Zhang Youxia, a deputy chairman of China’s powerful Central Military Commission which President Xi Jinping heads, reiterated to Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa that the two countries are “all weather” strategic cooperative partners. read more

“China has ample fiscal and monetary policies to cushion that impact,” Fang told the World Economic Forum in Tianjin on Tuesday. “So we prepare for the worst, and we think the economy will still be fine.” read more

China has previously said it would retaliate against the $200 billion round of tariffs by imposing duties on $60 billion of US goods ranging from liquefied natural gas to aircraft. read more

Under the garb of a trade war, this is a high-stakes strategic conflict between a power which wants to preserve the status quo in its favour and one which wants to usurp that throne. read more

Song’s colleague, Chen Jingyuan, head of health at the Logistics Support Department, said the conference had improved relationships between the doctors and militaries of different nations. read more

Authorities in recent months have ratcheted up pressure on religious groups, destroying crosses, burning bibles, shutting churches and ordering followers to renounce their faith. read more

The world’s two largest economies have been locked in a months-long trade fight after Trump imposed 25% customs duties on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods this summer read more

India has been the programme’s top beneficiary, with an estimated $5 billion worth of duty-free exports to the US in 2017. read more

Attacking the WTO, US President Donald Trump said he thinks that the World Trade Organization was probably the worst of all. read more

Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Pakistan’s newly-elected President Arif Alvi, saying that the strategic significance of the bilateral ties is “more prominent under the current circumstances” and both sides should support each other “more... read more

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced $60 billion in funds for eight initiatives over the next three years, in areas ranging from industrial promotion, infrastructure construction and scholarships for young Africans. read more

Five years on, Xi Jinping has found himself defending his treasured idea as concerns grow that China is setting up debt traps in countries which may lack the means to pay back the Asian giant. read more

India and China are holding talks to update a 12-year-old defence agreement and establish a hotline between the two defence ministries as part of confidence-building measures, a top Chinese defence ministry official said on Thursday. read more

The only possible reason for India to put its back behind such efforts is a hope that Beijing may have become more flexible on the issue. read more

The Belt and Road initiative, first mentioned in a speech Chinese President Xi Jinping gave in Kazakhstan in 2013, is a vehicle for Beijing to take a greater role on the international stage by funding and building global transport and trade links in... read more