Rubio expected to brief New Delhi on Xi-Trump summit during India trip
Friday, May 22,2026,19:41
When Marco Rubio was confirmed as US Secretary of State last year, fireworks of optimism went off in New Delhi. Given his years as a senator championing a pro-India, staunchly anti-China posture, policymakers anticipated an unprecedented alignment. However, as Rubio arrives in India on Saturday for a four-day visit spanning Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi, he enters a relationship strained by transactional politics, structural deadlock and mounting strategic unease over Washington’s recent... .. read more..
Two Chinese nationals charged in US drug cartel money-laundering case
Friday, May 22,2026,17:52
Two Chinese nationals were indicted on charges of conspiracy to launder money for drug cartels, the US Justice Department announced on Friday. Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu allegedly hid the source of illegally obtained funds on behalf of various criminal groups operating across borders, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). The two remain at large, the Justice Department said. According to court documents filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, Zhen, Wu... .. read more..
China AI firms Zhipu, MiniMax to join Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Tech Index
Friday, May 22,2026,14:51
Chinese AI firms MiniMax Group and Knowledge Atlas Technology – better known as Zhipu AI – will join the Hang Seng Tech Index next month. Their inclusion follows investor criticism that the city’s primary technology gauge has underperformed by missing out on the global artificial intelligence boom. Concurrently, Shanghai-based courier J&T Global Express, lightweight metal giant Aluminum Corp of China and Beijing-founded global drug firm BeOne Medicines will join the benchmark Hang Seng Index.... .. read more..
China removes hukou hurdle for migrant workers in social insurance shake-up
Friday, May 22,2026,14:31
China has moved to ease residency restrictions that prevent migrant workers from accessing social insurance where they work, in a sweeping effort to expand coverage and strengthen labour protections nationwide. The new measures were announced on Friday by the State Council, China’s cabinet. The move is part of China’s broader push to create a unified national market by removing barriers to the free flow of capital and talent. Under the new policy, workers can enrol in social insurance programmes... .. read more..
How China and the US can coexist peacefully while locked in strategic stalemate
Friday, May 22,2026,14:17
The original think tank paper was published in Chinese. SCMP Plus members can read an English translation here. A Chinese state think tank has offered a detailed road map to steer China and the US towards peaceful coexistence, as the competition between the two powers has entered a new strategic stalemate. In a paper published on May 13 – the same day US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes visit – the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (Cicir)... .. read more..
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi to visit US and Canada to boost ties, pave way f...
Friday, May 22,2026,13:21
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s coming trip to New York and Canada is expected to lay the groundwork for President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the US and warmer ties with Ottawa. China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that Wang would chair a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on May 26, followed by a visit to Canada from May 28 to 30. The New York leg of Wang’s trip follows less than two weeks after the Beijing summit between Xi and US President Donald Trump. There,... .. read more..
Why Trump’s China visit could set a new tone for Sino-US relations
Friday, May 22,2026,12:30
On the face of it, US President Donald Trump’s China visit can be characterised by five Bs: beef, beans, Boeings, a board of investment and a board of trade. No wonder Trump rated his visit a “12 on a scale of one to 10”. Just the 200 Boeing aircraft China has agreed to buy is worth the presidential visit. China has achieved no less. Compared with beef, beans and Boeings, the boards of investment and trade that both sides agreed to set up are perhaps more significant. With this institutional... .. read more..
Could all of China’s aircraft carriers soon operate J-35 stealth fighters?
Friday, May 22,2026,12:00
All three of China’s aircraft carriers could soon be able to operate the country’s J-35 stealth fighter, which Chinese experts say would “significantly” bolster the PLA Navy’s combat abilities. Currently, only China’s most advanced carrier, the Fujian, can host the J-35 as it has an electromagnetic catapult to assist the fifth-generation fighter into the air. The Liaoning and Shandong carriers launch J-15 fighters from an upwardly curved “ski-jump” deck. However, there are signs that the two... .. read more..
