Russia and China are outpacing the United States in the development of super-fast missile technology, Pentagon officials and key lawmakers are warning. Russia says it successfully tested a so-called hypersonic missile this month, while China tested a similar system last year expected to enter service soon. “Right now, we're helpless,” Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Arme... Read more »
China reached its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal last year, its government said. Xie Zhenhua, China's special representative for climate change, gave the update Monday at the country's Green Carbon Summit, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. China had targeted a reduction of its carbon dioxide emissions as a unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 40 percent to 45 percent ... Read more »
Former U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke is closely watching the Trump administration's trade negotiations with Beijing. President Donald Trump recently signed an executive memo to slap China as much as $60 billion in tariffs on imports. Locke, who served as the first Chinese-American governor of Washington, said the tariffs would be disastrous to the state's economy. He said the tariffs also av... Read more »
Hong Kong (CNN)A surprise visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to China may indicate Pyongyang's need for support from its closest ally ahead of upcoming summits with South Korea and the US. Observers say it would be highly unusual for Kim to meet US President Donald Trump without seeing Chinese President Xi Jinping first. Kim has never met a foreign leader since he took power in 2011, yet Chi... Read more »
BEIJING — North Korea's enigmatic young leader, Kim Jong-un, made an unannounced visit to Beijing, meeting with President Xi Jinping weeks before planned summit meetings with American and South Korean leaders, Chinese and North Korean state news media reported on Wednesday. The visit amounted to Mr. Kim's international debut: It was the 34-year-old leader's first trip outside North Korea since he ... Read more »
China has defended its expanding role in Africa after lawmakers in Washington announced they would open an investigation into Beijing's push for economic and military influence in a number of countries there. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a GOP representative from California, said on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo that China was "a big problem" and tha... Read more »
China is willing to hold talks with the United States to resolve their differences over trade, China's foreign ministry said on Monday, as alarm grows over a possible trade war between the world's two largest economies. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments at a regular briefing in Beijing. The U.S. administration last week sent a letter to Chinese economic overseer Liu He seeking a... Read more »
— Two key GOP senators are pressing U.S. President Donald Trump to share Lockheed Martin's F-35 or F-16V fighter jet to upgrade Taiwan's aging air power and deter China. Sens. John Cornyn and Jim Inhofe sent the letter to Trump on Monday, days after Taiwan defense officials confirmed their long-standing interest in the F-35. Cornyn, of Texas, is the Senate's No. 2 Republican, and Inhofe, of Oklaho... Read more »
GENEVA (Reuters) - China called on World Trade Organization members on Monday to unite to prevent the United States “wrecking” the WTO and urged them to oppose U.S. tariffs targeting China's alleged theft of intellectual property. Beijing's envoy Zhang Xiangchen told delegates at the Geneva-based trade body that President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese goods ... Read more »
Japan raised its investment to Africa in 2014 with a pledge of $32 billion that included aid, loans and commercial projects over the following three years. From 2008 to 2012, the well-off East Asian country had put out just $9 billion for Africa, geopolitical intelligence service Stratfor Enterprises says. Two years ago Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in Kenya that another $10 billion woul... Read more »
