While the Chinese media did not reveal the details of the radar system, reports say that it has a range of over 5,000 km which can monitor deep into Indian territory and track missile tests
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's remarks were made in connection with the breakthrough which was achieved last year between the two neighbours that ended the four-year-long military standoff
Their words came just an hour apart this week two major speeches by two of the world's most powerful leaders, delivered on opposite sides of the planet. Together, they illustrate the very different approaches the world's 21st-century powers are taking to achieve their respective national ambitions. For China, it was a call for unity to overcome obstacles through innovation and opening up a time-honoured phrase in Chinese politics to eventually accomplish national rejuvenation. It came from Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing as he delivered an annual work report to the National People's Congress, nearly 3,000 representatives from a nation of 1.4 billion people. Seven thousand miles away and an hour later, at 9 p.m. in Washington, President Donald Trump addressed both chambers of the U.S. Congress, more than 500 lawmakers representing a nation of 340 million, as he vowed to levy tariffs on imports and defeat inflation to "make America great again" an equally resonant phrase for ..
Thousands of delegates including ministry chiefs and provincial leaders will gather Wednesday in Beijing for the parliamentary conclave
The long-promised tariffs scheduled to take effect Tuesday would easily be among the most sweeping of the Trump era
In the near-term, however, DeepSeek's AI breakthrough and this month's rare meeting between President Xi and tech business leaders have boosted investor sentiment
It is hard to shake the feeling that the book fails at multiple levels, principally because of the author's biases
Xi has told Putin in recent years that the two have the chance to drive "changes the world has not seen in a century", which many analysts see as an attempt to challenge a US-led global order
Index heavyweight Alibaba surged 3.3 per cent to a near three-year high after state media CCTV showed Xi and Alibaba founder Jack Ma shaking hands at the meeting on Monday
Few China watchers expect the government to revert to its pre-2020 stance, even as it seeks to shore up the economy for a potential trade war with the US under President Donald Trump
Goldman Sachs anticipates that by 2030, it estimated that AI-driven advancements could contribute an additional 0.2 to 0.3 percentage points to the expansion of China's economy
Xi delivered a speech after listening to representatives of private companies
China is well aware that innovation is the key driver for productivity growth. Xi has continuously pushed for "new productive forces" amid the US curbs on high-end chips to China
Trump said last week he was in no hurry to speak to Xi to try to defuse a new trade war between the world's two largest economies
The Kremlin said in December that it had invited "many countries" to attend the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, which Russians call the Great Patriotic War
China imposed targeted tariffs on US imports on Tuesday and put several companies, including Google, on notice for possible sanctions, in a measured response to Trump's tariffs
China is being restrained because it "has more to lose," due to its huge trade imbalance with the US, according to Larry Hu, head of China economics at Macquarie Group Ltd
China's reaction to Trump's initial tariff announcement - coming in the middle of a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday - was relatively muted
US President Donald Trump also criticised the Biden administration for allowing the trade deficit with China to go 'out of hand'
Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a video conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin 'shared his hope for a flourishing China-Russia relationship in the year ahead'