Biden hopes to meet with China’s Xi within months US President Joe Biden says he hopes to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the next several months. The New Daily · Jun 17, 2023
Biden says he hopes to meet Xi again in next several months President Joe Biden said he hopes to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping within the next few months and suggested China’s leaders weren’t aware of details surrounding an alleged spy balloon the U.S. shot down in February. Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023
Biden calls spy balloon ‘embarrassing’ for China ahead of Blinken talks in Beijing President Biden made the comments ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s high-profile diplomatic visit to Beijing The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2023
Blinken set for high-stakes China visit with tensions rising and breakthrough prospects low U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has embarked on a high-stakes diplomatic trip to China to try to cool exploding tensions between the powers that have set many around the world on edge The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2023
US tycoons flock to China despite fraying ties From Elon Musk to Bill Gates and Apple chief Tim Cook, some of America’s biggest business titans have been heading to Beijing, seemingly defying the barrage of doomsayer narratives about US-China friction. Bangkok Post · Jun 17, 2023
Martin Schram: Xi – a man at a global crossroads While you have been up to your eyeballs in the gush of breaking news, willful distortions and pathetic panicky lies ever since the historic first-ever arrest of a former American president, the rest of the world has kept right on spinning. Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023
China’s Xi and ‘old friend’ Bill Gates meet in Beijing Xi Jinping has held talks with Bill Gates - the Chinese president's first meeting with a foreign entrepreneur in years. The New Daily · Jun 16, 2023
Xi Jinping calls Bill Gates an ‘old friend’ as he welcomes him to China—as Beijing matches his foundation’s $50 million gift to Chinese research “I’m excited to visit with partners who have been working on global health and development challenges,” Gates tweeted as he landed in Beijing. Fortune · Jun 16, 2023
Tech leak suspect 'used work email to contact Chinese firm' A Chinese researcher arrested on suspicion of leaking research data on a cutting-edge technology to a Chinese company allegedly used his Japanese workplace email to contact the firm on several occasions, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jun 16, 2023
Blinken stresses need for better US-Chinese communications as he heads to Beijing Shortly before setting out for Beijing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is emphasizing the importance of the U.S. and China establishing better lines of communication The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023
Bill Gates meets Chinese president Xi Jinping on China visit Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023
Why is US Secretary of State Antony Blinken going to China? Expectations are modest for Beijing and Washington in attempt to improve relations after a particularly bumpy year. Al Jazeera · Jun 16, 2023
Bill Gates Reportedly Snags Rare Meeting With Xi Jinping Amid China Tour: ‘Need To Unlock That Kind Of Progress’ Corporate chiefs have been making a beeline for China ever since the country reopened its economy late last year following the strict COVID-19 lockdowns Zenger · Jun 16, 2023
China’s spying in Cuba picks up where the Soviet Union left off For a half century, America’s top geopolitical rival used a spy base in nearby Cuba to steal U.S. military secrets by listening in on phone and data communications. Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023
The Guardian - US · Jun 15, 2023 Blinken visit seeks to ease fraught US relationship with China US secretary of state’s visit comes amid tense exchanges as China’s foreign minister says US should respect the ‘Taiwan issue’
Al Jazeera · Jun 15, 2023 Middle East Roundup: What’s going on with Saudi Arabia and China? And a shark attack in Egypt, Gaddafi’s fifth son on hunger strike in Lebanon. Here’s the Middle East this week.
AAP · Jun 15, 2023 Australian embassy contacts dissident artist in Poland The Australian embassy in Poland says it has offered support to a Chinese-Australian artist in Warsaw, as Chinese diplomats attempt to shut down his exhibition.
Al Jazeera · Jun 14, 2023 China’s Xi Jinping backs ‘just cause’ of Palestinian statehood China believes in an ‘independent Palestinian state based on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital’, Xi says.
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023 Blinken heads to China this weekend on mission to salvage sinking ties and keep communications open U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this weekend as part of the Biden administration’s push to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing and keep lines of communication open
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023 China inks 'strategic partnership' with Palestinan Authority as it expands Middle East presence China says it's established a “strategic partnership” with the Palestinian Authority during a visit to the country by President Mahmoud Abbas
Fortune · Jun 14, 2023 More millionaires are expected to leave China this year than any other country, as the end of COVID-zero allows them to finally relocate China will lose 13,500 millionaires this year, forecasts a new report from consulting firm Henley & Partners. Many will likely move to Singapore.
Salon · Jun 14, 2023 Peace for Ukraine courtesy of China? Another step in Beijing’s rise to global power
Al Jazeera · Jun 14, 2023 China targets ‘unity in thought’ with campaign on Xi’s philosophy Millions of party members are learning the finer points of Xi Jinping Thought to advance China’s ‘great rejuvenation’.
The New Daily · Jun 14, 2023 Artist calls for Aust help as China tries to stop show A Chinese-Australian artist says the Australian government should do more to help him, as Chinese diplomats attempt to shut down his latest exhibition.
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023 Bio-tech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy thinks his anti-woke 2024 campaign can beat both DeSantis and Trump. Is he in over his head? The 37-year-old anti-woke entrepreneur is a surprisingly skilled campaigner, but does he actually know what he’s talking about? Andrew Feinberg reports from a day on the campaign trail in New Hampshire