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Panama’s president says strategic waterway will operate as normal after ruling that advances US policy aims
Panama’s president said ports at each end of the Panama canal would operate as usual after the country’s supreme court ruled the concession held by a subsidiary of a Chinese company was unconstitutional.
The court’s decision on Thursday, which helps US attempts to block any Chinese influence over the strategic waterway, immediately drew a sharp rebuke from Beijing.

Beijing has reversed decision taken in 2021 against British politicians for highlighting human rights violations against Uyghurs
China has lifted sanctions imposed on six serving British MPs and peers after Keir Starmer’s trip to Beijing.
Nine UK citizens were , including five Conservative MPs and two members of the House of Lords.

By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control but also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.

The move follows Donald Trump's previous claim the US was taking the crucial Panama canal "back" from China.

A manufacturing error turned a Lunar New Year toy into an unlikely emblem of workplace fatigue.

US president warns against closer ties with China during British PM’s trip to secure lower tariffs and better market access
Donald Trump has warned the UK against doing business with China, just hours after Keir Starmer lauded the economic relationship during a .
The US president said it was “very dangerous” for the UK to pursue closer ties with the rival superpower as the prime minister’s three-hour talks with Xi Jinping underlined a thaw in previously strained relations.

The leaders of both countries have recently visited Beijing seeking to strengthen economic ties, as tensions with the United States rise.

Keir Starmer hailed the economic benefits of resetting relations with China during a visit to Beijing – the first by a British prime minister in eight years. Starmer said bilateral meetings with China's president, Xi Jinping, and its premier, Li Qiang, 'made some real progress', and announced the halving of tariffs on whisky and visa-free travel to China for British citizens. It comes after Donald Trump warned the UK against doing business with China

Sir Keir Starmer's visit to China brought agreements on visas, services, healthcare, green tech and finance.

An archaeological team uncovered surprising evidence of Chinese cowboys at an historic Oregon ranch, revealing untold stories of immigrants in the American West.

By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control, but has also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.

PM says trip to China has put relationship in stronger place, but possible return visit angers British critics
Keir Starmer has taken a big step towards rapprochement with China, opening the door to a UK visit from Xi Jinping in a move that drew immediate anger from British critics of Beijing.
During the first visit by a UK prime minister to China in eight years – a period which Starmer has described as an “ice age” – he said talks with the Chinese president had left the bilateral relationship in a stronger position.