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BERLIN, Germany (CCTV) — Visitors flocked to the new panda garden in Berlin Zoo on Thursday, on the first day it was opened to the public. On Wednesday, a grand launch ceremony was held, officiated by visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. When the zoo gate was opened to visitors on Thursday, some raced directly for the panda garden to catch a first glimpse of the exciting new arrivals. According to […]
(Eagle News)– Malacañang on Monday (May 22) reiterated that the country would not give up its right in a disputed part of the West Philippine Sea following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s reported war threat against the Philippines if the latter pushes the arbitration ruling and drill for oil. “We are very clear that we are not giving up our claim of sovereignty and sovereign rights over certain islands in the South China Sea, at the […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters)– Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday chaired the Leaders’ Roundtable Summit at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. The summit was attended by 29 heads of state and government, and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim, and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde. “I welcome all of you to the Yanqi Lake for the Roundtable Summit of the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated France’s centrist politician Emmanuel Macron on his presidential election victory, saying their countries share a “responsibility toward peace and development in the world.” “China stands ready to work with France to move the strategic Sino-French partnership to a higher level,” Xi said in a congratulatory note, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the heels of his remarks about Taiwan that angered Beijing. In his missive, which thanked Xi for his “congratulatory letter” about Trump’s inauguration, said he “looks forward to working with President Xi to develop a constructive relationship that benefits both the United States and China,” spokesman Sean Spicer said in a statement. The note appeared to be […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte detailed his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a press conference late Wednesday (November 23) after his arrival from Lima, Peru. “We discussed ways of broadening and intensifying economic aid. We didn’t talk about military,” Duterte said. The Chief Executive said he was also keen to visit Russia upon Putin’s invitation. “I welcome the invitation of President Putin to visit Russia and have directed […]
(REUTERS) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will visit China from Oct. 19-21 accompanied by a business delegation, business and diplomatic sources said on Thursday, signaling his intent to set sovereignty squabbles aside and forge a stronger commercial relationship with Beijing. The decision to invite business leaders suggests Duterte is following through with his vow to make peace with China and heal wounds that have festered since Manila lodged a legal challenge to Beijing’s claims to […]
HANGZHOU, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in China Monday, Tokyo said, their first meeting in more than a year with their nations divided by territorial disputes and recriminations over history. “There are difficult issues between Japan and China, and because of that, it is important that the leaders exchange honest opinions and make improvements,” chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters. The meeting will follow the […]
UMAASA ang China na maibabalik sa dati ang magandang relasyon nito sa Pilipinas na nagkaroon ng sigalot dahil sa agawan sa teritoryo. Ito ang sinabi ni Chinese President Xi Jinping nang makausap at batiin si President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte. Ayon sa Chinese President, may malalim na pinagsamahan ang dalawang bansa na ang kapuwa interes ay magandang relasyon at kooperasyon, kaya’t umaasa siyang manunumbalik ito. (Eagle News)
(Reuters) China’s relations with Japan should be based on cooperation not confrontation, China’s foreign minister told his Japanese counterpart on Saturday, adding that China would judge Japan’s desire to improve ties depending on its actions. China, the world’s second-largest economy, and Japan, the third-largest, have a difficult political history, with ties strained by the legacy of Japan’s World War Two aggression and conflicting claims over a group of uninhabited East China Sea islets. Ties have […]
Britain said on Monday a ruling expected in the next few months in an international arbitration case the Philippines has brought against China’s South China Sea claims must be binding. Hugo Swire, British minister of state responsible for East Asia, also said Britain saw the ruling from the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague as an opportunity for China and the Philippines to renewed dialogue over their territorial disputes. China claims virtually all of […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday (April 5) during a visit to China. The former naval officer and younger brother of current heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, shook hands with Xi, before the two sides sat down to talks. During the meeting Xi reportedly told Andrew he had fond memories of his state visit to the UK in October 2015. Andrew reportedly said the […]
