Belt and Road

President Donald Trumps tariffs-by-tweet tendencies and brinkmanship on both sides of the negotiating table have led to a breakdown in talks with China, an escalating trade war, and no doubt many sleepless nights in Beijing and in American boardrooms. But for…

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin China and US struggle for world power   Photo credit: Getty Getty There's an argument to be made about some of the ways that Chinese tech innovators are gaining. But it's hard to disp…

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces searched a luxury hotel in the port city of Gwadar on Sunday a day after separatist insurgents stormed in, killing at least five people, in what the militants said was a strike against Chinese and other f…

QUETTA, Pakistan Three gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces inside, officials and the army said. Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove said most…

WASHINGTON, United States The United States escalated a tariff war with China on Friday by hiking levies on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in the midst of last-ditch talks to rescue a trade deal. But even as Beijing threatened retaliation, negotiators a…

U.S. President Donald Trumps tariff increase on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods puts stress on extended trade talks. DAMIR SAGOLJ/Reuters The United States escalated a tariff war with China on Friday by hiking levies to 25 per cent for $200-billion wort…

Four Chinese scientists were among those who died after an explosion at the Kingsbury hotel in Colombo.Credit: Chamila Karunarathne/Anadolu Agency/Getty Four Chinese researchers who were killed in the terror attacks in Sri Lanka last month were in the countr…

1. Left-wing critique of the Green New Deal. 2. TV show about North Korean defector beauties (NYT, recommended). 3. China/Moldova fact of the day: “World alcohol consumption on the rise as China’s thirst grows. Chinese will surpass the US for per capita int…

The Belt and Road Initiative is aimed at bolstering Beijing’s economic and political reach. (Reuters) China’s largest online travel agency Ctrip has removed from its platform products offering travel and accommodation services to Arunachal Pradesh following …

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Chinese and Venezuelan flags. Getty The chaos in Venezuela continues to affect policies far from that countrys shores and borders. Its neighbors could hardly avoid the fallout from th…