Tag Archives: Diplomacy

• Taiwan takes dig at China’s lack of democracy in new year message 4 February 2019 | Yimou Lee This post has no comments yet

  Taiwan President took a dig at China’s lack of freedom in a message to mark start of the Lunar New Year, saying she hoped ethnic Chinese all over the world could experience democracy. ...

• Ties Between India And China “Back On Normal Track”: Report 29 December 2018 This post has no comments yet

  Ties between India and China have returned to a "normal track" and there have been positive developments like Beijing giving market access to Indian products, but much is yet to be done. ...

• China summons US ambassador over Huawei arrest 9 December 2018 | Laurent Thomet This post has 3 comments

  China summoned the US ambassador on Sunday to protest the "extremely bad" arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer in Canada and demand that the US drop its extradition request. ...

• Modi and Xi aim to build on thaw in ties at G20 meeting 28 November 2018 | Sanjeev Miglani and Neha Dasgupta This post has no comments yet

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet on the sidelines of a G20 meeting this week, aiming to build on a thaw in ties after a military standoff. ...

• Pence, Xi trade barbs in speeches at Pacific summit 18 November 2018 | Jim Gomez and Stephen Wright This post has one comment

  Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Vice President Mike Pence traded barbs in speeches at a summit of world leaders Saturday, outlining competing visions for global leadership. ...

• Dominican Republic opens new embassy in China 3 November 2018 This post has 4 comments

  The Dominican Republic opened its new embassy in China Saturday, months after switching its allegiance to the Asian giant from the self-ruled island of Taiwan. ...

• China set to give $6bn in aid to Pakistan as Imran Khan meets Xi Jinping 2 November 2018 This post has no comments yet

  China on Friday reportedly agreed to provide $6 billion in aid to Pakistan, which is going through a "low point", to minimise the cash-strapped country's dependence on an IMF bailout package ...

• US Congress unanimously passes Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act 26 September 2018 This post has 15 comments

  The US Congress has passed a crucial bipartisan bill that seeks to impose a visa ban on Chinese officials who deny American citizens, government officials and journalists access to Tibet. ...

• Trump cancels summit with Kim, warns NKorea against ‘foolish acts’ 24 May 2018 This post has one comment

  US President Donald Trump on Thursday called off his planned June summit with Kim Jong Un, blaming "tremendous anger" and "hostility" from the North Korean regime. ...

• North and South Korea to march together in Olympics 17 January 2018 | Hyonhee Shin and Christine Kim This post has no comments yet

  The two Koreas will field a combined women’s ice hockey team and march together under one flag at next month’s Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul said on Wednesday. ...