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CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) — Asian TPP nations announced on Tuesday (January 24) they were looking for ways to save the multi-country trade pact in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of it. Fulfilling a campaign pledge Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Monday (January 23) pulling the United States out of the 2015 TPP agreement and distancing the United States from its Asian allies. […]
by Andrew BEATTY / Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House warned China it will “defend” US and international “interests” in the South China Sea and that trade must be a “two-way street.” Signaling Donald Trump’s tough stance against Beijing on Monday, spokesman Sean Spicer said “the US is going to make sure we protect our interests” in the South China Sea. “If those islands are, in fact, in international […]
China has agreed to cooperate with the Philippines on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said after a meeting in Beijing on Monday (January 23). “After our series of talks this morning, at this moment, we can confirm that the initial batch of civilian (infrastructure) projects are worth around $3.7 billion. We’ve already confirmed three of these projects, but there are still a series of bank formalities that […]
Senior Philippine officials are visiting Beijing for talks on economic and trade cooperation. The heads of the Philippines’ finance, budget, economic planning, public works, and transportation departments arrived on Sunday. It’s the largest delegation of cabinet members from the Philippines to visit China in nearly a decade. “We continue the discussions that were started between your President Xi Jinping and President Rodrigo Duterte when he came here. We want to continue our discussions to […]
SHANGRAO CITY, China (Reuters) — Chinese courts have jailed two former officials for corruption who had fled abroad to try and avoid justice, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said on Monday. China has vowed to pursue an overseas search dubbed Operation “Fox Hunt” for corrupt officials and business executives, and their assets, part of President Xi Jinping’s war on deep-seated corruption. In a short statement, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection named the two […]
by Hla Hla HTAY and Caroline HENSHAW Agence France-Presse Mount Kyaikhteeyoe, Myanmar (AFP) — Under the shadow of Myanmar’s famed “Golden Rock” punters haggle for the latest traditional medicine cure — slices of skin from the country’s fast disappearing wild elephants sold for a few dollars a square inch. A set of stairs winds behind one of the Buddhist country’s most holy sites to a maze of shops openly selling everything from pieces of ivory and […]
By Rowena Dela Fuente-Deimoy Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Trump administration is expected to assert that the United States is the only superpower in the world. With the formal assumption to office of US President-elect Donald Trump, the new administration is seen to embark on a new foreign policy which is way different from that of outgoing US President Barack Obama. In an interview with Eagle New Service, International […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will carry out a tabletop exercise next week to simulate its response in the event of a military clash between China and Taiwan, Japanese media said. The Self-Defence Forces will conduct drills from Monday through Friday with the US military participating as an observer, a Japanese government source told Kyodo News. The exercises, which do not involve actual troop deployments, assume that the US and Japan are responding to a military […]
FUJIAN, China (Reuters) — Basi, the world’s oldest panda in captivity celebrated her 37th birthday on Wednesday (January 18) in southern China’s Fujian province, state media reported. Basi is the inspiration for Pan Pan, the mascot for the 1990 Beijing Asian Games. Panda fans from all over the world including the UK, Switzerland and Japan came to Fuzhou Panda World to attend the birthday celebration, said the CCTV report. Basi, whose age is the equivalent […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Matapos magpahayag ng pagkabahala ang Pilipinas sa paglalagay ng mga weapon system ng China sa mga artipisyal na isla sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea, nagpulong sina Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin at Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Malacanañg. Hindi na idinetalye pa ng mga opisyal ng Palasyo ang napag-usapan sa nasabing pagpupulong. Pero ayon kay Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, mismong ang Chinese official ang nag-request ng pakikipagkita sa Pangulo. […]
(Eagle News) — Iginiit ng China na lehitimo at legal ang paglalagay nila ng mga military facility sa mga artipisyal na isla sa South China Sea. Ayon kay Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, may karapatan ang China na magtayo ng mga pasilidad lalo’t may soberenya sila sa mga ito. Gayunman, nangako ang China na makikipagtulungan sila para resolbahin sa mapayapa at maayos na pamamaraan ang mga hindi pagkakaunawaan ng mga bansang may claim sa […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the United States can resolve any trade disputes through talks, the government said on Thursday (January 19), as a Chinese newspaper warned U.S. business could be targets for retaliation in any trade war ushered in by President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, who is sworn into office on Friday (January 20), has criticised China’s trade practices and threatened to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese imports. Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, Trump’s choice […]
