By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Saturday that businesses wanted “stability and clarity” in trade with China, as London seeks to reset relations with Beijing under the new Labour government. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said following a meeting with Lammy on Friday that the bilateral ties “now …
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By Antoni Slodkowski BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media reported on Saturday that President Xi Jinping on Thursday inspected a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army’s Rocket Force, urging the troops to boost their “deterrence and combat capabilities”. During the inspection Xi also urged the strategic missile troops to “resolutely fulfil the tasks entrusted by …
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By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has shipped 1,500 special forces troops to Russia’s Far East for training and acclimatising at local military bases and will likely be deployed for combat in the war in Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency said on Friday. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said it had …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to “go into Taiwan,” the Wall Street Journal reported. “I would say: If you go into Taiwan, I’m sorry to do this, I’m going to tax you, at 150% to 200%,” the former U.S. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department approved a possible sale to Japan of tactical missiles and related equipment for $360 million, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday. The principal contractor for the Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2B Tactical Missiles and related equipment will be RTX Corp, the Pentagon added. (Reporting by Kanishka …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te thanked the air force on Friday for their “outstanding” work during Chinese war games around the island earlier this week, telling them to keep up the good work. China’s military said Monday’s day of war games were a warning to “separatist acts”, vowing to take further action against …
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By Laurie Chen BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) -China and Britain took steps towards further reconciliation on Friday, with Beijing heralding the new Labour government’s plan to develop “pragmatic” bilateral ties as a “new starting point”. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is only the second top UK diplomat to visit China in six years, and his trip seeks …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Friday described foreign minister David Lammy’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi as constructive, and said both sides committed to keeping an open dialogue between the two nations. “The meeting was constructive across the full breadth of the bilateral relationship, from areas of pragmatic cooperation to issues of contention,” …
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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Authorities shut schools, colleges and universities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Friday following the most violent student protests in the country in recent years over the alleged rape of a student on campus, officials said. The protests have spread since Monday, with participants alleging that a female …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Election Commission will launch an investigation into the ruling Pheu Thai party that could lead to its dissolution, multiple local media outlets reported on Friday. The Election Commission has set up a committee to look into complaints against the party that alleged it allowed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to influence …
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