A state-run Chinese newspaper says it is “wishful thinking” to expect that Beijing will join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf. The Global Times reported that the US bid to form a coalition of escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is ...
Beijing has accused the US administration of engaging in “anti-China criminal activities” in the increasingly restive semiautonomous city of Hong Kong. “US politicians distort facts and blindly pursue double standards, which is already close to a hysteria. They have colluded with radical criminal elements and are insanely involved into anti-China ...