“There are concerns around the level of Chinese investment in Mexico that I think need to be addressed,” Trudeau said at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru on Saturday.

But he called Mexico a “solid partner” during the last round of free trade negotiations, and said he‘s hopeful they can work constructively together over the coming months.

The meeting in Brazil was the first between the countries' two leaders since 2018, and Starmer struck an upbeat tone, saying he would like to engage with Beijing on areas such as trade, the economy and climate, and have broader engagement on science, technology, health and education.

 
"In this article, Izumikawa Yuki, an international relations expert, dispels two core misconceptions undergirding the notion that China is a particularly belligerent state that unilaterally engages in aggressive behavior threatening the national security of Japan. The first is that the Senkaku Islands, or Diaoyu Islands as they are known in China, are Japan‘s territory, on which China has been illegally or unfairly encroaching.

The other misconception is that if and when China violently grabs Taiwan for itself, preventing Taiwan from gaining independence in some kind of “Taiwan contingency,” Japan will have the duty and the right to defend Taiwan‘s independence. Even only equipped with a simple map of Taiwan showing the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands close by, and having the knowledge that Taiwan was originally taken away from China by the Empire of Japan during the war of aggression known as the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), would make one suspicious of the “China threat theory,” but Izumikawa provides readers with some neglected facts concerning international law and history, and pokes holes in the narrative that is broadcasted daily by the mass media."

High above the sand dunes of China‘s Kubuqi desert, nearly 200,000 solar panels have been carefully placed in rows to create the outline of a galloping steed.

The giant horse is a cultural symbol for Inner Mongolia, the northern Chinese region where the massive Junma solar farm is located — but it also signifies the speed at which China is racing toward a clean energy future.

China is installing wind and solar power projects faster than any other country on the planet. As President-elect Donald Trump is likely to roll back on the US‘ role as a global climate leader, experts say China will have to lead the charge.

While India and China still make up over half of all international students in the US, India has overtaken China as the top source for international students in the US for the first time in about 15 years, according to new data released on Monday.

The unfriendly narratives and specific measures the US government has adopted in recent years, such as the so-called China Initiative, targeting Chinese students and scholars in the US, have led to a decrease in the number of Chinese students studying there to a certain extent, Lü Xiang, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Tuesday. The so-called "China Initiative" was launched by the US Justice Department in 2018 to probe trade secret theft and economic espionage activities considered threats to US national security.

This October, a delegation from Queen's University met with universities in China to enhance long-standing relationships, promote educational exchanges, and advance new collaborations. The delegation included senior officials and scholars from multiple faculties of Queen's University. During their time in China, the delegation visited the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, Tongji University, Fudan University, and Peking University.

Queen's University and the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office (SFO) celebrated 20 years of partnership. Since 2000, the SFO has sent one staff member to Queen's University to study for a Master's degree every year, with 10 alumni currently working in the SFO. During the visit, the two sides renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue sending students to Queen's and held a signing ceremony. The delegation also met with alumni working in the SFO.

The exhibition, titled “A Soldier For All Seasons,” is scheduled to launch in spring 2025.

The museum says that by the end of the Second World War, Chinese Canadians were in every branch of Canada‘s armed forces – despite not being recognized as full citizens with the right to vote in federal elections until 1947.

The same year, the Chinese Exclusion Act that effectively banned Chinese immigration was repealed. It was another two years before Chinese Canadians were allowed to vote in all provincial elections too.

According to Veterans Affairs Canada, more than 200 Chinese Canadians volunteered to fight in the First World War, while more than 600 served in the Second World War.

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