India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, prompting Delhi to fast-track plans for its own dam to mitigate the effects. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/asia-pacific/politics/china-dam-water-war-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #india #narendramodi #xijinping #water #conservation #dams #climatechange #environment #rivers #hydropower #tibet
Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling on his country to advance key infrastructure projects in Tibet such as its massive 1.2 trillion yuan mega-dam to spur development in the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/asia-pacific/politics/xi-dam-rail-tibet-development/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #xijinping #tibet
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China would not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/16/asia-pacific/trump-xi-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #donaldtrump #us #xijinping
U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping told him he would not invade democratic Taiwan as long as the American president remains in office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/16/asia-pacific/politics/trump-xi-china-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #uschinarelations #china #us #taiwan #pla #usmilitary #xijinping #donaldtrump
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke with his Chinese counterpart following talks with the leaders of India and Russia as part of his outreach after the nation became a target of the U.S. trade war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/world/politics/lula-xi-modi-putin-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #china #xijinping #india #narendramodi #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump #g20 #brics
China risks another leadership vacuum in its foreign ministry, with a top diplomat who had been widely viewed as the nation’s next foreign minister being detained for questioning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/asia-pacific/politics/xi-diplomat-china-foreign-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #xijinping #china
Outwardly, China’s military has never been stronger. Internally, it is experiencing its most serious leadership disarray in years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/asia-pacific/politics/xi-scandals-china-military-elite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #xijinping
Chinese courts sentenced two former soccer officials to prison terms of over a decade and imposed massive fines on Wednesday, part of an ongoing crackdown on graft in the sport. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/30/soccer/china-soccer-officials-corruption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #china #corruption #xijinping #liujun #wangxiaoping
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is set to delay a diplomatically sensitive trip his team had floated to the Trump administration for August that would have included stops in the United States https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/world/politics/taiwan-lai-us-stopover-china-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #taiwan #laichingte #xijinping #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Manzhouli, a Chinese border town, is keeping Russia's economy afloat with its economic strategy of "Russian supply, Chinese processing.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/world/politics/chinese-border-town-russia-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #xijinping #vladimirputin
Top European Union representatives will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other key leaders in their first in-person summit since 2023 that’s uncovering a divide between the bloc and Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/world/politics/xi-eu-summit-trade-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #xijinping #eu #ursulavonderleyen #europe#liqiang
Aides to Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed a potential meeting between the leaders during a trip by the U.S. president to Asia later this year, according to two people familiar with the plans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/xi-china-trump-us-meeting-apec/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #xijinping #indopacific #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #apec #russia #vladimirputin
A shift in U.S. strategy for selling advanced technology to China could be a sign of what's to come in the relationship between the world’s biggest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/tech/trump-china-nvidia-reversal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech#uschinarelations #donaldtrump #xijinping #chipmakers #nvidia
U.S. President Donald Trump has dialed down his confrontational tone with China to try to secure a summit with counterpart Xi Jinping and a trade deal with the world’s second-largest economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/politics/trump-china-xi-summit-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #xijinping #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
China’s humming factories threw a lifeline to an economy struggling with weak demand in the second quarter. That’s given policymakers space to fight deflation — if they choose to do more than just hitting growth targets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/16/economy/china-growth-xi-deflation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #inflation #xijinping #globaleconomy #trade #tariffs
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that "dialogue" must be at the heart of ties between Canberra and Beijing as he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/asia-pacific/politics/albanese-xi-australia-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #anthonyalbanese #china #xijinping #indopacific #taiwan #us #donaldtrump
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is likely after having his first face-to-face meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Malaysia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/politics/xi-trump-summit-likely/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #china #donaldtrump #xijinping #marcorubio #wangyi #trade #tariffs
Speculation about Xi Jinping losing his grip on power overlooks how China’s evolving digital authoritarianism absorbs dissent through algorithmic control and selective visibility to reinforce CCP rule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/10/world/china-online-dissent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #ccp #chinesecommunistparty #freespeech #xijinping