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Taiwan warns of possible attack if China's slowdown 'becomes serious'

Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher, Reuters
Posted at Nov 07 04:04 PM

TAIPEI - Beijing could resort to military conflict with self-ruled Taiwan to divert domestic pressure if a slowdown in the world's second largest economy amid trade war threatens the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party, the island's foreign minister has said. Read more »

Xi, Macron unite on climate after US withdraws from Paris pact

Jérôme Rivet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 04:44 PM

Major powers expressed regret and concern after President Donald Trump went ahead with the pullout from the Paris accord despite mounting evidence of the reality and impact of climate change. Read more »

Xi voices 'high degree of trust' in Hong Kong leader over unrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 12:07 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed a "high degree of trust" in Hong Kong's unpopular leader Carrie Lam as the two met after months of increasingly violent protests in the semi-autonomous city. Read more »

Macron, Xi to agree 'irreversibility' of Paris climate agreement

Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 09:20 AM

The agreement comes after the administration of President Donald Trump said on Monday it filed paperwork to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the first formal step in a one-year process to exit the global pact to fight climate change. Read more »

Hong Kong protesters call for US help. China sees a conspiracy.

Edward Wong, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 04 10:12 AM

As Hong Kong protesters see it, the Trump administration might be able to make demands of Chinese leaders or Hong Kong officials, especially because members of elite political circles want to maintain access to the United States. Read more »

State Secretary says US must confront China's Communist Party

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Oct 31 04:41 PM

He said President Donald Trump, who is seeking re-election next year, had sounded the alarm about China from his very first day in office. Read more »

Bitcoin holds ground after China voices support for blockchain

Tom Wilson, Reuters
Posted at Oct 28 07:26 PM

Bitcoin held ground on Monday near a one-month high scaled over the weekend after China's President Xi Jinping said the world's second biggest economy should accelerate the development of blockchain technology. Read more »

Xi's pep talk on blockchain lifts Chinese tech shares

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 04:26 PM

Dozens of tech shares seen as benefitting from a blockchain boom soared by the 10 percent daily limit allowed on China's main exchanges after Xi made the comments in a meeting of top Communist Party leaders focused on the sector.   Read more »

China sharpens hacking to hound its minorities, far and wide

Nicole Perlroth, Kate Conger and Paul Mozur, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 23 06:59 AM

SAN FRANCISCO — China’s state-sponsored hackers have drastically changed how they operate over the last three years, substituting selectivity for what had been a scattershot approach to their targets and showing a new determination by Beijing to push its surveillance state beyond its borders. Read more »

China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Lam with 'interim' chief executive -FT

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 23 06:48 AM

China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam with an "interim" chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the deliberations, which would bring to a close Lam's rule after months of often-violent pro-democracy protests. Read more »

Attempts to split China risk 'shattered bodies': Xi

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 10:55 AM

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. Read more »

Modi, Xi bid to bury India and China's differences

Bhuvan Bagga, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 02:06 AM

The two leaders met in a bid to ease tensions over border disputes, the troubled Kashmir region and China's domination of trade between their economies. Read more »

Nepal hopes for Chinese finance during Xi visit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 12 10:46 PM

Xi is expected to use his time in Kathmandu to push Beijing's controversial Belt and Road infrastructure projects. Read more »

Xi and Kim hail 'immortal' China-North Korea relationship

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 02:00 PM

North Korea was among the first countries to recognize the People's Republic of China after it was founded in 1949. Read more »

President Xi says 'no force' can shake the Chinese nation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 10:54 AM

President Xi Jinping said "no force" can shake the Chinese nation in a speech Tuesday to mark the opening of celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in Beijing. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 30, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 11:29 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Hong Kong unrest continues

Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters
Posted at Sep 30 04:27 PM

A worker cleans a street after a protest in the Causeway Bay district in Hong Kong on Monday, as a caricature of Chinese leader Xi Jinping flutters in the wind a day before the People’s Republic of China celebrates its 70th founding anniversary.  Read more »

Xi presents awards to 'heroes' and 'old friends' of China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 03:49 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping awarded medals and honorary titles to an array of domestic and international "heroes" on Sunday, including a former French prime minister and a centenarian Canadian educator. Read more »

China needs strong leadership or will 'crumble,' policy paper says

Reuters
Posted at Sep 27 02:15 PM

BEIJING - China needs the strong, unified leadership of the Communist Party or the country will "crumble," the government said in a policy paper released on Friday ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. Read more »

China vows peace, stability with PH

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 10:46 PM

China is committed to maintaining peace and stability with the Philippines, saying the South China Sea is not the sum total of Philippine-China relations. Read more »