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LONDON/HONG KONG -The rule of law in Hong Kong is profoundly compromised in areas of the law where the government has strong opinions, a British judge who recently... -June 10, 2024 at 09:11 pm EDT - MarketScreener

HONGKONG-BRITAIN-JUDGES-RULES:Explainer-British judges resignations put Hong Kong rule of law in spotlight | World News

In launching two days of punishment drills to protest against what it sees as the separatist instincts of Taiwans newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te, Beijing is sending a finely calibrated... -May 23, 2024 at 05:31 am EDT - MarketScreener

After sealing pledges of a new era of strategic partnership with Chinas Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday is set to highlight the growing importance of trade near the Russian...

A vaunted new era of strategic partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Xi Jinping begun in Beijing on Thursday may not exactly have been sealed with a kiss, but... -May 17, 2024 at 03:09 am EDT - MarketScreener

By Bernard Orr, Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) -China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a “new era” of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon that was sowing chaos across the world. Xi greeted Putin on…

By Greg Torode and Guy Faulconbridge HONG KONG/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's Beijing visit on Thursday is likely to be light on hard deals but will mark the start of his new presidential term with a show of support from his ...

A senior U.S. official on Thursday urged China and Russia to match declarations by the United States and others that only humans, and never artificial intelligence, would make decisions on deploying...

Senior Chinese military officials held separate meetings with U.S. and Russian naval counterparts during a Western Pacific naval symposium in Qingdao this week, a Chinese defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Spokesperson Wu Qian told a media briefing in Beijing that China's naval commander Admiral Hu Zhongming and political commissar Yuan Huazhi had a "deep exchange of views" with U.S. Pacific Fleet chief Admiral Stephen Koehler and Russia's naval commander Admira...

By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – Amid reports that China is expanding its electronic eavesdropping capabilities in Cuba – which Beijing has denied – China’s evolving military surveillance network has some way to go to match the sweep and reach of the U.S. and its allies, defence and intelligence analysts say. WHAT IS A…