WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told lawmakers on Wednesday that China was “very carefully” watching how Washington and the world respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the impact of which he said was being felt in Asia.
In a rare phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, China’s foreign minister says Beijing is concerned about the year-old conflict with Russia spinning out of control and urged talks on a political solution with Moscow.
China has told its state-owned companies to stop working with the Big Four auditors – EY, KPMG, PwC, and Deloitte – and asked them to use local accounting firms instead.
President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has pledged the country’s firm commitment to the One China Policy and said that Nicosia remains a staunch supporter of the integrity, unity and sovereignty of China, while thanking China for its unwavering support and principled stance with regard to the Cyprus issue.
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China has appointed Zheng Yanxiong, head of the national security office in Hong Kong, as director of its Liaison Office in the city, the State Council, or cabinet, said in a notice on Saturday.
(Reuters) -Air travelers to Canada from China must test negative for COVID-19 no more than two days before departure, Ottawa said on Saturday, joining other nations that have implemented such restrictions.
The EU should consider immediately scaling up genomic sequencing of COVID-19 infections and monitoring of wastewater, including from airports, to detect any new variants given the virus surge in China, the bloc’s health chief said.
More than 70 Chinese aircraft, including fighter jets and drones, entered the zone in the past 24 hours, and 43 of them briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line.
Beijing’s dream for its own commercial aircraft production has taken the next important step. The delivery of the first C919 that is reportedly set to fly between Shanghai and Beijing starting next year.China delivered the first of its domestically produced commercial aircraft on Friday as it hopes to one day challenge the dominance of Boeing […]
Germany’s economy ministry recommends excluding using components from providers from authoritarian states in critical infrastructure and imposing stricter requirements for firms doing business with China in a strategy paper seen by Reuters.
