NEW YORK, Aug. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Recently, KAWO, a China-specific social media management platform, released the “2022 Ultimate China Social Media Marketing Cheatsheet,” providing an overview of the country’s mainstream social media platforms. The guide aims to assist brands and agencies in understanding China’s social media landscape and optimizing their social […]
TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – From the South China Sea to the Himalayas, Beijing has shown a willingness to seize on perceived missteps by its rivals to tighten its grip over disputed territory. That’s now playing out around Taiwan. In recent days, the People’s Liberation Army has sought to establish a new status quo on Taiwan with […]
TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – China’s economic measures against Taiwan are unlikely to have a major impact on trade between the two economies given how closely they’re intertwined, a finance ministry official said. The electronics industries in both economies are “highly dependent on each other”, and Taiwan is China’s biggest source of imported integrated circuits, Beatrice Tsai, […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday (Aug 8) that Taiwan is part of China, and China is conducting normal military exercises “in our own waters” in an open, transparent and professional way. The relevant departments have also issued announcements in a timely manner, and this is in line with both domestic […]
BEIJING (AFP) – A senior Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman has prompted a storm of ridicule online, after a late-night tweet where she used restaurant listings to assert Beijing’s claim over Taiwan. “Baidu Maps show that there are 38 Shandong dumpling restaurants and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants in Taipei,” spokeswoman Hua Chunying posted on the social […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin is set for his first visit to China on Monday (Aug 8) as President Yoon Suk-yeol’s government seeks to reassure Beijing about their relationship despite Seoul’s stronger ties with the US and tensions over Taiwan. Mr Park is scheduled for a three-day stay in the eastern port city […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – Myanmar’s ambassador to China died suddenly on Sunday (Aug 7) in the south-western Chinese city of Kunming, according to an obituary in Myanmar state media and diplomatic sources in Beijing. The obituary for Ambassador U Myo Thant Pe by Myanmar’s foreign ministry in a state newspaper on Monday did not specify his cause […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said on Saturday (Aug 6) that criticism by its envoy to China against US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan isn’t the official position of the Malaysian government. Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, the Malaysian Prime Minister’s special envoy to China, on Friday said Mrs […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Tonga should determine its future, not China or any other country, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said during a multi-leg trip to Pacific nations amid growing geopolitical tensions. At a televised event with university students in the Tonga capital Nuku’alofa on Saturday (Aug 6), Ms Sherman said the United States […]
HONIARA (AFP) – A high-ranking United States delegation lands in the Solomon Islands on Saturday (Aug 6), as Washington wrestles with Beijing for influence in the region months after the Pacific nation signed a secretive security pact with China. China’s growing might in the Asia-Pacific will be on display this weekend as it continues to […]
MANILA (AFP, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday (Aug 6) relations between the United States and the Philippines were “quite extraordinary”, and that Washington was committed to its defence pact with Manila. Mr Blinken gave the assurance amid rising tensions in the region following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent […]
BEIJING (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday (Aug 4) that a meeting between China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Japanese counterpart on the sidelines of Asean events in Cambodia has been cancelled. China said the meeting was called off over a G-7 statement expressing concern about Beijing’s “threatening actions” around Taiwan […]
XIAMEN, China (AFP) – On a beach in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, just a few kilometres from an island controlled by the Taiwanese authorities, life is carefree despite some of the worst cross-strait tensions in decades. Ignoring stark warnings from Beijing, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived late on Tuesday (Aug 2) in […]
Offering immersive coffee + e-sports digital experiences to Gen Z customers SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — TH International Limited, the exclusive operator of Tim Hortons coffee shops in China (“Tims China”), today announced the opening of its latest dedicated e-sports café in Shanghai in collaboration with Tencent Holdings (00700.HK), the […]
TAIPEI (AFP) – Ever since Communist China and Taiwan broke away from each other at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949 the waterway separating them has been a tense geopolitical flashpoint. Just 130 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, the Taiwan Strait is a major international shipping channel and all that lies […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – China warned airlines operating in Asia to avoid flying in areas around Taiwan where it is conducting military exercises in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island. An official notice was sent late on Tuesday (Aug 2) Hong Kong time, designating six areas of airspace as “danger […]
This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday the visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a clear provocation. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan […]
TAIPEI (AFP, REUTERS) – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday (Aug 3) that her delegation had come to Taiwan in “peace for the region”, after the visit enraged Beijing and set off a diplomatic firestorm. “We come in friendship to Taiwan, we come in peace to the region,” she said during a meeting […]
BEIJING – China on Wednesday (Aug 3) continued to voice its anger at US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan calling the move “dangerous and stupid” as it announced new economic measures and other sanctions against the island. “The United States should not fantasise about distorting facts at will. The US side claimed that […]
This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday the visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a clear provocation. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan […]