Category: World

Between the US restoring “maximum pressure” on Iran to deny it a path to nuclear weapons and Israel’s air strikes, a goods train from China quietly arrived at a dry … Read More

China’s presence at the Paris Air Show – the globally renowned civil aviation expo – is usually reduced to Beijing’s biggest names in the field. In particular, conversation tends to … Read More

With President Donald Trump poised to determine whether the United States will plunge into the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, anxiety over the possible consequences is sweeping across the … Read More

Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping sat alongside his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to watch Moscow’s Victory Day parade wearing the symbolic St George’s ribbon. Before that, the two leaders, … Read More

“Basically, no statement because the Americans wanted to water it down,” an unnamed Canadian official told reporters on condition of anonymity, according to AFP. News services on Tuesday reported the … Read More

China leads the world in converting decommissioned coal-mining sites into solar power projects, a trend that promises to advance the clean energy transition while potentially reducing a surplus of solar … Read More

Following a US announcement of a project in Panama to replace communications towers installed by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies, Beijing has condemned what it calls Washington’s “malign influence” in … Read More

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental activist once widely criticised on Chinese social media, appears to be receiving a rare wave of support in the country, particularly after her bid to … Read More

The Middle East finds itself on the precipice as the conflict between arch-foes Iran and Israel is on its fifth brutal day, with both sides escalating their attacks and the … Read More

As the United States scales back foreign aid and increases financial sanctions through long-arm jurisdiction, analysts said Beijing is strengthening its influence in international development finance and regional economic cooperation. … Read More