Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country won’t use its position to seek hegemony over its neighbours days after a flare-up in a maritime dispute with the Philippines.
Following the US-China summit, the two superpowers agree to respect each other journalists and reduce restrictions.
US President Joe Biden raised concerns about Beijing’s practices in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and China’s Xi Jinping warned of Taiwan “red line,” but both sides described the meeting as frank and direct.
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi warned of the dangers of US support for the 'Taiwan independence' after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns over Beijing's pressure on Taipei.
The two leaders are expected to meet to dial back tensions after a rough start to the US-China relationship since Biden took office earlier this year.
With the US increasingly at odds with China, authorities in Beijing urge the Biden administration not to seek a path towards confrontation with the country.
Chinese Communist Party’s 400-plus member Central Committee likely to pave the way for President Xi Jinping to secure an unprecedented third five-year term as president at the 20th Party Congress next year.
President Biden made a bold remark, saying the US will defend Taiwan, a largely unrecognised country established by anti-communist Chinese dissidents, if ever China invaded it.
Addressing a National Day rally on Sunday, President Tsai Ing-wen says she hope for an easing of tensions across the Taiwan Strait but stresses there should be absolutely no illusions that the Taiwanese people will bow to pressure from China.
The announcement from a senior US official came after the country's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met in Zurich with China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi.
The impact of China’s hardening position on coal power, both globally and at home, is likely to be felt across the industry.
Chinese President Xi Jinping tells his American counterpart Biden that US policies towards Beijing have caused "serious difficulties" and that putting ties back on track was critical "to the destiny of the world."
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