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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US military’s top general said Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping reneged on promises not to militarize the South China Sea and called for “collective action” to hold Beijing responsible. General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he was not calling for military action, but stressed that there was a need to enforce international laws. “The fall of 2016, President Xi Jinping promised President […]
(Eagle News)—-Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has been held by immigration authorities at a Hong Kong airport. Reports quoting Morales’ lawyer Anne Marie Corominas said Morales was not allowed inside the special administrative region of China for a family vacation after being considered a “security threat.” Morales was scheduled to be deported on Tuesday evening. Morales was one of two who filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court against China President Xi Jinping. Apart from […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping declared Wednesday there was “no clash” of civilizations and denounced racial supremacy as “stupid” amid tensions with the United States and concerns over Beijing’s rising global power. His remarks came after a top-level US official last month described the rivalry between China and the US as “a fight with a really different civilization and a different ideology”. Kiron Skinner, the director of policy planning at the US […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday called for a “fair and friendly” environment for Chinese companies and citizens overseas, as pushback against its tech giants rises and academics find their visas cancelled. Beijing and Washington have been locked in a bruising trade war — which negotiators have been working to resolve — but there has also been a growing strategic rivalry between the world’s two largest economies. “China’s measures to expand […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s Belt and Road projects need to be transparent and fiscally sustainable, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday in apparent acknowledgement of growing concerns about debt linked to his global infrastructure initiative. There will also be “zero tolerance” for corruption, Xi said at a Belt and Road summit, adding that the initiative “is not an exclusive club”. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–The Philippines is slated to sign five agreements with China in Beijing later this month. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Meynardo Montealegre said the government was eyeing agreements in the areas of education, anti-corruption, official development assistance, drug rehabilitation and infrastructure, as President Rodrigo Duterte attends the second Belt and Road forum from April 25 to 27. Montelagre said during the forum, Duterte would have a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) –Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the “early conclusion of negotiations” on the text of a trade deal with the United States, state media reported Friday. The comments, carried by the Xinhua news agency, came as speculation mounted that the two sides were close to finalising an agreement to resolve their nine month-trade war. The remarks were part of a message conveyed by Chinese vice premier Liu He at a meeting […]
(Eagle News)–China’s Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua described as a “fabrication” the communication filed by two former government officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping over the Asian giant’s claims in the South China Sea. “It’s an action by individuals and we think it’s a kind of political action viciously targeting the Chinese leadership,” Zhao Jianhua said prior to his courtesy call on Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in the Palace. According to Zhao, “of course, […]
PARIS, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday called for increased cooperation between the European Union and China, at a time of growing nervousness over Beijing’s massive investments on the continent. Speaking at the Elysee Palace following talks with Xi, Macron called for a “strong Europe-China partnership”, adding that this must be based on “strong multilateralism” and “fair and balanced” trade. Xi’s, for his part, stressed that […]
by Vincent-Xavier MORVAN / Julie Pacorel BEAULIEU-SUR-MER, France (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron met for dinner in the south of France Sunday ahead of official talks with the host leader seeking to forge a united European front to contend with Beijing’s advances. “Very happy to welcome President Xi Jinping and his wife to France,” Macron wrote in a tweet. “This visit will strengthen our strategic partnership and affirm […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Saturday, March 23, said that while it was the right of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to file it, the filing of a communication against China’s Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court may be a “futile exercise.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this was because in the first place, China was not a member of the ICC and as […]
(Eagle News) — The communication filed by two former high-ranking government officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court will not affect Philippine-China relations. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte, who spoke to reporters on Thursday, March 21. “No, I’m sure it won’t,” Duterte said when asked. According to Duterte, while the Philippines was a “democratic country and anybody can bring a suit against anybody,” whether or not it “would prosper […]
