By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 05/29/2023 at 23:14 This content is not accessible. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. BONNIE CASH / REUTERS Beijing has declined an invitation from the United States to hold a meeting this week in Singapore between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu, the Pentagon said … Read more
Litang Liang is suspected of having provided Beijing with information on members of the Chinese community in Boston, supporting democracy in Taiwan. By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 05/15/2023 at 17:44update on 05/15/2023 at 17:44 This content is not accessible. Litang Liang, 63, was arrested on Tuesday, May 9, and charged with serving as … Read more
A 78-year-old American, permanent resident of Hong Kong, was sentenced Monday, May 15 in China to life in prison for ” spying “which should further strain relations between Beijing and Washington, already at an all-time low. Such a heavy sentence aimed at a foreign citizen on this ground is relatively rare in the Asian country. … Read more
AFP, published on Sunday, May 07, 2023 at 1:37 p.m. Rising rates, banking crisis and economic uncertainty have dampened the desire of many to go public since the start of the year, with a few exceptions, including small Chinese companies, which have landed by the dozens on the New York market, despite tensions between the … Read more
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) — A speech by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a meeting on the education campaign on studying and implementing of Xi Jinping’s Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics of the New Era will be released on Monday. The speech by Xi, who … Read more
The United States raised its voice against China on Saturday after a near-miss collision with a Philippine ship. By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 04/29/2023 at 22:15update on 04/29/2023 at 22:16 This content is not accessible. In their press release, the Americans reaffirm their support for their Filipino “allies”. (Illustrative photo) TED ALJIBE / … Read more
The Ukrainian president announced on Wednesday that he had had a “long and significant” telephone exchange with Xi Jinping, an ally of Moscow, with whom he had wanted to discuss for months. China presented an initiative at the end of February with a view to ending the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but this remains vague and theoretical, … Read more
Discussions of COVID-19 reinfection have emerged among Chinese social media trends, after a group of users posted positive antigen results for the coronavirus. Epidemiologists have dismissed concerns about a second wave arriving and said most people currently infected with COVID-19 are now those who had not previously contracted the virus. Recently, some netizens posted photos … Read more
Bad times for the International Monetary Fund. The institution, which held its spring meeting from April 11 to 16, noted a “bumpy” recovery, in a context “characterized by disruptions in the financial sector, the high level of inflation, the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the legacy of three years of the Covid-19 pandemic.” … Read more
“Clandestine police station” in the middle of New York, cyberbullying: American justice raised its tone on Monday April 17 by announcing two arrests in New York and dozens of charges against Chinese security officials. These cases “further illustrate the extent of the efforts made by the Chinese state to extend its authoritarian vision of the … Read more