China’s top trade negotiator urges Apec to grow economic pie, divide it fairly
Friday, May 22,2026,12:00
China’s chief trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, urged Asia-Pacific economies to reject a zero-sum mentality, grow the economic pie together and divide it fairly, as trade representatives from the 21 members of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum convened in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou for a two-day ministerial meeting. “Apec economies vary in their stages of development, resource endowments and industrial structures, so it is completely normal for them to have different... .. read more..
HSBC cuts China retail sales forecast by nearly half as property and jobs wei...
Friday, May 22,2026,11:17
Banking giant HSBC on Friday nearly halved its forecast for China’s retail sales growth in 2026, after weak April data underscored pressures in the labour market and property sector, as well as slowing momentum in Beijing’s consumer goods trade-in programme. The bank cut its forecast to 2.8 per cent from 5.2 per cent projected in March, after official April retail sales data came in below expectations at 0.2 per cent year-on-year growth – the softest reading since late 2022 during the... .. read more..
‘I am sorry’: Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologises for comments ove...
Friday, May 22,2026,11:09
Standard Chartered global CEO Bill Winters on Friday said he was “sorry” for comments describing “lower-value” workers, made while announcing job-cut plans earlier this week. Winters apologised in a LinkedIn post as he tried to cool debate among upset employees after he announced on Tuesday a 15 per cent cut of back-office staff at the lender by 2030. Winters said that AI adoption would replace some “lower-value human capital”. The CEO first made a LinkedIn post explaining his comments from... .. read more..
Myanmar’s Wei family put on trial in latest phase of China’s crackdown on sca...
Friday, May 22,2026,10:36
An alleged Myanmar crime boss and members of his syndicate were put on trial this week in the latest stage of Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on cross-border scam networks. Wei Huairen, also known as Wai San, faces charges including fraud, murder, extortion and organising illegal border crossings, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday. Prosecutors allege that from 2019 onwards, the syndicate used the Wei family’s military and political influence in Myanmar’s Kokang region to operate... .. read more..
Despite blocking Meta’s Manus deal, China says ‘door open’ to foreign tech in...
Friday, May 22,2026,10:30
China’s top economic planner denied pressuring domestic tech companies to turn down foreign investment amid rising concerns sparked by its recent blocking of Facebook owner Meta Platforms’ proposed buyout of Chinese-founded AI start-up Manus. “We have never required Chinese tech firms not to accept foreign investment,” Li Chao, spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said at a press conference on Friday. “We support Chinese firms to integrate into the global... .. read more..
China, Kazakhstan set to launch food security trade platform in wake of Iran war
Friday, May 22,2026,10:00
China and Kazakhstan, its Central Asian neighbour and strategic partner, are set to launch a joint grain-trading platform to bolster food security – a long-standing priority for Beijing and a pressing global concern following the outbreak of the Iran war. The two sides agreed to the initiative during a meeting in Astana on Thursday between Kazakh Agriculture Vice-Minister Yermek Kenzhekhanuly and Liu Huanxin, head of China’s National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, the Kazakh... .. read more..
Will string of science scandals ruin century-old journal Nature’s reputation ...
Friday, May 22,2026,10:00
For decades, publishing a paper in Nature was regarded as the ultimate academic achievement in China – a fast track to promotions, research grants, hospital appointments and elite national talent programmes. But a growing wave of academic fraud allegations could be turning that prestige into a liability. Over the past two months, Chinese social media platforms have been flooded with accusations targeting papers published in Nature and its subsidiaries, including Nature Cancer, Nature Cell... .. read more..
China cracks down on Tiger, Futu and Long Bridge for illegal cross-border sto...
Friday, May 22,2026,09:55
China’s securities regulator has penalised Tiger Brokers and Futu Securities International for illegally offering domestic investors access to overseas securities trading, in a move to clean up market misconduct and crack down on illicit outflows that may threaten financial stability. The two brokerages, along with Long Bridge Securities, would have their ill-gotten gains confiscated and face further punishments, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in a statement on... .. read more..
