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China expecting harder times after Trump victory

When Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Donald Trump on his election victory this week, he warned that both countries stand to “lose from confrontation,” amid growing concerns that a Trump administration could be further bad news for China’s flagging economy. “Xi Jinping noted that history tells us that both countries stand to gain from cooperation and lose from

China uses London travel show to promote its narrative of Xinjiang in the West

China used a London travel show to promote its narrative of Xinjiang in the West and encourage tourism in the far-western region, despite the government’s ongoing repression of the nearly 12 million mostly Muslim Uyghurs who live there. The event sparked criticism from human rights activists, who have spoken out against Beijing’s efforts to falsely show foreign visitors that Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Why China Won't Stop Ally North Korea From Fighting Ukraine

China has remained mum about the deployment of thousands of North Korean troops to Russia in recent weeks. The U.S. and its allies view the development, which followed the signing in June of the first Russia-North Korea military agreement since the Cold War, as a dangerous escalation of Vladimir Putin's 33-month war against Ukraine and tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Yet China is likely

Will China Invade Taiwan Under Trump? What Experts Think

When China's President Xi Jinping called U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate the Republican on his resounding victory, he delivered a warning too: The two powers "gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation".Trump and Xi have already had a taste of economic confrontation in the form of a trade war, kicked off under the former's first term as U.S. president when he introduced

Mistenkt Kina-spion brukte kinesisk bankkort i Oslo

Mannen i 30-årene ble i sommer pågrepet og siktet for spionasje mot Norge til fordel for Kina. Oslo-mannen kom tilbake fra Kina da pandemien brøt ut i 2020 og avla doktorgraden sin ved Fudan i Shanghai over video samme sommer. Han har alltid vært folkeregistrert i Norge med adresse i Oslo. Han har hele tiden nektet straffskyld via sin advokat Marius Dietrichson.VG har ikke funnet spor av

Provoserende kinesisk opptrinn på Svalbard - UD protesterer

I sommer ville kinesiske forskere feire at det var 20 år siden de startet forskning på Svalbard. På forhånd hadde norske myndigheter satt klare rammer for dagen. Norge har nemlig suverenitet over øygruppen og fungerer som vertskap for alle forskere her. Feiringen ble likevel mer oppsiktsvekkende enn planlagt, da 183 cruiseturister med flagg og bannere dukket opp.Blant dem var det en kvinne i en

Exclusive: How Chinese nationalism is sending jitters through the Arctic

On an early morning in late July, a luxury expedition cruise ship, boasting the latest in high-end Arctic travel, made a slow approach to the docks of Ny-Ålesund, a remote settlement in Norway’s Svalbard Islands. At 79 degrees north latitude, Ny-Ålesund is the northernmost inhabited outpost on Earth. Isolated in the Arctic’s desolate winter, it hosts just 30 year-round residents.Newayer, a

China’s Xi congratulates Trump, looks to increase cooperation in ‘new era’

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday on his election victory, and urged their two countries to ‘find the right way to get along in the new era,” the Xinhua news agency reported. U.S. broadcaster CNN, citing unidentified sources, said Xi had telephoned Trump to offer his congratulations. “Xi called for the two countries to strengthen dialogue

Taiwan wonders if Trump will charge ‘protection fees’

Taiwan’s government was quick to congratulate Donald Trump on his election as U.S. president as residents waited to see if he would follow through on comments made on the campaign trail that the island should have to pay for U.S. protection. Presidential Office spokesperson Karen Kuo said the island’s government “will work together with the new U.S. administration and Congress to create a new

China approves $1.4 trillion debt package in latest measure to boost flagging economy

China has approved a 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) plan to bolster its ailing economy by allowing local governments to swap out their hidden debt, unveiling additional stimulus measures to counter a potentially volatile growth path marked by the impending return of Donald Trump to the White House.Finance Minster Lan Fo’an told a Friday press conference the six trillion yuan ($838 billion) debt