Title:

 Chinese VP meets Malaysian FM

Author:

Xinhua

Source:

China.org.cn

Date:

September 13, 2019 

Description:

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan met in Beijing Thursday with visiting Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. Noting that China and Malaysia have enjoyed friendly exchanges for around a thousand years, Wang said the in-depth development of bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership in recent years has brought tangible benefits to the two peoples.

Title:

 ​China ups aggression in South China Sea through military exercises

Author:

Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury

Source:

The Economic Times

Date:

 July 9, 2019

Description:

China is holding military exercises in the South China Sea (SCS) ahead of third anniversary of the PCA ruling in favour of Philippines reinforcing its claims in the world’s most critical trade route via sea.

Title:

 China urges U.S. to withdraw arms sales to Taiwan

Author:

Xinhuanet

Source:

China Military

Date:

 July 9, 2019

Description:

China on Tuesday urged the United States to immediately withdraw arms sales to Taiwan and sever military ties with the island. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang made the comments in response to U.S. planned sales of weapons worth 2.22 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan, including M1A2 Abrams tanks and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.

Title:

 China denies US accusations of South China Sea missile tests

Author:

Reuters

Source:

South China Morning Post

Date:

 July 6, 2019

Description:

China’s Defence Ministry on Friday denied US accusations that the Chinese military had recently carried out missile tests in the disputed South China Sea, saying instead that they had held routine drills that involved the firing of live ammunition.

Title:

 U.S. must lift all additional tariffs for agreement with China: commerce ministry

Author:

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Canada

Source:

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Canada

Date:

 July 5, 2019

Description:

BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Because the Sino-U.S. economic and trade frictions were triggered by the U.S. imposition of additional tariffs on Chinese goods, all those tariffs must be lifted if the two countries could reach an agreement, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.

Title:

 China claims ship 'besieged by 7 or 8 Filipino boats'

Author:

Paterno Esmaquel

Source:

Rappler

Date:

 June 14, 2019

Description:

MANILA, Philippines – While admitting one of their own was involved, China denied a Chinese ship sank a Filipino boat in a "hit-and-run" incident in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). In a statement Friday evening, June 14, the Chinese embassy claimed the Chinese vessel was in fact "besieged by 7 or 8 Filipino fishing boats," preventing it from rescuing the Filipino fishermen from their sunken boat. China said the Chinese fishing boat Yuemaobinyu 42212 "engaged in a light purse seine operation" and "was berthed" in the vicinity of Recto Bank (Reed Bank) in the West Philippine Sea "at 2400 hours on June 9, 2019."

Title:

 Chinese tourism to U.S. drops for first time in 15 years

Author:

Associated Press

Source:

LA Times

Date:

 May 28, 2019

Description:

After more than a decade of rapid growth, Chinese travel to the U.S. is falling. And that has cities, malls and other tourist spots scrambling to reverse the trend. Travel from China to the U.S. fell 5.7% in 2018 to 2.9 million visitors, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office, which collects data from U.S. Customs forms. It was the first time since 2003 that Chinese travel to the U.S. slipped from the prior year.

Title:

Palace says Duterte’s China trip highly successful

Author:

Doris Abadilla

Source:

Inquirer

Date:

 April 29, 2019

Description:

President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth visit to China, which he did amid tensions in the South China Sea, was “highly successful,” putting forward national security and interest while boosting ties with the rising Asian economic power, Malacañang said on Sunday.

Title:

 SWS: Most Pinoys back suit vs Xi on sea dispute

Author:

Catherine Valente

Source:

Manila Times

Date:

 April 19, 2019

Description:

Most Filipinos believe that a case filed by former Philippine officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC) tells the world that China should leave the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

Title:

  Hybrid rice seeds yielding hope

Author:

Ma Zhiping

Source:

China Daily

Date:

April 15, 2019 

Description:

Under the scorching sun, fields displaying 31 major hybrid rice varieties grown in Belt and Road countries attracted more than 700 rice experts and businesspeople on Friday to the golden paddy-themed national park in Sanya, Hainan province.