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.
“Under the current circumstances, China and the United States share more, not less, common interests,” Xi told Biden during three hours of talks in Bali, Indonesia, Beijing’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
President Xi Jinping on Sunday vowed China would “never commit to abandoning the use of force” when it comes to the issue of Taiwan, in a speech marking the beginning of the Communist Party Congress in Beijing.
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Tuesday (October 11) said there was no truth to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri’s claim that the Philippines has been included in Beijing’s tourism blacklist due to Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs).
A Senate committee took the first step Wednesday toward the United States directly providing billions of dollars in military aid to Taiwan and making ties more official, ramping up support following soaring tensions with Beijing.
