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Dec 9, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Zhuang Pinghui
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned there will be no winner in a tariff or tech war between China and the US and vowed that Beijing would firmly safeguard its interests. The comments came after US president-elect Donald Trump told US broadcaster NBC on Friday that he and Xi “have been communicating with each other … since three days ago”. Trump also said Beijing could play a role in ending the Ukraine war. The Chinese side did not confirm or deny whether the communication took place.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Zhuang Pinghui
President-elect Donald Trump has picked former senator David Perdue as his ambassador to China, he announced in social media.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Zhuang Pinghui
China has blocked four Philippine vessels that attempted to “intrude into interior waters” of the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday, the country’s coastguard said.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Dewey Sim |Orange Wang |Zhuang Pinghui
When Marco Rubio was nominated by US president-elect Donald Trump last month to be the next US secretary of state, one obvious question loomed: how would the Florida senator, who has been sanctioned by China twice, engage with Washington’s biggest rival? Rubio – known for his hawkish stance towards China – could move to stifle high-level exchanges between Washington and Beijing and throw up road blocks to any meaningful negotiation, according to observers.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Zhuang Pinghui
China to revive visa-free scheme for short-stay visitors from Japan
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Zhuang Pinghui
China has agreed to “gradually resume” imports of Japanese seafood products a year after it imposed a ban in response to the release of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The decision was made after “rounds of talks” between Beijing and Tokyo over the impact discharging the waste water into the Pacific Ocean, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday afternoon.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Zhuang Pinghui
Chinese President Xi Jinping and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke on the phone on Friday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The call, made at Starmer’s request, is the first between Xi and a British prime minister since March 2022, when the president spoke with then leader Boris Johnson.
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May 14, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Zhuang Pinghui
China and the US exchanged views “deeply, professionally and constructively” in their first intergovernmental talks aimed at reducing the risks of artificial intelligence and improving world governance. According to a Chinese foreign ministry readout, at the talks in Geneva on Tuesday the two sides recognised that there are opportunities and risks in the development of AI technology.
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May 12, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Chow Chung-Yan |Wendy Wu |Zhuang Pinghui
It is completely normal in a democracy with free media as in Germany to have a free debate on whether the trip was successful or not. Why did the chancellor pick Chongqing as his first stop? Chongqing embodies China’s development over the past decades. It is a huge and modern city with a population of 35 million. In comparison, Berlin’s population is around four million.
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Apr 27, 2024 | 
scmp.com | Zhuang Pinghui
China has appealed to France to sway the European Union towards a “positive” and “pragmatic” China policy as the bloc tightens scrutiny of Chinese products and market access. The appeal – just days ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s expected trip Europe – was delivered by Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a phone call to the French president’s diplomatic adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, on Saturday.
