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China pledges support for Myanmar’s political transition

7Nov

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China pledges support for Myanmar’s political transition

FILE - Myanmar government troops stand on a rooftop on the Myanmar side, near a Chinese flag from the Chinese border town of Nansan in southwestern China's Yunnan province, Sunday, Aug 30, 2009 BEIJING — China\'s Premier Li Qiang expressed support for Myanmar\'s political reconciliation and 2025 election plans in a meeting with Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday, according to state media outlets. Li met army chief Min Aung Hlaing, on his first visit to China since seizing power in a 2021 coup, in Kunming in southwestern China\'s Yunnan province, according to China\'s official Xinhua news agency. The junta is planning an election next year in which opposition forces have either been barred from contesting or have refused to take part, dismissing it as a sham...

China expects bumpy relations with the US under Trump

7Nov

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China expects bumpy relations with the US under Trump

FILE - In this June 28, 2018, file photo, rolls of finished steel are seen at the U.S. Steel Granite City Works facility in Granite City, Ill. Taipei, Taiwan — Following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping victory, Chinese netizens said they expect the U.S. to increase trade tensions with China while analysts say Washington’s efforts to counter China’s expansion might weaken under a second Trump administration. Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump has vowed to impose tariffs, between 60% to 200%, on Chinese products on several occasions. During an interview with Fox News on February 4, Trump said he would impose more than 60% tariffs on Chinese imports but emphasized he wasn’t going to start a trade war with China. In a...

7Nov

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China’s exports soar past forecast as factories front-run Trump tariff threat

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a truck transfers a container at the Tuanjiecun Station in the Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on May 5, 2024. BEIJING — China\'s outbound shipments grew at the fastest pace in over two years in October as factories rushed inventory to major export markets in anticipation of further tariffs from the U.S. and the European Union, as the threat of a two-front trade war looms. With Donald Trump being elected as the next U.S. president, his pre-election pledge to impose tariffs on Chinese imports in excess of 60% is likely to spur a shift in stocks to warehouses in China\'s No.1 export market. Trump\'s tariff threat is rattling Chinese factory owners and officials, with...

7Nov

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China pushes divisive narratives amid heated US election

FILE - The logo of China's Xinhua News Agency is seen on a partition at the agency's newsroom in Beijing, March 27, 2015. A recent Xinhua video lampooned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, capitalizing on divisive topics. As the polling sites across the U.S. started counting votes Tuesday in the highly contested U.S. presidential race, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency published a satirical video titled “Presidential Election Victory Speeches of the Divided States of America.” Posted on social media platform X, Xinhua’s video lampooned President-elect Donald Trump and his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, capitalizing on divisive U.S. political and societal topics. Mocking the issue of gun violence in America, an actor portraying Har...

7Nov

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Taiwanese couple prosecuted for spreading China's propaganda

The crowd cheers at a Democratic Progressive Party rally in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 13, 2024. The ruling DPP party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election. Washington — Judicial investigators in Taiwan have indicted a couple affiliated with a small political party on charges of receiving millions of dollars from Chinese authorities to promote the Chinese government’s political agenda and influence Taiwan’s elections and referendums. Taiwan’s Chiayi District Prosecutors’ Office said Monday it has charged Chang Meng-chung and his wife, Hung Wen-ting, with violating Taiwan’s Anti-Infiltration Act and election laws by making radio and digital media propaganda for Beijing in exchange for NT$74 million, approx...

6Nov

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China holds live-fire drills around island closest to Taiwan

RFA Staff Taipei, Taiwan — China conducted a live-fire exercise on Tuesday around Niushan island – the closest part of China’s territory to Taiwan – which Taipei said could be part of a “deterrent effect” that Beijing was intent on creating. The Pingtan Maritime Safety Administration of China’s Fujian province issued a navigation warning on Monday for an area along the coast of Niushan island, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of the Taiwan-controlled Matsu islands and 165 kilometers (102 miles) from Taipei. It said live firing would be carried out and vessels were prohibited from entering the no-navigation zone. Niushan island is to the east of Pingtan county in Fujian province and is known for its landmark lighthouse that helps ships navigate the Taiwan Strait. Map of Niushan Island Chi...

6Nov

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China’s ‘little pink’ nationalists slam Feihe over Japanese ties

By Yitong Wu, Ha Syut and Ray Chung for RFA Cantonese China’s army of “little pinks” – nationalistic supporters of the ruling Chinese Communist Party – are calling for a boycott of milk powder giant Feihe following reports that it cooperated with a Japanese company. Yet the campaign may be a bridge too far for Beijing. The \"patriotic\" campaign is the latest wave of anti-Japanese sentiment to sweep the country, which intensified after the Japanese authorities released treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the surrounding ocean in 2023, sparking fears of tainted seafood and environmental damage. There are also growing concerns about anti-Japanese hate in China following the killing of a 10-year-old Japanese boy in the southern city of Shenzhen last month, wit...

6Nov

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China, Vatican extend controversial deal on appointment of bishops

By Bing X for RFA Mandarin China and the Vatican have extended an agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for a third time, despite widespread concern over the treatment of Catholics under the ruling Chinese Communist Party. “In light of the consensus reached for an effective application of the Provisional Agreement regarding the Appointment of Bishops, after appropriate consultation and assessment, the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China have agreed to extend further its validity for four years from the present date,” the Holy See said in an Oct. 22 communique cited by the Vatican News. It said the Vatican “remains dedicated to furthering respectful and constructive dialogue with the Chinese side, in view of the further development of bilateral relations for t...

6Nov

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Chinese dissident Xu Zhiyong on hunger strike over prison treatment

Chen Zifei for RFA Mandarin Prominent Chinese dissident Xu Zhiyong has begun a hunger strike in protest at his treatment in prison, where he is currently serving a 14-year jail term for “subversion of state power,” sparking concerns for his health, fellow activists said on Thursday. Xu recently complained via his lawyer that he is being held separately from other inmates alongside three cell-mates who are charged with monitoring him around the clock. Xu, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in February, is no longer referred to by name, but instead by a code name, 003. He has also been deprived of phone calls and reading and writing materials, and his family say they’ve never received any of the letters he writes to them. His trial alongside rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi was widely cri...

6Nov

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Vietnam builds airstrip on reclaimed island in South China Sea

RFA Staff The latest satellite imagery has revealed a new airstrip taking shape on Barque Canada reef, an artificial island developed by Vietnam in the disputed Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea. Images provided by Earth imaging company Planet Labs and analyzed by Radio Free Asia show a partial runway of about 1,050 meters (3,445 feet) in length in the middle of the reef. Barque Canada reef is one of the Vietnam-controlled Spratly islands that has undergone development at a remarkable pace since 2021. According to RFA’s estimates, as of October 2024, the total landfill area more than doubled in one year to nearly 2.5 square kilometers, or 617.7 acres. The island now stretches over a length of 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) making it possible to develop an airstrip of 3,000 meters...