China
Iraq was top target of China’s Belt & Road in 2021- study
(Reuters) - Iraq was the top target for China's Belt & Road infrastructure initiative in 2021, receiving $10.5 billion in financing for projects including a heavy oil power plant, a…
Argentina’s Fernandez set for China, Russia tour after IMF accord
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez will begin an overseas tour on Tuesday including visits to Russia and China, a trip that comes amid tensions over a possible…
Olympics-Rule 50 on political protests a conundrum for athletes in Beijing
By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Athletes considering staging political protests during the Beijing 2022 Winter Games will have to negotiate the International Olympic Committee's Rule 50 which originally banned…
Olympics-Beijing Games organisers hope to have 30% capacity in venues
By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hoping for stadium capacities of at least 30% despite China's enforcement of tight regulations to contain…
Manila mayor vows to take on China as Philippines president
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The Manila mayor vying for the Philippines presidency on Monday promised zero tolerance of Chinese maritime aggression and said he would not hesitate to…
China says average national smog levels down 9.1% in 2021
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Air pollution in 339 Chinese cities improved in 2021, with average concentrations of small, hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 down 9.1% from a year earlier to…
Taiwan tries hand at COVID diplomacy again with Somaliland vaccine gift
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's gift of 150,000 doses of its domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region, the Taiwanese foreign ministry said on Monday, part…
Facing Chinese pressure, Taiwan president pledges to ‘stride’ into the world
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen thanked democratic nations for their support of the island in her Lunar New Year message on Sunday and pledged to "stride out" into…
Taiwan VP, in U.S., repeats accusation China blocked vaccine access
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Vice President William Lai used his final day in the United States to repeat an accusation that China blocked the island from obtaining COVID-19 vaccines last year,…
Hong Kong university covers up Tiananmen crackdown memorial slogan
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A leading Hong Kong university on Saturday covered a painted slogan commemorating China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, the latest instance of a public June…
Senior U.S. official to visit Lithuania in show of support over Chinese ‘coercion’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official will visit Lithuania next week to discuss enhancing economic cooperation with the small Baltic nation, which has faced pressure from China for boosting…
Support of Taiwan independence could spark U.S. military conflict with China -Chinese ambassador
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China and the United States could end up in a military conflict if the United States encourages Taiwan's independence, Beijing's ambassador to Washington said in a U.S.…
