1 week agoTrump: "One of the first meetings I want to have is with President Xi of China, President Putin of Russia, and I want to say, 'let's cut our military budget in half.' And we can do that."
Trump: I will hold talks with China, Russia on reducing military spending and denuclearization when things calm down
Trump: Trade with BRICS could be subject to at least 100% tariffs
Trump: Taiwan took our chip business.. and we want that business back
SecDef @PeteHegseth li ser Chinaînê - "Em hîs nakin ku pevçûn neçarî ye û bê guman nakokî bi Chinaînê re nagerin, û ji ber vê yekê Serok Trump wê pêwendiyek baş bi Xi Jinping re heye. Lê ji bo me aqilmend bû ku em bi hevalbend û hevkarên Okyanûsa Pasîfîkê re bixebitin da ku em pê ewle bin ku ew astengî, hêza dijwar a pêşîlêgirtina têlefonê, ne tenê ji bo pêşîgirtina têlefonê ye. Wezîrê Parastinê ji hevalbendên Pasîfîk re bû."
Wezîrê Derve yê Brîtanya: Min ligel hevtayê xwe yê Çînî li ser aramiya cîhanî gotûbêj kir, di nav wan de Rojhilata Navîn û Ukrayna
Australia protests to China over 'dangerous' fighter manoeuvres in disputed waters
1 week agoNATO hêvî dike ku Trump were îqnakirin ku ji bo ku li hember Chinaînê bi ser bikeve pêdivî bi hevalbendan heye û ji ber vê yekê ew ê li Ewropayê bimîne. Îro SecGen Rutte tekez kir ku Pekîn dê bi "peymanek xirab" li Ukraynayê were hêz kirin.
China protests to US and Japan for "attacking" and "smearing" Beijing over maritime disputes
Hong Kong police arrest man in connection with helping 4 2019 protesters hide from authorities
Chinese dry cargo ship runs aground off Sakhalin. The An Yang 2 ran aground south of the port of Nevelsk. The An Yang 2 is carrying 54 tons of diesel and 706 tons of fuel oil
2 week agoPolice and protesters from at least 28 diasporic groups - including Hong Kong, Tibetan, Uyghur, Chinese Dissident, and other resident organisations - outside the proposed site of the new Chinese Embassy redevelopment in Royal Mint Court central London
Taiwan Ministry of Defense: 11 sorties of PLA aircraft and 8 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC 8) today. 9 out of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern and southwestern ADIZ. 1 PRC balloon were detected during this timeframe
Trump says “no” DeepSeek does not pose a national security threat “It’s a technology that's happening… I think we're going to benefit if it's correct… it'll be a lot less expensive.”
2 week agoThe U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced the first action in U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” campaign against Iran. Sanctions have been announced on the vast shipping network that sees millions of barrels of Iranian oil go to China. The shipments, brokered by the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS), were facilitated by a number of front companies who will also be designated and sanctioned
South Korean foreign, trade ministries block access to DeepSeek
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 74 km ESE of Kuqa, China
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 43 km NNW of Huoshilafu, China
Australia has banned DeepSeek AI services from all government systems and devices
China to impose 10% tariff on U.S. Oil, 15% tariff on coals and LNG in response to Trump's tariffs
Trump: We will contact China within 24 hours, probably
2 week agoPanama President Mulino expressed willingness to review certain Chinese businesses in Panama, particularly a 25-year concession to Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, which operates ports at both entrances of the Panama Canal. Mulino also announced that Panama will not renew its broad agreement with China on the Belt and Road initiative, under which China expanded investment in Panama during previous administrations, and may even terminate it early
AFP: China vows to respond to US tariffs with 'countermeasures'
3 week agoJohn Rogers, a former Senior Adviser to the Federal Reserve, has been arrested for giving trade secrets to China
White House: Trump to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on Saturday, and 10% tariffs on goods from China
3 week agoUS President Donald J Trump posts, "The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar, while we stand by and watch, is OVER. We are going to require a commitment from these seemingly hostile countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they will face 100% tariffs, and should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. economy. They can go find another sucker nation. There is no chance that BRICS will replace the U.S. Dollar in International Trade, or anywhere else, and any Country that tries should say hello to Tariffs, and goodbye to America!"
3 week agoFT: China builds huge wartime military command centre in Beijing. Several current and former US officials said the intelligence community is closely monitoring the site, which could serve as a wartime command centre 10 times larger than the Pentagon
The terms of the Chinese-mediated ceasefire agreement also include the military’s cessation of airstrikes in areas controlled by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)
Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI are investigating whether data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorized manner by a group linked to Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek, according to people familiar with the matter
White House spokeswoman: Trump sees China's DeepSeek AI app as wake-up call
