Stephen McDonell China correspondent EPA Australian Matthew Radalj was held for five years in a Beijing detention centre, similar to the one pictured above in 2012 Sharing a dirty cell with a dozen others, constant sleep deprivation, cells with lights on 24-hours a day; poor hygiene and forced labour. These are some of what prisoners...
What a depressing poll. The Heartland Institute’s poll, done in conjunction with Rasmussen Reports, shows us a couple of things we wish we could unsee. First, that a third of Democrats want the US to lose its trade war with China, and another third aren’t sure whether they want the US or China to win. ...
EPA Beijing had been negotiating for tariff relief for its consumers China’s defiance as it faced down US President Donald Trump’s tariffs has been a defining image of this trade war. It has prompted viral memes of Trump waiting for the Chinese leader to call. “We will not back down,” has been an almost daily...
Well, well, well. It seems as though cease fires are all the rage in Washington this weekend. Just two days after Marco Rubio convinced India and Pakistan to stop shooting at each other — mostly — the US and China decided to pause their trade war as well: Â Â News yesterday indicated some sort of...
BBC US and China have agreed a temporary cut to the tariffs they impose on each other’s imports. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said both countries would lower their reciprocal tariffs by 115% for 90 days. The announcement came after both China and the US had held trade talks in Switzerland over the weekend, which...
The Financial Times weekend edition says US President Donald Trump has signalled “openness to cutting tariffs on China”, ahead of upcoming talks. In a Truth Social post, Trump suggests that the US could almost halve the tariffs on Chinese goods, which currently stands at 145%. The head of public policy for investment management firm Pimco...
More 4-D chess, this time on China? Or does Donald Trump want to consolidate whatever gains he can from “Liberation Day” before doing damage to commerce in the US? A couple of days ago, both the US and China agreed to begin talks this weekend to resolve the trade war that has all but turned...
US President Donald Trump has hinted that US tariffs on goods from China may come down as top trade officials from the world’s two biggest economies are set to hold talks. “You can’t get any higher. It’s at 145, so we know it’s coming down,” he said, referring to the new import taxes of up...
Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter Kate Stephens and Tony Jolliffe BBC climate and science team Tony Jolliffe/BBC News The specs of dust must be kept free from contamination on Earth The first samples of Moon rock brought back to Earth in nearly 50 years have arrived in the UK – on loan from China....
Stanford is one of the leading universities in the Unites States and naturally that makes it a target for China. I’ve written about China’s attempts to infiltrate American universities before. Back in January 2020, the head of Harvard’s chemistry department, Dr. Charles Lieber, was arrested for lying about his connections to a Chinese program that...
US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will attend the talks in Switzerland from 9 to 12 May, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative...
Within minutes of becoming China’s trailblazing world snooker champion, Zhao Xintong was draped in his country’s flag as he started to take in the enormity of his achievement. Zhao defeated three-time winner Mark Williams 18-12 on Monday to become the first Asian player and amateur to triumph at the Crucible. Williams called the 28-year-old a...
At least nine people have died and 70 have been hospitalised after strong winds caused four tourist boats to capsize in southwestern China. Sudden strong winds caused the boats to capsize in a river in Qianxi city in Guizhou on Sunday, leading 84 people to fall into the water, according to state media reports. More...
If we learned anything from mainland China’s slow-motion take over of Hong Kong, it should be that China has option other than rolling tanks in the streets. In Hong Kong it used legal measures and police action to stop protests and jail activists. Then it threatened everyone into silence and shut down independent news outlets,...
Would this be enough to get Donald Trump to ease tariffs on China? Perhaps it might make a good start — and reflect that China has as much to lose in a trade war as the US, if not more. For background, the US media offered conflicting reports on China’s position yesterday. Axios reported that...