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The Kazakhstan protests and Sino-Russian relations
What do the protests in Kazakhstan mean for China and its relationship to Russia, which has sent troops to the central Asian nation to crush the unrest?
Russia might invade Ukraine. What will China do?
As the second Ukraine crisis unfolds will Beijing “lean to one side”?
The global RMB is coming. Here’s why.
With Western sanctions piling up, the urgency is increasing for China and Russia to develop financial alternatives to the dominant dollar-Euro financial system. The RMB, while far from replacing the dollar, is slowly gaining traction as an international currency.
China and Russia condemn sanctions, accuse West of ‘politicizing human rights issues’
The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers condemned Western nations for “politicizing human rights issues” with sanctions. Beijing separately lashed out at “the West,” accusing at least half a dozen nations of hypocrisy and saying they had no right to lecture China.
China-Russia space cooperation: another small step in Beijing’s pursuit of US?
Nations announce plans to work together, giving China access to Russia’s deep-space expertise and Russia the Chinese research funding it needs, observer says.
Australia and US to take on China and Russia in hypersonic missiles
Australian defence minister says the weapons are meant to help deter aggression against Australian interests.
Exclusive: Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel-tracking data and internal documents from state company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
China's imports of U.S. soybeans surge in October
Chinese imports of U.S. soybeans surged almost three-fold in October on a year-on-year basis, customs data showed on Wednesday, as cargoes booked following a Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China arrived in the country.
China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon
China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch on Tuesday of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve lunar surface samples since the 1970s, a mission underscoring Chinese ambitions in space.
China sets launch window for mission to moon
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon between 4 am and 5 am Beijing time on Tuesday (2000-2100 GMT on Monday), the official Xinhua news agency said, citing information from the country's National Space Administration.
China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s.
Canada names China, Russia as main cyber-crime threats; sees risk to power supply
Canada on Wednesday identified state-sponsored programs in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea as major cyber crime threats for the first time, and said it feared foreign actors could try to disrupt power supplies.
China's Xi to take spotlight at Asia-Pacific summit in Trump's absence
Fresh from the success of creating the world's largest free trade region, China's President Xi Jinping will be among the speakers on Thursday heralding a Asia-Pacific virtual summit that U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to skip.
While Training Continues, China’s Prized Women’s Hockey Players Are in Russia
With the 2022 Winter Games 15 months away, at a time teams would normally be paring their rosters, the North American imports aren’t in the Beijing training bubble.
China's Rhodiola set to sell and test Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine
China's Tibet Rhodiola Pharmaceutical Holding announced a deal on Wednesday to manufacture, sell and test Russia's COVID-19 vaccine in China, hours after interim results showed it was 92% effective at protecting people from the disease.
China's Sinopharm says data 'better than expected" from unit's COVID-19 vaccine trials
China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) said on Wednesday the data from large-scale, late-stage clinical trials for its unit's COVID-19 vaccine are "better than expected".
Uzbekistan to carry out late-stage trial of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Uzbekistan will carry out a phase III trial of a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by China's Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical Co., the Central Asian nation's ministry of innovative development told Reuters on Wednesday.
Trump’s Fury Feeds Moscow and Beijing Accounts of U.S. Chaos
President Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election resonate on Russian state media. Both Russia and China have painted American democracy as volatile and vulnerable.
Sao Paulo starts building production plant for China's Sinovac vaccine: governor
The Brazilian state of São Paulo has begun building a facility to produce 100 million doses a year of China's Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19, which will be ready by September next year, Governor João Doria said on Monday.
U.S. Goes Nuclear to Compete With Russia, China in Europe’s East
The former Cold War frontier of eastern Europe is becoming a battleground in the $500 billion business of building nuclear power plants.
China extends ban on visitors to 8 more countries, including India, France and Russia
Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Italy, Nigeria and Ukraine also join Britain, Belgium and the Philippines on temporary blacklist.
China suspends imports from Ecuadorian company after coronavirus found on seafood packaging
China suspended imports from FIREXPA S.A., an Ecuadorian seafood product manufacturer, after the novel coronavirus was found on the packaging of a batch of imported frozen fish, according to a notice by the General Administration of Customs.
Serbia's PM: gov't to be pro-EU keeping Russia, China ties
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s prime minister-designate said Wednesday her new government will be pro-European but will also maintain “friendly’’ relations with Russia and China. Ana...
Brazil soars to China's No. 3 crude oil supplier in September
Brazil jumped to China's third-biggest crude oil supplier in September, import data showed on Sunday, as China's independent refiners scooped up cheap supplies of the South American exporter's relatively high quality oil.
A basketball game turns violent: China, Russia, and the crossroads of imperialism
In 1926, a youth basketball game — the championship of a citywide tournament in the northeastern city of Harbin — between Chinese and Russian players ended in controversy. It was a microcosm of the times: A country on the rise reckoning with the remnants of colonialism.
CSL predictions for the most unpredictable season in league history
The Chinese Super League begins this weekend. Who will win? Which player will score the most goals? Who’ll be relegated? We have predictions in this week’s China Sports Column. Also: China-based Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League will be playing next season in Russia, a move that necessitates the release of its North American coaching staff.
Life in limbo on the Sino-Russian border
Russia has recently overtaken China in recorded COVID-19 cases, resulting in worry from Chinese authorities that a new wave of infections may come from up…
‘Morally condemnable’: China’s ambassador to Russia scolds Chinese returnees
Photo by Huizhong Wu / Reuters Chinese nationals in Russia are swarming to the Heilongjiang border amid Russia’s rising number of COVID-19 cases, but they’ve been…
China, Russia, and the legacy of Zhenbao Island
Fifty-one years ago, a surprise offensive by the People’s Liberation Army at the Russian border sparked several months of military tension between the world’s two largest Communist powers, prompting fears of a Third World War. Now, the “Sino-Soviet border conflict” is all but forgotten — which is exactly how Beijing and Moscow want it.
The island shared by Russia and China, and other links
“Located near the city of Khabarovsk, at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur rivers, Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island has long held strategic importance for Russia,”…
Beijing Ren: The Russian District
Beijing Ren is a video series documenting local contemporary Beijing life and culture. Just outside Second Ring Road in east-central Beijing is the area…
Are China-Russia ties a serious threat to American interests?
Jamil Anderlini of the Financial Times says (paywall) that “the West ignores the alliance forming between Moscow and Beijing at its peril.” He likens the Western…
Xi Jinping honors Vladimir Putin with China’s first-ever Friendship Medal
Chinese President Xi Jinping awarded his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the highest state honor, the Friendship Medal of the People’s Republic of China, on June…
Chinese state media parrots Russian claim that ‘White Helmets staged chemical attack video’
In the video above, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reports, uncritically, on a Russian television story that claims the April 7 chemical attack in Douma, Syria…
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Spurning China and courting Russia: Trump’s dangerous game
The president-elect’s obeisance toward Putin and hostility to China will end badly for America.
