Move over Trump: China's tweeting diplomats open fresh front in propaganda fight
Tweets from Chinese diplomats abroad, including seasoned Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai, have opened a fresh front in Beijing's increasingly assertive approach to diplomacy and propaganda and may ...
North Korea hinted Tuesday that long-stalled working-level denuclearization talks with the United States due to be restarted soon could be halted and nuclear and missile tests restarted if the U.S. ...
China says it will freeze out U.S. companies that sell arms to Taiwan
China's government and Chinese companies will cut business ties with U.S. firms selling arms to Taiwan, China's Foreign Ministry said Monday, declining to give details of the sanctions in a ...
Pro-China mayor beats Foxconn founder Terry Gou to face Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan presidential vote
A populist mayor who favors closer ties with Beijing was announced as the presidential candidate for Taiwan's opposition on Monday as it looks to unseat President Tsai Ing-wen in upcoming elections. Han Kuo-yu won the primary for the opposition Kuomintang party, comfortably seeing off a ...
China holds military drills off southeastern coast in wake of U.S. approval of Taiwan arms deal
China's military carried out air and naval drills off its southeastern coast in "recent days," the Defense Ministry said in a brief statement Sunday, a move that comes less than a week after the U.S. approved a $2.2 billion arms deal for self-ruled Taiwan. The ...
Bangladesh's Ershad, opposition leader and former army ruler, dies at 90
The former military ruler of Bangladesh, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, died on Sunday at age 90 following age-related health complications. The opposition leader in parliament when he died, Ershad had been on life support for 10 days in a military hospital in the capital Dhaka, with ...
As allies dwindle, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen moves to shore up support in crisis-hit Haiti
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's choice of Port-au-Prince as the first stop in her Caribbean tour is highly symbolic of the diplomatic power struggle being played out in the region. Last year, the neighboring Dominican Republic dropped Taipei and threw in its diplomatic lot with Beijing, ...
Taiwan president rejects Chinese threat of sanctions over U.S. arms sale
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday rejected a Chinese threat to impose sanctions on U.S. firms involved in sales of weapons to Taiwan. The U.S. State Department recently approved a planned sale of tanks and missiles to Taiwan for an estimated cost of $2.22 billion, ...
Supporters, opponents of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen slug it out in New York
Police in New York had to break up fights between supporters and opponents of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday during a visit to the United States which will likely infuriate Beijing. Taiwanese media broadcast footage of the clashes outside the Grand Hyatt, where Tsai ...
New North Korea Constitution calls Kim head of state in move seen as step toward U.S. peace treaty
Kim Jong Un has been formally named head of state of North Korea and commander-in-chief of the military in a new constitution that observers said was possibly aimed at preparing for a peace treaty with the United States. North Korea has also long called for ...
Taiwan president leaves for Caribbean tour, warns of threat from 'overseas forces'
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, and, in a veiled reference to China, warned democracy must be defended and that the island faces threats from "overseas forces." China, which claims self-ruled and democratic ...
The United States hopes to see a "freeze" of North Korea's nuclear weapons program as a starting point — not an endgame — for Pyongyang eventually relinquishing its arsenal, a State Department spokeswoman said Tuesday ahead of a fresh round of talks expected to ...
