China’s new defense chief ghosts the US, but meets with Europeans
[ad_1] SINGAPORE — Europe emerged as a key interlocutor with Beijing on Sunday as the British, German and EU security policy chiefs managed to meet...
The EU needs to find its own voice in the Indo-Pacific
[ad_1] Viktor Buzna is a journalist, former guest-researcher at Peking University and a PhD fellow at the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Meet up...
Ghosts of war haunt G7 as leaders face up to Chinese menace
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. HIROSHIMA, Japan — As the leaders of the Group of Seven gather for...
Keep UK-China trade talks on ice, Liz Truss warns
[ad_1] LONDON — Liz Truss will urge her successor Rishi Sunak to keep U.K. trade and economic talks with China on ice when she visits Taiwan...
Germany doubles down on China port deal despite new security concerns
[ad_1] BERLIN — The German government said Wednesday it will proceed with a controversial plan to sell parts of a Hamburg port terminal to China's...
China’s club for talking to Central Europe is dead, Czechs say
[ad_1] China’s exclusive club for engaging with Eastern and Central European countries is defunct, the Czech foreign minister told POLITICO on Tuesday. Jan Lipavský’s comments...
Germany and China aim for June summit amid Taiwan tensions
[ad_1] BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is keen to advance economic and climate cooperation with China and defuse tensions over Taiwan as part of...
Send warships to Taiwan Strait, Borrell urges EU governments
[ad_1] BRUSSELS — EU member countries should deploy warships to patrol the Taiwan Strait in order to deter Beijing’s military aggression, the bloc’s foreign policy...
UK foreign secretary: Don’t ‘pull the shutters down’ on China
[ad_1] LONDON — The U.K. should not “pull the shutters down” on China, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly warned, amid fierce debate in the governing Conservative...
Macron’s China remarks are a ‘disaster’ for Europe, EU conservative leader says
[ad_1] European People’s Party chief Manfred Weber took a jab at French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial comments on China, the U.S. and Taiwan, saying they...