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This screengrab from video taken and released by China's state broadcaster CCTV on 27 July 2020 shows the US flag (centre L) being lowered at the United States Consulate in Chengdu in southwestern Sichuan province. Chinese authorities took over the US consulate in Chengdu on 27 July, the foreign ministry said, days after Beijing ordered it to close in retaliation for the shuttering of its consulate in Houston. Picture: AFP.

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China takes possession of closed US consulate in Chengdu: foreign ministry

By AFP

Relations deteriorated in recent weeks in a Cold War-style standoff, with the Chengdu mission Friday ordered to shut in retaliation for the forced closure of...

  • FILE: US and Chinese flags are seen as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet at the US Department of State 23 May 2018 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    China orders US to shut Chengdu consulate, retaliating for Houston

    The foreign ministry spokesman said some Chengdu consulate personnel were 'conducting activities not in line with their identities' and had interfered in China’s affairs and harmed China’s security interests, but he did not say how.

    661 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    China says US moves against Huawei are 'dirty play'

    The pushback from Beijing came a day after the US announced visa restrictions for Huawei employees and those of other Chinese firms if they were involved in human rights abuses.

    669 days ago
  • Zynn logo. Picture: App Store screenshot

    TikTok lookalike Zynn brings Chinese video app rivalry to US

    Zynn, a product of China's number-two video app maker Kuaishou, launched in May and became the most popular free app in the US Apple App Store just a month later.

    708 days ago
  • The Huawei logo stands on a Huawei office building in Dongguan in China’s southern Guangdong province on 18 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    China asks United States to stop 'unreasonable suppression' of Huawei

    The Trump administration on Friday moved to block global chip supplies to blacklisted telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies.

    730 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump calls on World Bank to stop lending to China

    Trump was reiterating a position long held by his administration, including David Malpass when he was a Treasury Department official before his election as the current head of the World Bank.

    891 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    White House to host meeting with tech executives on Huawei ban: sources

    Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will also attend the White House event, to which chipmakers Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc have been invited, the people said.

    1031 days ago
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) waves to the press as he walks with US President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 7, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Trump-Xi meeting at G20 raises hope for trade truce

    Global shares were buoyed by the announcement, with Wall Street rallying on Tuesday and Asian stock markets surging on Wednesday.

    1062 days ago
  • FILE: Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng speaks during the China Development Forum in Beijing on 24 March 2019. Picture: AFP

    China says US should bear 'entire responsibility' for trade talks setbacks

    In a statement, China said the historical experience has proved that any attempt to force a deal through tactics such as smears, undermining and maximum pressure will only spoil the cooperative relationship.

    1079 days ago
  • The Huawei logo stands on a Huawei office building in Dongguan in China’s southern Guangdong province on 18 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    China raises tariffs on US goods amid escalating tensions

    Beijing's move hits $60 billion worth of US goods with new punitive tariffs ranging from five to 25%, and comes in retaliation for Washington raising duty on $200 billion in Chinese goods to 25%.

    1080 days ago
  • The Huawei logo stands on a Huawei office building in Dongguan in China’s southern Guangdong province on 18 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Huawei ban clouds US-China trade talks, tech sector

    The US crackdown, announced on Wednesday, was the latest shot fired in a US-China trade war that is rattling financial markets and threatening to derail a slowing global economy.

    1095 days ago
  • The Chinese flag. Picture: freeimages.com.

    China says 'resolutely opposes' new US law on Tibet

    Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing on Thursday that the law would harm China-US relations if it is implemented.

    1243 days ago
  • FILE: China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    APEC leaders seek unity after US, China spat

    Wrapping up a two-day summit, leaders will strive to craft a statement on the uncontroversial parts of their agenda - pushing for deeper economic integration.

    1275 days ago
  • FILE: China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 9 November 2017. Picture: AFP

    Xi, Trump G20 meeting will be of great significance – China

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Chinese politburo member Yang Jiechi and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe will take part in the talks.

    1285 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump says US tariffs could be applied to Chinese goods worth $500bn

    US Customs and Border Protection said in a notice it would begin collecting the 25% duties on 818 product lines identified in June by the US Trade Representative’s Office.

    1410 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump makes veiled WTO threat after EU warning on car tariffs

    The United States has “a big disadvantage with the WTO. And we’re not planning anything now, but if they don’t treat us properly, we’ll be doing something,” Trump said, without elaborating.

    1413 days ago
  • US Secretary of Defence James Mattis delivers an opening statement on the first day of the 53rd Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on 17 February 2017. Picture: AFP

    US defense chief in China amid rising tensions

    Mattis, the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, was expected to first meet his Chinese counterpart, Defence Minister Wei Fenghe.

    1419 days ago
  • The Chinese flag. Picture: freeimages.com.

    US to shorten length of visas for some Chinese citizens: White House

    The US State Department will implement measures from 11 June to “enhance security for some Chinese visa applicants,” the official said.

    1447 days ago
  • Cargo ship. Picture: Supplied

    Trade fight mounts as Trump threatens $100bn more in China tariffs

    Financial markets, unsettled for days by the trade fight and Trump’s management of it, whipsawed again on the new threat.

    1501 days ago
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