The visit is likely to further strengthen the Taliban on an international stage during a time when violence is reportedly increasing in Afghanistan.
China pledges support for small business, but some SMEs see ‘doom and gloom’ amid regulatory crackdown
Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He has promised to ‘keep the temperature right’ for small businesses, but Beijing’s recent crackdown on off-campus tutoring has some entrepreneurs worried.
US, India agree to expand multilateral security partnership
The top diplomats of India and the United States pledged Wednesday to expand their multilateral security partnership, underscoring the deepening of ties between two countries concerned over China’s …
The Nation That Faced Down China
China is now the great power of Asia—or so Beijing believes—but those pesky Australians, mouthing off about human rights and coronavirus investigations, refuse to bend the knee. Beijing has turned to …
After the Floods, China Found a Target for Its Pain: Foreign Media
Western journalists reporting on a natural disaster met with public hostility in person and online that was openly encouraged by the Chinese state media.
U.S. concern over China nukes buildup after new silos report
A report on Monday said satellite images showed China was building a new field of silos near Hami in the eastern part of its Xinjiang region.
China-Taliban ties warming ahead of US withdrawal
China’s foreign minister has met with a delegation of high-level Taliban officials as ties between them warm ahead of the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan …
Amid crushing floods in China, officials focus not on climate change, but on control
How many people were trapped inside?” The events at the tunnel underscored tensions around a storm that brought catastrophic floods across central China’s Henan province last week. Rather than …
China hosts Taliban leaders as U.S. withdraws troops from Afghanistan
China expressed support for the Taliban’s role in Afghanistan’s future while warning it to cut ties with a separatist movement in the Xinjiang region, in a clear expression of Beijing’s geopolitical …
Even as Beijing’s grip tightens, Hong Kong maintains status as finance hub
China’s overhaul of Hong Kong’s political institutions has crushed the pro-democracy movement, and fueled warnings of an end to the city’s status as an international financial hub. Yet more than a …