Despite indications the poll would be close, the London financial community has been dumbfounded by the decision of a majority of British voters to leave the European Union (EU). However, advocates of the 'Remain Case' were not ...
Tags: Food Producers, Beverage, Brexit
China's recent moves to defend its sovereign territories in the South China Sea make sense, a U.S. scholar has noted. China has described the issue in the Nansha Islands as a "core interest" because it involves sovereign territory, and it ...
Tags: South China Sea
Zhang Zhijun, the Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief, has extended New Year greetings to people in Taiwan and called on both sides to continue working toward peaceful development of cross-Strait ties. In a New Year message carried by ...
China and Nepal pledged to expand cooperation, as Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met with visiting Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa Thursday in Beijing. China is willing to expand cooperation in connectivity, energy, ...
Tags: Cooperation, Nepal
Myanmar authorities will appeal against death sentences on two Myanmar citizens for murder of two British backpackers in Southern Thailand last year, said U Ye Htut, Presidential Spokesperson on Thursday. The appeal will be made to the ...
Tags: Death Sentences
The Chinese government is calling on the Philippines to give up any illusions of sovereignty over islands claimed by China in the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spoksperson Hong Lei commented following the release of a court transcript ...
Tags: South China Sea, Arbitration
A Chinese envoy to the United Nations Wednesday called on the international community to make joint efforts to step up protection of women and children in conflicts. Terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State (IS) and Boko Haram ...
Tags: women, children, human trafficking
Discussion of sovereignty over the Internet has long been a taboo, dismissed in Western media as violation of freedom. The time has come to drag the issue into the cold, hard light of day, and China, with an online population of 670 ...
Tags: Cyber Sovereignty, Taboo
A map which illustrates the "One Belt, One Road" initiative of China. [File Photo: Weixin] China released new regulations on maps on Monday to boost development of geographic information industry. Included in the new regulations, which ...
Tags: geographic information industry, Maps, "One Belt, One Road"
Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of JD.com, talks about the role the internet will play in future business operations in an interview with Sina. [Photo: sina.com] Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of JD.com, one of China's largest e-commerce ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2nd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, December 16 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lashed out at ...
Tags: Cyberspace, WIC, Double Standards
Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for the future of the Internet while delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference (WIC2015) on Wednesday. Xi, as the leader of the country with the ...
Tags: Internet, cyber security, cyber sovereignty
At the opening of the second World Internet Conference on Wednesday, China made sure its voice was heard: Every country has the right to create its own Internet governance model, and the cyber sovereignty of all nations should be respected. ...
Tags: cyber sovereignty, Internet
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and Russian Deputy Prime Minster Dmitry Rogozin met on Wednesday to prepare for the upcoming 20th Regular Prime Ministers' Meeting between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ...
Tags: nuclear power, aerospace, trade
China's Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang on Wednesday summoned Kaye Lee, charge d'affaires of the U.S. embassy in China, and made solemn representations to the United States over its arms sale to Taiwan. Zheng made the statement ...
Tags: military, arms sale, sovereignty