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HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Some of the world’s top track cyclists were training in Hong Kong on Monday (April 10) ahead of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The five-day event starts on Wednesday (April 12) and Britain will be the nation to beat after their performances at last year’s world championships in London and the 2016 Olympic Games. Britain finished top of the medals table in London with five golds and nine in […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as death penalties in the world decreased overall. The human rights organisation estimates the Asian giant alone killed “thousands” of people, a figure based on examinations of court records and news reports. All other countries together executed at least 1,032 people last year — a decline of 37 percent compared to 2015. China was one of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday sought to allay China’s fears the Philippines would disrupt the situation in the South China Sea, following his pronouncement he had ordered the military to “occupy 9 or 10” islands there. “I’d like to address myself to the Chinese government…Kaibigan natin si Amba. I ordered the occupation of the 10 or 9 islands that are just near our shores because there’s a heightening of the geopolitical issues and eventually […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — China’s top nuclear envoy arrived in Seoul Monday for talks on the North Korean threat, as a US naval strike group headed to the region in a show of force. President Donald Trump, fresh from a missile strike on Syria that was widely interpreted as putting Pyongyang on warning, has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North’s nuclear capabilities. “Presidents before and President Trump […]
China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday (April 7) expressed concern after a statement from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s office said he had ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and shoals that the Philippines claims in the disputed waterway. The statement, released on Thursday (April 6), was, however, clarified by the Philippines defense department as saying that the order was only for the upgrade of existing facilities in the already inhabited islands of the Philippines. “Regarding the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines said Friday that it plans to upgrade and improve facilities on islands it already occupies in the disputed South China Sea, not embark on a new land grab. President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that he wanted “nine or 10” islands occupied and fortified. “The context with which we take the order is to improve on our already occupied islands, islets and features,” military spokesperson Colonel Edgard Arevalo […]
PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump struck a positive note as he sat down to dinner Thursday with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying the pair are going to have “a very, very, great relationship.” “We’ve had a long discussion already and so far I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing, but we have developed a friendship, I can see that,” Trump told reporters as he, Xi and their wives prepared […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said that there was a need to “fortify” islands in the West Philippine Sea. “There are nine or 10 islands there. We have to fortify,” he said. He said for this, “I must build bunkers there or houses and make provisions for habitation.” Parts of the West Philippine Sea are also being claimed by China.
by Yanan Wang BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has spent the past four years putting brash, wealthy politicians and businessmen in jail. On Thursday he will have to sit down and negotiate with one. The first face-to-face meeting between Xi and Donald Trump at the United States president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida will be a key test of whether the two leaders can overcome their vast differences and develop a personal bond. […]
(Reuters) — China and Southeast Asian countries have made progress in talks on a code of conduct for the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine acting foreign minister said on Tuesday, April 4. China claims almost the entire waterway, through which about $5 trillion in sea-borne goods pass every year. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims. “We have made good progress on coming up with a framework for a code on […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The likeness of billionaire Warren Buffett is gracing Cherry Coke cans in China, where the company’s largest investor enjoys a legendary reputation. Coca-Cola announced over the weekend that a grinning cartoon portrait of the American business magnate would adorn cans and bottles of his favorite flavor after it was introduced in the country on March 10. Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett’s investment firm, is Coca-Cola’s biggest shareholder with a 9.3 percent […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stock markets moved tentatively higher on Tuesday, with a narrower United States trade deficit boosting Wall Street modestly ahead of a key US-China summit later this week, dealers said. European markets sloughed off earlier weakness caused by the Saint Petersburg metro attack Monday, which left 14 dead, dozens wounded and had initially sent investors rushing for haven investments like gold and the yen. US stocks also finished higher […]
