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Beijing, China | Xinhua | Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng urgently summoned the U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns late Tuesday night and lodged stern representations and strong protests over Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to China’s Taiwan region. Noting that Pelosi risks universal …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | Xinhua News Agency was authorized early on Tuesday to release the following notice: from 1200 (Beijing Time) August 4 to 1200 (Beijing Time) August 7, 2022, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army will conduct important military exercises and training activities including live-fire drills in the following …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday issued a statement on Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to China’s Taiwan region. ▶ Following is the full text of the statement: On 2 August, in disregard of China’s strong opposition and serious representations, Speaker …

Xichang, China | Xinhua | China successfully launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The satellites were launched Friday as the third group of the Yaogan-35 family at 9:28 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket …

China hailed for quick decisions, faster implementation while EU is tipped for better working conditions Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A survey carried out by Inter Regional Economic Network (IREN) a Kenyan economic think tank, has revealed the extent of the perceptions African policy makers have towards China and …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | China on Friday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition concerning content in Japan’s 2022 defense white paper, urging the country to stop arbitrarily hyping up security threats in the neighborhood to justify its military build-up. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily press briefing …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | African people have fair judgement on who can deliver high-quality infrastructure in Africa and is earnestly committed to improving their well-being, a Chinese spokesperson said Friday. Wang Wenbin, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, made the remarks in response to a poll of more than 1,000 policymakers from …

There appears to be an identity crisis over attempts to turn it into a platform for Chinese and Russian interests COMMENT | SHASHI THAROOR | The recent virtual BRICS summit, which brought together the heads of state and government of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, was interesting as …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The people of the Middle East are the masters of the region, and the Middle East is not someone’s backyard, let alone a so-called “vacuum,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Friday. Wang made the remarks at a routine press briefing when asked to comment …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | A Chinese spokesperson on Friday voiced firm opposition to false remarks on Taiwan made by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “Taiwan is part of China, and Taiwan compatriots are our brothers and sisters,” said Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office. “We …