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China will give as good as it gets in trade war with US

China will respond to any new US tariffs on Chinese products with countermeasures of the “same proportion” and intensity, Beijing’s ambassador to the US said on Tuesday, as the threat of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies continues to loom large.

SCMP | 2018-04-04 10:30

What reaction to Trump's 'affair' with Stormy Daniels tells us about US attitudes to sex

There’s a history of marital indiscretion among many occupants of the Oval Office. Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Warren G. Harding.

SCMP | 2018-04-03 10:27

Chinese diplomat gets key role on N. Korean issues as Beijing fights to remain relevant

A veteran diplomat is set to take over as China’s deputy special representative for Korean affairs, as Beijing seeks to avoid being sidelined on the peninsula amid plans for North Korea to hold talks with both South Korea and the United States, sources said.

SCMP | 2018-03-28 10:27

Kim Jong-un says 'North Korea is committed to denuclearization'

Retired US Army general, foreign affairs chair eyed for US envoy to South Korea

A retired US Army general and the chairman of the US house foreign affairs committee have emerged as candidates to become US President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Seoul.

SCMP | 2018-03-14 15:19

Chinese woman marries her grandad so he doesn't have to miss her big day

A Chinese woman who feared her elderly grandfather might not live to see her get married decided to take matters into her own hands by having mock wedding photographs taken, with her dressed all in white and him in a smart three-piece suit.

SCMP | 2018-03-13 10:30

Xi is changing the constitution, but what's his endgame?

Soon after Xi Jinping took the helm of the Communist Party in 2012, he gathered China’s political elite in Beijing to mark the 30th anniversary of its modern constitution.

SCMP | 2018-03-12 10:54

Xi Jinping cleared to stay on as China's president

Xi confident as lawmakers vote to remove term limit

Under the watch of a confident and relaxed President Xi Jinping, nearly 3,000 Chinese lawmakers were nearly unanimous in their approval on Sunday of changes to the state constitution that included removing the term limit on the presidency.

SCMP | 2018-03-12 10:45

Xi Jinping cleared to stay on as China's president

Xi Jinping cleared to stay on as China's president

China’s legislature gave near-unanimous approval to sweeping changes to the constitution on Sunday, formally removing term limits to enable Xi Jinping to stay on as the president beyond 2023.

SCMP | 2018-03-11 19:01

China 'doesn't want a trade war' with US

China said on Sunday that it did not want a trade war with the US but would not sit idly by and allow its interests to be hurt, after the two sides agreed to hold further talks on the issue in Beijing soon.

SCMP | 2018-03-05 10:33

Hong Kong man arrested for suspected theft of comfort women statues

Police arrested a 51-year-old man in the early hours of Thursday on suspicion of stealing two “comfort women” statues placed near the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong.

SCMP | 2018-02-02 10:45

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