A Chinese spy balloon has been spotted over Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday, a day after a similar craft was seen in US skies, prompting the scrapping of a rare trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that tensions have eased with China as he prepares for a rare visit but he renewed alarm over Beijing’s intentions over Taiwan.
Zhao Lijian, a brash and outspoken diplomat who exemplified Beijing’s “wolf warrior” turn against the West, will no longer serve as a foreign ministry spokesman, a Chinese government website showed Monday.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has secured business deals with China to reduce the fertilizer cost.
Several government officials reportedly backed out from joining President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s state visit to China due to the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases and strict protocols for foreign visitors.
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen extended an olive branch to Beijing on Sunday, pledging to offer assistance if needed as coronavirus cases surge in China after
President Xi Jinping said Saturday the “light of hope is right in front of us” as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after an abrupt lifting of restrictions.
China’s state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy.
China on Tuesday criticised a US defence report estimating Beijing’s nuclear arsenal would triple by 2035 as “groundless speculation” and accused Washington of “hyping up” the military threat posed by the world’s most populous country.
The body of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin arrived in Beijing Thursday ahead of a public memorial service, Chinese state media said, as hundreds of people gathered in his hometown to pay their respects.