US Navy signals pause in Taiwan arms sale, drawing swift reaction from Beijing
Friday, May 22,2026,09:52
Beijing reaffirmed its opposition to arms sales to Taiwan after the acting secretary of the US Navy said Washington was pausing a US$14 billion weapons purchase by the self-governed island. “China’s firm opposition to US arms sales to China’s Taiwan region is consistent, clear and unwavering,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Friday. On Thursday, acting US Navy head Hung Cao told a congressional hearing that “right now we’re doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions... .. read more..
China’s views on achieving ‘constructive, strategic and stable ties’ with US
Friday, May 22,2026,09:51
This report was translated from Chinese into English using Alibaba’s Qwen3, then checked and tweaked for accuracy by a South China Morning Post journalist. It is for reference only, and is not the official English version of the original Chinese document. Alibaba owns the SCMP. .. read more..
Cuba clash, Putin visits Beijing, Xi may go to North Korea
Friday, May 22,2026,08:56
China criticised the United States for filing criminal charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro, as the Trump administration stepped up pressure on the Communist-ruled Caribbean island. “The United States needs to stop wielding the big stick of sanctions and judicial measures against Cuba, and stop threatening Cuba with force at every turn,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Thursday. Russia also said that US actions “cannot be condoned”. The US on Wednesday... .. read more..
India and China are cautiously getting closer, thanks to Trump
Friday, May 22,2026,08:30
Perhaps the most fascinating and important aspects of US President Donald Trump’s jolt to the global economy have been its unintended consequences, especially the impact on relations between China and India. Two consistent aspects of Trump’s meandering narrative are to “make America great again” by bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US, and to hobble China as an economic and strategic threat. A decade later, there has been negligible progress on either objective. Instead, the unintended... .. read more..
As its firms look overseas, China overtakes US to become top foreign investor...
Friday, May 22,2026,08:02
China overtook the US to become Germany’s top single-country source of foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, a German government report said. There were 228 greenfield and expansion projects from Chinese companies recorded in Germany last year, compared with 206 from the United States, Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), the government’s economic development and foreign trade agency, said in its annual report, which was published on Thursday. The country’s top five foreign investment sources... .. read more..
Chinese and Dutch scientists turn corn to sustainable plastic, inspired by sp...
Friday, May 22,2026,08:00
Scientists from China and the Netherlands have created a corn protein-based biopolymer with a process inspired by spider silk that could offer a sustainable alternative to plastics based on fossil fuel. “Plant-derived biopolymers may become sustainable alternatives to fossil-based polymers, yet their poor material performance has so far limited their adoption,” the team said in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications on May 11. The scientists, inspired by how spiders... .. read more..
Selfies and symbolism: behind the scenes from Xi’s summit with Trump and Putin
Friday, May 22,2026,06:30
The presidents of the United States and Russia visited Beijing on separate trips in May to meet with President Xi Jinping. The South China Morning Post produced extensive coverage of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s summit meetings in Beijing. Here are some of the highlights of our coverage, taking you behind the headlines and beyond the summit stages to show the politics, symbolism and moments that shaped Xi’s meetings with Trump and Putin. If you would like to see more of our reporting,... .. read more..
China’s commerce chief Wang Wentao expected in Brussels on June 29 and 30: so...
Friday, May 22,2026,06:04
Commerce Minister Wang Wentao is expected in Brussels for crunch talks with EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic on June 29 and 30, as trade tensions between the sides threaten to reach fever pitch. Wang’s trip – confirmed by people familiar with the planning – will come on the heels of several top-level debates in the Belgian capital about how the bloc should tackle the perceived threat of an industrial shock to its economy attributed to China’s policies. Next week, the European Commission will hold... .. read more..
China’s SMIC clears final hurdle for US$6 billion takeover of SMNC
Friday, May 22,2026,05:01
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest wafer foundry, has cleared the final regulatory hurdle for a share-based acquisition of the remaining 49 per cent stake in its Beijing-based foundry unit, paving the way for what could become the largest merger and restructuring deal on Shanghai’s Star Market. China’s securities regulator approved SMIC’s plan to issue 547.2 million A-shares to five shareholders of Semiconductor Manufacturing North China (Beijing)... .. read more..
