If you’re selling Cadillacs in China, it helps that the US president is driven around in one. Cao Chenyi, the boss of a Cadillac dealership near Shanghai, told me that customers know that Donald Trump’s presidential limousine is made by the US carmaker. He says they like the prestige. But Mr Cao’s had a bad year. Demand dropped 30% in… Read more »
Students and faculty at University of California have been warned to immediately stop communicating through social media apps such as WhatsApp and WeChat. This warning comes from fears that the Chinese law enforcement agencies could possibly use what is being said against American students studying internationally. This sudden tension could be the result of the events on December 1 after… Read more »
Japan’s last remaining home-grown sumo champion has announced his retirement after a string of tournament losses. Kisenosato Yutaka said he had been struggling with injuries but had wanted to continue wrestling to repay fans for their support. In 2017, he became the first Japan-born wrestler in almost two decades to reach the rank of grand champion, known in Japanese as… Read more »
Hong Kong (CNN)Students and faculty at the University of California (UC) have been warned not to use messaging apps and social media while visiting China, for fear their communications could be used against them by the country’s law enforcement agencies.The guidance from one of the biggest school networks in the US is the latest concern to be raised over Western… Read more »
Beijing (CNN)Relations between Beijing and Ottawa are at crisis point after a Canadian man was sentenced to death by a Chinese court, a former Canadian ambassador to China told CNN.Canada’s foreign ministry issued a travel warning late Monday to its citizens in China over “the risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws.” It came in the wake of the death sentence… Read more »
Beijing (CNN)A Canadian citizen in China has been sentenced to death after a court convicted him of drug smuggling on Monday, a move likely to further inflame tensions between Ottawa and Beijing.The Dalian Intermediate People’s Court in northeastern China said Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was given a death sentence based on the nature and severity of his crime and in accordance… Read more »
In Xi jinping’s speech, marking 40 years at the start of improving ties, he states that Taiwan ‘must and will’ accept its reunification with China and join a one-country-two-system basis. However, he warned that China will not hesitate force regarding the issue. Although Taiwan is a self-governed state, it has never officially declared its independence from the mainland. Under the… Read more »
China is preparing to make the first attempt at landing robotic spacecraft on the Moon’s far side. A static lander and rover are expected to be deployed to the surface in the next day, state media reports. The vehicles are carrying a suite of instruments designed to characterise the region’s geology, as well as a biological experiment. In recent days,… Read more »
China has said it is “ready to work” with the US, suggesting progress in trade talks between the two countries. It said it would be willing to work with the US to “implement the important consensus” reached at December’s G20. At the Buenos Aires summit the two countries agreed to suspend new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for… Read more »
SEOUL (REUTERS) – In his New Year address on Tuesday (Jan 1), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he might take a “new path” if Washington maintains sanctions amid his country’s push for economic development, but experts say it may be too late to change the trajectory of negotiations. Kim did not specify what the new approach might be. His warning… Read more »