A Chinese dissident previously jailed for criticising Xi Jinping has fled to South Korea by jetski, towing barrels of fuel behind him to ensure he made the long journey. The man identified by Chinese activist groups as Kwon Pyong, 35, was arrested last Wednesday night after he got stuck in […]
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China’s flagging economy could make it “more – not less” likely that Xi Jinping could launch an attack on neighbouring Taiwan, Nigel Farage wrote exclusively for Daily Express US. Economic growth in China slid to 0.8 percent in the three months ending in June compared with the previous month, down […]
CNN — On a gray day in late February 2017, Chinese leader Xi Jinping gathered with a handful of close advisers to survey crop fields and polluted wetlands some 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of the capital Beijing. Just over a month later, the future of those hinterlands would change […]
Two of China’s top generals overseeing its nuclear missiles have been replaced with scant explanation, in the biggest shake-up of the country’s military leadership in a decade that underlines the commitment of Xi Jinping to tighten control over the armed forces. Two men from outside the ranks of the People’s […]
Hong Kong CNN — China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from public view and replaced by his predecessor in a surprising and highly unusual shake-up of the country’s foreign policy leadership. The sudden move, approved by the top decision-making body of China’s […]
HONG KONG — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Thursday, calling him an “old friend,” Chinese state media reported. Xi said the visit by Kissinger, who has been to China more than 100 times and recently turned 100 years old, had special […]
A Long March-5B Y3 rocket carrying China’s space station lab module Wentian (Image: GETTY) Will China win the next space race or are we heading towards conflict in space? Space is important to China, a symbol of its glowing future. “To explore the vast cosmos, develop the space industry and […]
Hong Kong CNN — China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public for three weeks, an unusually long absence during a busy period of diplomatic activity in Beijing, sparking intense speculation in a country known for its political opaqueness. Qin, a career diplomat and high-profile trusted aide […]