Leaders Xi, Putin meet over tea; rare earth find in northeast China: SCMP’s 7...
Friday, May 22,2026,04:34
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Substance for Putin, ‘face’ for Trump as China, Russia deepen strategic alliance Days after US President Donald Trump’s visit framed around managing risks, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached a... .. read more..
China’s Tsinghua University honours German Gref, Russian banker sanctioned by US
Friday, May 22,2026,04:00
A leading Chinese university has given a Russian banker sanctioned by the United States a prestigious honorary academic title, soon after they signed a partnership agreement on innovative development. German (also known as Herman) Gref, CEO and chairman of Russia’s Sberbank, has been given the title of “distinguished visiting professor” by Tsinghua University, according to Russian state news agency Ria on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter. Gref was part of the delegation... .. read more..
China’s vast new canal link to Southeast Asia set to open earlier than expected
Friday, May 22,2026,03:00
China’s landmark Pinglu Canal has entered its final phase of construction and is set to begin trial operations as early as September, with a first shipping route linking the country’s heartlands to the free-trade port of Hainan, according to Chinese state media reports. The Pinglu Canal – China’s most ambitious waterway project in centuries – will stretch 134km (83 miles) from Nanning, capital of the southern Guangxi region, to the Gulf of Tonkin, known as the Beibu Gulf in China. The aim is to... .. read more..
China-US stability may not last, ex-Asia adviser to Obama says
Friday, May 22,2026,02:26
Dr Evan Medeiros is the Penner family chair in Asia studies and the Cling family distinguished fellow in US-China studies at Georgetown University. He has served as the National Security Council’s director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, and later as special assistant to the president and senior director for Asia. Medeiros was former president Barack Obama’s top adviser on the Asia-Pacific and was previously a policy adviser to Hank Paulson when he was Treasury secretary. He has also held senior... .. read more..
‘Cash is king’: Hong Kong, mainland Chinese firms hoard reserves as growth op...
Friday, May 22,2026,02:09
More companies and conglomerates in Hong Kong and mainland China are hoarding cash on their balance sheets – following the approach of billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s investment vehicle – as returns from mature industries remain steady but modest amid a fragile global economic recovery. The trend has heightened investor focus on whether idle funds will be redeployed into new economy ventures, dividends or buy-backs. Cash holdings among Hong Kong- and Shanghai-listed companies most... .. read more..
China-Russia: energy ties
Friday, May 22,2026,01:37
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Boeing went to China to sell planes. Beijing is buying something else
Friday, May 22,2026,01:30
When Air Force One touched down in Beijing, one of the most photographed passengers was Boeing’s chief executive, Kelly Ortberg, there to close a deal. Washington had come to sell aircraft. Beijing was buying something else. The last time this scene played out in 2017, China signed an agreement for 300 Boeing aircraft. Since then, it has pursued an industrial programme aimed at reducing dependence on precisely such orders. That effort has not failed, but neither has it advanced at the pace... .. read more..
‘We really do not trust each other’: former US envoy foresees wary new phase ...
Friday, May 22,2026,01:00
Former US ambassador to China Max Baucus has described the latest US-China summit as ushering in a new phase of wary “constructive stability”, with both sides focused more on preventing crises rather than building trust or meaningfully resetting their relationship. In an interview on Wednesday, Baucus said last week’s Beijing summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump served as a guard rail to prevent breakdown and escalation, while revealing the limits of the... .. read more..
China is losing the LLM race but it can still win in AI, ex-Tencent AI lead says
Friday, May 22,2026,01:00
For years, Liu Wei was synonymous with Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings’ artificial intelligence efforts. A distinguished scientist at the Shenzhen-based company, Liu was also head of its Hunyuan team, the firm’s foundational model development unit for the generative AI era. But in late 2024, Liu’s departure from Tencent after more than eight years sparked immediate speculation as to why he left. Hunyuan was introduced only a year earlier – so why did Liu suddenly quit one of China’s most... .. read more..
