Move over President Trump -- the newest stars in Washington are two giant pandas who made their public debut on Friday in front of hundreds of adoring fans.Bao Li and Qing Bao rambled around their enclosure,
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Washington needs to approach the issue of Taiwan "prudently," the ministry in Beijing said, as the pair held their first talks since Donald Trump took office.
Panda fan culture once flourished in China. But Beijing is tightening control of discussion of a national symbol.
China is responding to Trump's energy-centric executive actions with a global diplomatic blitz. China courts the Middle East without push back from Washington.
Whether it is over TikTok, fentanyl or trade, Beijing might welcome a compromise to buy time to address its ailing economy and bolster its position globally.
Fortunately, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong thought a full split was unlikely: "I can’t see how a full decoupling can happen at this stage."
Donald Trump has extended the deadline on the TikTok ban by 75 days but is now pushing for 50 percent U.S. ownership—an unlikely scenario.
China's relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.
Rubio's appointment as secretary of state has been seen as sign that Trump plans to maintain a hard line on China.
U.S. President Donald Trump's picks for senior posts in his administration include several people with deep ties to China, but several have divergent views on how to deal with Washington's biggest rival,
By Simon Lewis, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday and told the known China hawk that the direction and tone of U.