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BEIJING, China (AFP) — President Xi Jinping has warned that any attempts to split China would result in “bodies smashed and bones ground to powder”, amid four months of anti-Beijing unrest in Hong Kong. Xi issued the dire message during a weekend visit to Nepal, according to a foreign ministry statement released on Sunday. “Anyone who attempts to split any region from China will perish, with their bodies smashed and bones ground to powder,” Xi […]
(Eagle News)–In this picture provided by the Palace, President Rodrigo Duterte can be seen attending the opening ceremony of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in Beijing, China. The President has said he would watch Gilas Pilipinas’ match against Italy, which is slated today at 7:30 p.m. Philippine time.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte was “steadfast” in raising issues on the South China Sea, including the arbitral ruling that invalidated the nine-dash line delineating China’s expansive claims there, during his meeting with China President Xi Jinping on Thursday night. But in response to Duterte, who had noted that the arbitral award was “final, binding and not subject to appeal,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Xi “reiterated his government’s position of not recognizing the arbitral ruling […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte left for his trip to China on Wednesday, Aug. 28. The President left Manila for what would be his fifth visit to the Asian giant around 7 p.m. The Palace has said the President would raise the 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated China’s nine-dash line during the trip, when he is expected to meet with China President Xi Jinping. The nine-dash line delineates China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Aug. 21, maintained he would raise the arbitral ruling that invalidated China’s nine-dash line during his trip to China even if some have told him not to do so. “Sabi nila hindi pag-usapan, sabi ko no. If I’m not allowed as a President of a sovereign nation to talk whatever I want to talk about then let us rather not talk altogether. ‘Wag na,” the President said at the […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Xi Jinping can “humanely” resolve the violent standoff with protesters in Hong Kong and appeared to suggest meeting the Chinese leader. “I have ZERO doubt that if President Xi wants to quickly and humanely solve the Hong Kong problem, he can do it,” Trump tweeted from vacation at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. “Personal meeting?” he added in what appeared […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — US President Donald Trump raised the issue of two Canadians detained in China with President Xi Jinping in a recent meeting, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed on Thursday. Trudeau had earlier said he was “confident” that Trump discussed with Xi the detention of ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and consultant Michael Spavor, who are being held in China on suspicion of espionage. “I can confirm that Mr. Trump did speak to his […]
OSAKA, Japan (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday in Osaka on the eve of a crunch G20 summit likely to be dominated by a long-running trade fight with the United States. Xi is expected to hold trade talks with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the two-day meeting starting Friday but analysts see a temporary tariff truce as a more likely outcome than a game-changing breakthrough. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario should have learnt his lesson after what happened to former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. Guevarra, the officer in charge of the government with President Rodrigo Duterte in Thailand, made the comment even after he said he would ask the Department of Foreign Affairs to look into the incident and extend “whatever assistance” could be given to Del Rosario. “But personally, I […]
(Eagle News) — Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario was held upon his arrival in Hong Kong on Friday, June 21, Consul-General Antonio Morales said. “Para po siyang ordinary traveler, kaya lang po ang immigration parang nagtatagal. Hindi pa po tinatatakan ang kanyang passport,” Morales said in an interview over radio dzbb. According to Morales, he had written Hong Kong immigration about Rosario’s arrival, and asked it to give him “consideration.” He said Hong […]
by Sebastien Berger with Poornima Weerasekara in Beijing PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) — President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday on a historic trip to reboot a troubled alliance, as he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un face their own challenges with US President Donald Trump. Xi is the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years after relations between the Cold War era allies deteriorated over Pyongyang’s nuclear provocations and […]
by Eva Xiao with Sebastien Berger in Pyongyang BEIJING, China (AFP) — Xi Jinping will make the first trip to North Korea by a Chinese president in 14 years this week, state media said Monday, as Beijing tightens relations with Pyongyang amid tensions with the United States. Xi will visit Pyongyang on Thursday and Friday at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Chinese official news agency Xinhua. The timing is likely […]
