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Shares plummet after Ernie Bot AI chatbot software falls short of expectations at unveiling in Beijing

China has leverage on Iran and Tehran will find it difficult to explain if it does not honor the agreement signed with Saudi Arabia in Beijing, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to re-establish relations, seven years after they were severed, following talks…

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said China makes many promises that are unfulfilled after Honduras announced it would seek official relations with Beijing and cut them with Taiwan.

The US and China used to share international students. Shifting diplomacy, aggressive borders and COVID have changed that.

Beijing wants the relationship ‘back on the right track’ regardless of the trilateral pact

Neither Beijing nor Washington seems capable of cooperation or building trust.

BEIRUT — The surprise announcement of a resumption of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, thanks to a deal brokered by Beijing, underscores regional governments’ interest in a de-escalation of tensions — and China’s willingness to wield its economic clout to achieve it.


Honduras will establish diplomatic relations with China, President Xiomara Castro said on Tuesday, a move that would result in the severing of longstanding official ties with Taiwan.

British stance edges closer to the US, but many MPs want government to go further and designate China as a threat