Forty years after then U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended three decades of estrangement between the United States and the People’s Republic of China in January 1979, the Carter Center convened a three-day symposium on U.S.-China relations from January 17 to 19, 2019.
It was reported that recently the Indian Navy has commissioned a new full-fledged naval base, Indian naval air station, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The new base, according to Indian military officials and experts, would be used to increase surveillance on Chinese navy vessels and submarines entering the Indian Ocean through the Malacca Straits.
In response to a question asked by a student at a meeting with locals in Kalay Township in Sagaing Region on January 22, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi said an administration shouldn't terminate foreign-invested projects approved by its predecessor. If the government breaks a promise made by its predecessor, the country will lose its credibility and "no businessperson would want to invest in this country,"she said.
The partial federal government shutdown has broken a world record by lasting for over 35 days. This is unique in world history and will be remembered for years to come. Of course, it will not be a glorious story but a shame for the U.S. government and its so-called democratic system.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to China last week came amid speculation that Beijing is seeking to build a naval base off the Cambodian coast, claims the prime minister has denied.
Chinese and US officials are facing pressure to strike a deal to end their trade stand-off before a fast approaching deadline, as they prepare for a new round of trade negotiations in Washington starting Wednesday.
The latest report on the current economic development for China in 2018 was released Jan 21, and the outcome was not surprising because the GDP was 6.6 percent, within the expectation of the market .
As Chinese manufacturers struggle to "walk out" as their domestic business environment becomes more competitive, India is becoming increasingly attractive for many of them.
China and the United States will have in-depth negotiations on economic and trade issues during Vice-Premier Liu He’s visit to Washington on Jan 30 and 31, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
Conceived to be “one of tariff wars, unprecedented cyberattacks, and nuclear saber rattling,” 2018 was a year marked by international challenges as the U.S.-China confrontation ramped up to the edge of a full-blown crisis. Next year might well be the year in which that good fortune runs out for both sides.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is scheduled to visit the U.S. on January 30 and 31 for further negotiations on China-U.S. trade and economic issues, according to the Ministry of Commerce of China.
The Brexit dilemma has offered us a good opportunity to observe the Western political system. A referendum is always regarded by some Western politicians as one of the most important ways to gauge public opinion. In their view, as long as the voting procedure is correct, the result will be accurate. Brexit is a product of the ballot, but it has led the country into a swamp.
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is starting this week in Davos, is creating significant expectations. In the past, WEF meetings have identified, with remarkable weight and clarity, both the fundamental problems of the world and the urgent tasks of our time. This has helped policymakers in designing their decisions. The speech of China’s Vice-President Wang Qishan, scheduled Wednesday, Jan 23, is eagerly awaited.
Relations between China and the US have experienced bad times and good times over the several decades. The two countries, overall, have been living in peace with each other with only occasional small spats. The stable development of US-China relations has been the main reason that world economy is gaining momentum. Without it, there would be no stable globalization nor the last 40 years of prosperity for the world.
Stock markets in Asia offered a muted reaction Thursday morning to the latest round of trade talks between Chinese and US officials in Beijing, where officials discussed a wide range of issues and agreed to keep close contact.
As Chinese manufacturers struggle to "walk out" as their domestic business environment becomes more competitive, India is becoming increasingly attractive for many of them.
India and China are jointly ramping up efforts to trade more farm products from tobacco to rapeseed meal, which analysts said can be an effective way to solve the trade gap between the two Asian economies.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said the US and Canada are abusing the extradition treaty, and urged the US to correct its mistake immediately and not to send the extradition request for Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou.
US President Donald Trump signed the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) into law on December 31, 2018, which attempts to "develop a long-term strategic vision and a comprehensive, multifaceted, and principled United States policy for the Indo-Pacific region, and for other purposes." In essence, the purpose of Trump's ARIA resembles the "rebalance to the Asia-Pacific" strategy in the previous Barack Obama administration, but it differs in several ways with the Obama policy.
China appears to have comfortably achieved sufficient employment in 2018, even if it has some thorny structural issues to attend to in the new year, Chinese analysts said on Monday.