AI boom fuels US$11.6b data centre investment in Asia-Pacific as Hong Kong ey...
Thursday, May 21,2026,23:00
The artificial intelligence boom is partially spurring investment in Asia-Pacific’s data centre properties with a record US$11.6 billion worth of capital poured into the segment in 2025, according to CBRE. In Hong Kong, while AI-related demand is unlikely to be met because of technical limitations, leasing of data centre space was supported by “hyperscale CSPs (cloud service providers), mainland Chinese technology and e-commerce companies and financial institutions”, the property consultancy... .. read more..
China moves to secure critical mineral supply chain with sweeping new framework
Thursday, May 21,2026,23:00
China will strengthen strategic control over its mineral resources – including rare earths – through a new set of regulations that coordinate mining, processing, utilisation and stockpiling, as policymakers prioritise resource security amid intensifying geopolitical competition. The 79-article regulations on implementing the new mineral resources law were promulgated by Premier Li Qiang and will take effect on June 15. They set out principles for building a more secure reserve system for... .. read more..
SpaceX’s whopping US$75 billion IPO sparks liquidity fears as Fed rate-increa...
Thursday, May 21,2026,22:00
Global initial public offering (IPO) markets are hunkering down ahead of SpaceX’s US$75 billion flotation, as billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial aerospace unit is set to siphon off capital and tighten liquidity amid rising expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to curb inflation. With investor demand expected to be overwhelming, the offering on Wall Street could be the world’s biggest-ever, exceeding Saudi Aramco’s US$29.4 billion in 2019. SpaceX’s IPO would already be... .. read more..
China is replacing Middle East oil with Xinjiang coal. What does it mean for ...
Thursday, May 21,2026,22:00
As the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China’s coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visited the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang – one of China’s four major bases for large-scale, modern coal-chemical production. In the second of a two-part series, she discovers how China is leveraging coal chemicals to offset oil shocks. It is late April, and northern Xinjiang is already gripped by scorching heat. Salt flats... .. read more..
US casts Cuba as China-linked security threat while still pushing for talks
Thursday, May 21,2026,21:16
One day after the United States brought criminal charges against former Cuban leader Raul Castro over the 1996 shooting down of two civilian aircraft, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio portrayed Cuba as both a growing national security threat tied to China and Russia and a candidate for a negotiated political transition. The comments came amid renewed friction between Washington and Beijing over Cuba after China criticised the US charges against Castro and accused... .. read more..
US foreign affairs chairman warns of China role in Argentina contract bid
Thursday, May 21,2026,20:36
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast has warned US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of “Chinese malign influence” in a bid for a major contract in Argentina, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The April 23 letter concerns an auction for a 25-year contract to dredge and operate Argentina’s Parana River, a vital waterway for most of the country’s agricultural exports, that Argentina estimates will reach US$10 billion in investment. The terms of the tender, which is in its... .. read more..
Trump scraps signing AI executive order to keep ‘lead’ over China in industry
Thursday, May 21,2026,19:47
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had postponed the signing of a planned executive order on regulating artificial intelligence (AI), out of concern that it might undermine America’s leading position over China in the field. “We’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. The signing ceremony, which was originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, was delayed... .. read more..
China and Russia unite on world order, but Putin departs without concrete gains
Thursday, May 21,2026,15:00
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit this week offered China another opportunity to showcase its diplomatic weight after hosting US President Donald Trump. But behind the display of solidarity and trust, the packed trip appeared to yield few concrete gains for Moscow – notably no deals on the closely watched Power of Siberia 2 pipeline project. Still, Chinese observers said the trip reflected the shared push by Beijing and Moscow for a multipolar world order, even as economic and strategic... .. read more..
