Jinping has described his state visit to Vietnam as "fruitful albeit brief" as he wrapped up his two-day trip on Tuesday. Xi urged China and Vietnam to jointly oppose power politics and unilateralism. In his meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Luong Cuong, Xi said trade wars will undermine the international trading system, stability of the global economic order and legitimate interests of all countries in the world, especially developing nations.
President Xi arrives in Malaysia for state visit

1 week ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday began a state visit to Malaysia. He expressed hope that his trip will yield fruitful outcomes, ushering in a new "Golden 50 Years" for bilateral relations. In a written statement upon his arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Xi said he expects the visit to open a new historic chapter of good-neighbourly friendship and mutual benefit between the two countries. He was greeted by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim when he arrived in Kuala Lumpur.
President Xi arrives in Vietnam for state visit

1 week ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

President Xi Jinping arrived in Hanoi on Monday to start a state visit to Vietnam. In a written statement upon his arrival at the Noi Bai International Airport, Xi said he was very pleased to start his fourth state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong.
China, Vietnam ink cooperation deals during Xi's visit - RTHK

1 week ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

China and Vietnam on Monday signed dozens of cooperation agreements, strengthening ties between the two countries after President Xi Jinping warned that protectionism leads nowhere and that a trade war would have no winners. Xi is in Vietnam for the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour, as Beijing tries to present itself as a stable alternative to an erratic US President Donald Trump, who announced – and then mostly reversed – sweeping tariffs this month.
China 'verifying reports of nationals held in Ukraine' - RTHK

2 weeks ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

China said on Wednesday it is verifying reports of Chinese nationals being captured in Ukraine. Speaking in a regular briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian also urged its citizens to avoid conflict zones and participating in wars, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces. "The Chinese side is verifying relevant information with the Ukrainian side," Lin said.
'China has firm will to take countermeasures' - RTHK

2 weeks ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

The Commerce Ministry said China will resolutely take countermeasures and fight till the end if the United States insists on further escalating economic and trade restrictive measures, with firm will and abundant means. "I want to emphasise that there is no winner in a trade war, and China does not want a trade war, but the Chinese government will by no means sit by when the legitimate rights and interests of its people are being hurt and deprived," an official with the ministry said.
China-US trade ties mutually beneficial: white paper

2 weeks ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

China-US economic and trade relations are mutually beneficial and win-win in nature, and cooperation benefits both sides while confrontation harms both, said a white paper released by the State Council Information Office on Wednesday.
Fatal fire sweeps through Hebei nursing home

2 weeks ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

A fire at a nursing home in Hebei province has left 20 people dead, local authorities said on Wednesday. The blaze broke out around 9pm on Tuesday in Longhua County, Chengde City. Other residents of the elderly home were taken to hospital for observation. Experts were heading to the scene to direct rescue work. The cause of the fire is under investigation. (Xinhua)
China 'ready to fight till the end' over US tariffs - RTHK

2 weeks ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

China is ready to fight till the end if the United States is bent on waging a tariff war or trade war, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
US tariffs 'amount to unilateralism and bullying' - RTHK

2 weeks ago | news.rthk.hk | Edmond Fong

China on Monday accused the US of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs, while calling on representatives of American companies including Tesla to “take concrete actions” to resolve the tariffs. Putting “America First” over international rules harms the stability of global production and the supply chain and seriously impacts the world's economic recovery, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters.