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PORT MORESBY (Web Desk) The United States will not back down from its trade dispute with China, and might even double its tariffs, unless Beijing bows to US demands, Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday. In a bluntly worded speech at an Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit in Papua …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China supports the Myanmar government’s efforts to protect domestic stability and approach to resolving the Rohingya issue, Premier Li Keqiang told the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after US Vice President Mike Pence offered a strong rebuke. Pence on Wednesday voiced Washington’s strongest condemnation yet of Myanmar’s …

Begin g (Web Desk) Chinese foreign ministry has praised Iran’s efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as a recent report by IAEA reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s adherence to its commitments under the pact. Addressing reporters on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign …

GENEVA (Web Desk) China faced harsh criticism over its rights record during a review before the United Nations on Tuesday, with countries voicing alarm at the country’s mass detainment of ethnic Uighurs and its crackdown on civil liberties. During the half-day public debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, …

Moscow (Web Desk) “The subject of mutual settlements was on the agenda of the latest session of the subcommittee on financial cooperation, which took place in Shenzhen in late September. Among others, the topic of creating a cross-border settlement system with active use of national currencies is being discussed,” Prikhodko …

Begin g (Web Desk) Zhuque-1, Сhina’s first privately-built rocket failed after launching from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Sunday. China’s first attempt to launch a commercially-built rocket into space failed, after the rocket’s third stage engine malfunctioned. Beijing-based LandSpace said late Saturday that the launch proceeded as expected until something went …

BEIJING (Web Desk) A woman armed with a kitchen knife attacked children at the gate of a kindergarten in China´s southwestern city of Chongqing on Friday, injuring 14 of them, police said.The 39-year-old, identified only by her surname Liu, launched the attack as children returned from morning exercises about 9:30 …

BEIJING (Web Desk) The Wednedsay seminar was attended by some Japanese top officials, including a member of tourism council of the Japan’s prime minister’s office, an advisor to the Japanese foreign ministry, deputy chief of Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), and several others.From Iran, a twelve-member tour leader group attended …

HONG KONG (Web Desk) The world´s longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China opened to traffic Wednesday, with excited travellers making their first journeys along what has been described as a politically-driven and costly white elephant.Passengers and tour groups gathered at Hong Kong´s cross-border coach terminus and …

TAIWAN (Web Desk) Two US warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, a military spokesman said, in a move bound to aggravate China amid heightened tensions with Beijing.The USS Curtis Wilbur and USS Antietam conducted a routine transit to demonstrate US commitment “to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Colonel …