2 Chinese supertankers join flotilla exiting Hormuz as stand-off appears to thaw
Thursday, May 21,2026,14:00
Three fully laden supertankers – including two Chinese vessels – crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, in a possible sign that Tehran may be starting to open up the vital waterway to more shipping traffic. The exit of the three very large crude carriers (VLCCs) came on the same day that Iran confirmed it had allowed 26 vessels to transit the strait – a hefty uptick compared with the level of traffic Iranian forces have generally permitted since the war began. The moves appeared to signal an... .. read more..
Hong Kong set to be ousted by Nasdaq as the world’s biggest IPO market – but ...
Thursday, May 21,2026,13:00
Hong Kong is expected to remain among the top three initial public offering (IPO) markets worldwide this year, even though it will soon be dethroned by the US Nasdaq, which will host SpaceX’s jumbo flotation. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s (HKEX) main board is poised to lose its crown as the world’s largest market for IPOs when billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial aerospace unit is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, according to the prospectus filed by SpaceX in New York on Wednesday. The... .. read more..
AI gives China ‘God’s-eye view’ of solar, wind installations as data-centre d...
Thursday, May 21,2026,13:00
In a significant leap for green-energy tracking, researchers from Peking University and Alibaba Group’s Damo Academy have used AI to map hundreds of thousands of solar and wind installations across China. The initiative resulted in a first-of-its-kind national inventory designed to help coordinate the country’s ambitious green transition. By leveraging a self-developed AI model from Damo, the research team processed a massive 7.56 terabytes of satellite imagery. The algorithm identified 319,972... .. read more..
Asia-Pacific trade risks loom large as Apec official warns of protectionism, ...
Thursday, May 21,2026,12:30
To address widening trade imbalances across the Asia-Pacific region, surplus-heavy nations such as China should be buying more, and deficit-running economies need to bolster their competitiveness, a top Apec official said on Thursday. “China has been developing significantly in recent decades … [becoming] sort of a global producer for the whole world. But now, the next challenge is for China to become the market for the whole world,” said Carlos Kuriyama, director of the Policy Support Unit at... .. read more..
Russia, US increasingly see China as an anchor for peace and prosperity
Thursday, May 21,2026,12:30
Beijing is increasingly seen as key to securing international stability and economic opportunities, a status which both Washington and Moscow are converging on. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent foreign policy interactions with the leaders of the United States and Russia highlight China’s rising strategic position – acting as a significant player in global affairs, from the conflict in Ukraine to the volatile situation with Iran. Xi’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin has... .. read more..
China’s J-10CE jets defeat Eurofighters 9-0 in mock battles, CCTV confirms
Thursday, May 21,2026,12:05
China has confirmed that its J-10CE fighter went undefeated against Eurofighter Typhoon jets during nine simulated air combat exercises in 2024. State broadcaster CCTV reported last week that the aircraft won all nine of its engagements in simulated combat against the multi-role fighter, without specifying the details of the exercise or which countries took part. However, Pakistani media reported that the mock battles took place during the “Zilzal-II” joint air exercise in Qatar in January 2024.... .. read more..
China breaks ground on US$5b aviation complex in UAE as Iran war risks linger
Thursday, May 21,2026,11:00
Despite instability in the Middle East, China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has begun building the world’s largest aircraft maintenance complex in the United Arab Emirates, underscoring China’s growing dominance in overseas infrastructure. The project, worth more than US$5 billion and one of the largest construction deals a Chinese builder has secured in the region, will comprise eight large maintenance hangars for aircraft storage, covering about 1.21 million square metres (13 million... .. read more..
China slams US ‘big stick’ over Castro charges and ‘unauthorised’ sanctions o...
Thursday, May 21,2026,10:58
China has condemned the United States for charging former Cuban leader Raul Castro, as the Trump administration escalates pressure on the island’s socialist government. The US on Wednesday announced criminal charges against Castro over the 1996 downing of two civilian planes flown by Miami-based Cuban exiles. All four on board, including three American citizens, were killed in the incident. China “firmly opposes” illegal unilateral sanctions that lack a basis in international law and are not... .. read more..