Beijing 2008 and 2022: China’s ambitious Olympic projects
Since the creation of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, the competition to be selected as the host city has been fierce. Cities vie with innovation and resources to stand out and…
China: A loan shark or the good Samaritan?
Beijing has been accused of strong-arming poor countries through predatory lending as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. A new analysis seeks to debunk claims surrounding China's "debt-trap diplomacy."…
Less taxing times in China
Beijing has announced its latest tax cuts. The Chinese government is said to be reducing fees and charges to several sectors including airlines, electronics, and textiles.…
Trump was unaware of Huawei arrest: officials
President Donald Trump did not know about plans to arrest a top executive at Huawei, two U.S. officials said, in an apparent attempt to stop the incident from impeding crucial trade talks…
China downplays U.S. trade tensions
The Chinese government's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday there was no cause for concern or panic over trade friction between Beijing and Washington, adding that China follows a path to…
Google wants back in…in China
Google left China in 2010, refusing to bow to state censorship. Now it is willing to create a censored search engine to meet Beijing's needs. Bob Boorstin, who was on the team…
Japan foreign minister says Beijing, Tokyo should co-operate more to denuclearise N.Korea
Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono said on Sunday (April 15) that Tokyo and Beijing needed to work more closely together to denuclearise North Korea, after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart,…
BBC editor quits China post over pay discrimination
BBC China Editor Carrie Gracie has quit her post in Beijing saying male international editors at the BBC make at least 50 percent more than women in those roles.…
Trump to Xi: I appreciate what you’ve done on North Korea
At a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit, U.S. President Donald Trump said it may take time to rein in North Korea's nuclear program, but was confident Washington…
Mattis presses China on North Korea, South China Sea
The United States is encouraged by China's efforts to restrain North Korea but Washington will not accept Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis.…
China’s $290 Billion dream to make a New Shenzhen
China plans to build an economic zone near Beijing. President Xi Jinping's scheme, called the Xiongan New Zone, promises to transform a little-known patch of northern China into a city of the…