The city of Shanghai in China, the world’s main container port, is under lockdown due to COVID-19, a measure that disrupts the Chinese economy and threatens supply chains around the world. To deal with the worst wave of COVID-19 that China has faced since the start of the pandemic, the country’s economic capital – with […]
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Don’t expect China to make peace in Ukraine
By Minxin Pei Any hope that US President Joe Biden can persuade his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to help stop the war in Ukraine should probably be shelved. China wants to see an early end to the conflict. But he will not use his influence to achieve it. Biden and Xi apparently talked about different […]
A plane with 132 passengers crashes in southwestern China; airline confirms deceased
A China Eastern Airlines company plane with 132 people on board crashed on Monday in southwestern China, the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) reported, without offering a balance of victims at the moment. The Boeing 737 was flying from the city of Kunming to the metropolis of Canton, but “lost contact while flying over the […]
China tightens confinement due to COVID rebound: Jilin residents will not be able to leave their homes
Chinese authorities announced a tightening of lockdown measures in the country’s northeast on Sunday, just as the southern metropolis of Shenzhen was preparing to lift its restrictions. The The Asian country registered 4,053 new cases of COVID this Sunday, two-thirds of them in Jilin, a province bordering North Korea and Russia. The inhabitants of the […]
Ukraine asks China to “condemn Russian barbarism”
Updated on 03/19/2022 11:52 am The Ukrainian authorities asked on Saturday to China to join Western countries and “condemn barbarism russian” on Ukraine. “China can be an important element of the world security system if it makes the right decision to support the coalition of civilized countries and condemns Russian barbarism,” Mikhailo Podoliak, adviser to […]
Venezuela and China review bilateral agenda to “deepen” their alliance
Updated on 03/19/2022 11:32 am the chancellor of VenezuelaFélix Plasencia, informed this Saturday that he held a meeting with the ambassador of China in the Caribbean country, Li Baorong, to review the bilateral agenda with which they “deepen” the strategic alliance. “In order to review the issues on the bilateral agenda that deepen the strategic […]
Biden exposed to Xi the consequences of China helping Russian invasion
the president of United States, Joe Bidenwarned the Chinese leader, Xi Jinpingthat there will be “consequences” if Beijing gives material support to the invasion russian from Ukrainereported the White House, with both sides stressing the need for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. In a video call that lasted just under two hours, at a […]
China seeks to protect its economy and eases confinement in Shenzhen
China decided to prioritize the economy and the technological metropolis of Shenzhen (south) partially lifted this Friday the confinement decreed by an outbreak of COVID-19, especially in its port, one of the largest in the world and vital for trade. The decision of the city of 17.5 million inhabitants, located at the gates of Hong […]
Russian invasion of Ukraine could boost creation of new trade bloc led by China
China’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine in the coming months will reshape global money and trade flows, possibly sparking the emergence of new economic spheres, investors said. Last month, shortly before the Russian president Vladimir Putin send his forces to Ukrainehe and the Chinese president Xi Jinping declared in Beijing An association “unlimited”, with […]
China blames ban on telecommunications operators in the US as abuse of power.
Updated on 03/17/2022 12:38 pm China denounced the abuse of power by the United States, which prohibited two Chinese telecommunications companies from operating in its territory, citing security risks. The US decision comes amid tensions between Beijing and Washington and technological rivalry. The United States is “blatantly overstepping the boundaries of the concept of national […]