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India positions itself as counterweight to US-China dominance

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that senior ‌US Treasury staff visited China last week "to strengthen channels of ​communication" between Washington and Beijing

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, commonly known as New START, was the last major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia

The allegation was raised days after the New START treaty expired, with Washington urging broader arms control that includes China as Beijing dismissed the charge as a false narrative

Taiwan's ties with the United States are "rock solid," the island's president said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone about topics that included the self-ruled island's future. "The Taiwan-US relationship is rock solid, and all cooperation projects will continue uninterrupted," Taiwan President Lai Ching-te told reporters during a visit to textile merchants in western Taiwan. The comments came after Xi, in his first call with Trump since November, warned the US president to be "prudent" about supplying arms to the self-ruled island, according to a readout of their call provided by China's Foreign Ministry. Taiwan is a self-ruled democracy that China claims as its own territory, to be annexed by force if necessary. Beijing prohibits all countries it has diplomatic relations with - including the US - from having formal ties with Taipei. Still, while the US doesn't officially recognize Taiwan as a country, it is the island's .

Trump cast the call as "excellent" and "long and thorough," adding that the two spoke about increasing Chinese purchases of US soybeans to 20 million tonnes for the current season

The US government has rolled out Project Vault, a $12 billion scheme to stockpile rare earths and critical minerals, aiming to shield American companies from global supply disruptions

China is stepping up efforts to boost the yuan's global role as President Xi Jinping calls for wider use of the currency in trade, investment and foreign exchange markets

China's Defence Ministry on Saturday announced that two top military officers have been placed under investigation for serious violations of Communist Party discipline and national laws

The department's long-awaited National Defence Strategy, released Friday evening, directs the Defence Department to 'maintain a favourable balance of military power in the Indo-Pacific'

Countries that aren't at the table are on the menu, says Mark Carney

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said multiple trade pressures had already 'caused significant collateral damage, logistically and financially'

Trump's outburst comes amid escalating tensions between the US and its northern neighbour, following recent remarks by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the WEF

China on Wednesday expressed reservations about joining US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza if it is not under the auspices of the UN, reaffirming its firm commitment to the international system with the global body at its core. China has always been committed to true multilateralism, and will firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a news briefing here. Guo was responding to a question about Trump's comments that the UN should continue to exist, but the Board of Peace he proposed "might" replace the organisation. No matter how the international situation evolves, China will firmly safeguard the international system with the UN at its core, the international order underpinned by international law, and the basic norms governing international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, Guo said. On Tuesday, China confirmed that it has received an invitation fr

He Lifeng, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, is scheduled to address the forum on Tuesday

Faced with new global challenges, the leaders of China and Canada pledged Friday to improve relations between their two nations after years of acrimony. Xi Jinping told visiting Prime Minister Mark Carney that he is willing to continue working to improve ties, noting that talks have been underway on restoring and restarting cooperation since the two held an initial meeting in October on the sidelines of a regional economic conference in South Korea. It can be said that our meeting last year opened a new chapter in turning ChinaCanada relations toward improvement, China's top leader said. Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years, said better relations would help improve a global governance system that he described as under great strain. He called for a new relationship adapted to new global realities and cooperation in agriculture, energy and finance. Those new realities reflect in large part the so-called America-first approach of US President Donald

With Xi, 72, traveling abroad less - he skipped the recent G-20 leaders' summit in South Africa, for example - the impetus is on foreign leaders to subscribe to his home-court diplomacy

According to the regulations, the chips will be reviewed by a third-party testing lab to confirm their technical AI capabilities before they can be shipped to China

State media, embracing the gaming phrase "kill line," is asserting China's political superiority over the United States, deflecting focus on China's own economic challenges

Trump's threat comes months after he clinched a pact with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in South Korea that paused tariffs and gave the US access to rare earths