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China opposes US sanctions on firms over 'links to Russia's war efforts'

China on Sunday expressed its opposition to the latest US sanctions on Chinese companies over their alleged ties to Russia's war in Ukraine, saying it will adopt necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of the country's businesses. The US on Friday announced sweeping sanctions on hundreds of firms in Russia and across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, accusing them of providing products and services that enable Russia's war effort and aiding its ability to evade sanctions. The US Department of State said it was concerned by the magnitude of dual-use goods exports from China to Russia. The Ministry of Commerce in China in its statement firmly opposed the US putting multiple Chinese companies on its export control list. The move bars such companies from trading with US firms without gaining a nearly unobtainable special license. The ministry said the US action was typical unilateral sanctions," saying they would disrupt global trade orders and rules, as well as affect

Taiwan detects 12 Chinese aircraft, 8 naval vessels around its territory

China has increased its military activities around Taiwan, including regular air and naval incursions into Taiwan's ADIZ

Amid tensions, Philippines demands China to halt actions in South China Sea

The escalation in the South China Sea raises concerns of a conflict that could draw in the United States

Chinese military's new doctrine: Win wars against strong enemies, opponents

From its decades-old doctrine of winning local wars, China's military is shifting its focus to winning wars against strong enemies and opponents, a top defence official has said, amidst the mounting challenges Beijing faces on multiple fronts, including from the US. President Xi Jinping has also directed the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to improve its strategic ability to defend the country's sovereignty and development interests. Celebrating the 120th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping, widely hailed as the paramount leader and the architect of modern China who rebuilt the country after the disastrous Mao Zedong era, Xi not only praised his outstanding contributions to the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), the country and the world but also highlighted his emphasis to build a modern military. The best way to honour Deng is to continue advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics that he initiated, Xi, said in his address to a meeting held to mark Deng's birth ...

11 dead, 14 missing after heavy rainfall hits China's Liaoning province

Torrential rains have left at least 11 people dead and 14 others missing in the city of Huludao, northeast China's Liaoning province which left a trail of destruction causing heavy damage to the roads and bridges amounting to USD 1.44 billion, official media reported on Saturday. The latest round of heavy rainfall caused severe damage in Huludao, particularly in the city's Jianchang County and Suizhong County, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Roads, power lines, communication networks, houses and crops were badly affected. Currently, roads and communication networks are gradually being restored in affected areas and efforts are being made to search for the missing persons. According to preliminary figures, 188,757 people in Huludao have been affected, with losses amounting to 10.3 billion yuan (about USD 1.44 billion). Additionally, nine national and provincial major roads and 210 rural roads have been affected to varying degrees, with 187 bridges damaged, local officials ...

Fisheries plane threatened by flares from Chinese base, says Philippines

A Philippine fisheries bureau plane was threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island base while conducting a routine patrol in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said Saturday. It's the latest territorial spat between Beijing and Manila over one of the world's busiest trade routes, with confrontations spreading from the disputed waters to the airspace above. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' Cessna 208B Grand Caravan plane was flying near Subi Reef on Thursday when it spotted flares being fired from the fishing atoll, which has been transformed by China into a militarised island base, a Philippine government interagency task force said in a statement. No other details were provided, including the distance of the flares from the Philippine plane and if it proceeded with its patrol to monitor for poachers in the internationally recognised exclusive economic zone of the Philippines. The same Philippine fisheries plane was subjected to harassment on August 19 wh

Taiwan detects 13 PLA aircrafts and 12 PLAN vehicles around territory

Taiwanese MND detected 41 PLA (People's Liberation Army) aircraft and seven PLAN (People's Liberation Army Navy) vessels around its territory

A banana apocalypse: World's plantations are at risk of being wiped out

A new fungal threat could wipe out the world's banana plantations, which have lost the ability to mutate and produce disease-resistant varieties

Biden adviser Jake Sullivan heads to China for talks before election

The trip will be Sullivan's first to China as President Joe Biden's top national security aide, and will feature meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi

China's robot makers chase Tesla in race to deliver humanoid workers

At the World Robot Conference this week in Beijing, over two dozen Chinese companies showed off humanoid robots

Chinese govt discusses import tariffs on large cars ahead of EU tariff vote

The 27-strong bloc is due to vote in October on whether to adopt additional duties of up to 36.3 per cent on Chinese-made electric vehicles

China issues guidelines for medium, long-term green power trading

Green power trading is a market-based approach to promote green electricity consumption that could help China shift away from a reliance on subsidies

41 Chinese aircraft, seven vessels detected around Taiwan, 32 cross border

Earlier on Thursday, the Taiwanese MND detected eight PLA (People's Liberation Army) aircraft and six PLAN (People's Liberation Army Navy) vessels around its territory

China, Belarus agree to strengthen bilateral cooperation in trade, security

Belarus was among the first group of countries that responded to China's Belt and Road Initiative

China lodges strong protest as top American official meets Dalai Lama

China on Thursday lodged a serious protest with the US after a top Biden administration official met the Dalai Lama and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to advancing the human rights of Tibetans and supporting efforts to preserve their distinct historical, linguistic, cultural, and religious heritage. The Dalai Lama, 89, is recuperating in New York since he underwent a successful knee replacement surgery on June 28. Uzra Zeya, the US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, travelled to New York for an audience with the Dalai Lama and conveyed Biden's message to the Tibetan spiritual leader, a State Department statement said. The Tibetan spiritual leader's meeting with the top US State Department official comes months after Biden signed into law a bill which enhanced US support for Tibet to promote dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama towards a peaceful resolution of the dispute over the status and

What you need to know about China's widening probe of European imports

Beijing is already assessing whether EU brandy and pork imports are being sold below market rates

China to impose six-month business ban on PwC over its Evergrande audit

PwC's China unit has already lost at least two-thirds of its accounting revenues from mainland-listed clients this year since its Evergrande audit failure

China's extreme weather takes bite out of produce as prices rise sharply

Soaring food prices this summer present an additional headache for the world's second-largest economy, which is already wrestling with thorny problems from sluggish factory output and joblessness

Taiwan defence spend to outpace expected GDP growth as China threat rises

Taiwan's govt has made military modernisation a key policy platform and has repeatedly pledged to spend more on its defences as threat from China rises, including developing made-in-Taiwan submarines

Putin meets China's Premier Li as Moscow, Beijing deepen their relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese premier Li Qiang Wednesday, hailing growing trade relations as Moscow becomes increasingly dependent on Beijing for political and economic support. Our trade relations are developing, developing successfully ... The attention that the governments of the two countries on both sides are paying to trade and economic ties is yielding results, Putin said at the meeting in the Kremlin. He also said that Russia and China have developed large-scale plans for economic and other projects. Chinese-Russian relations are at an unprecedentedly high level," said Li, who earlier had met with his Russian counterpart, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The meeting took place as Russia struggled to push back a Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region now in its third week. And overnight, Moscow experienced one of the largest waves of drone attacks on the Russian capital since the start of the Ukraine conflict. Russian news reports did not indicate ..