Over the past 15 years, China has expanded its once-minimal military presence in the South China Sea into a significant one. Beijing has laid claim to nearly all of the strategic waterway, a vital shipping lifeline for the global economy that is ric
BEIJING: Beijing said on Friday (Oct 4) it "firmly opposes" a European Union plan to slap extra tariffs on Chinese electric cars, condemning it as "protectionist". EU countries voted to approve imposing tariffs of up to 45 per cent on Chinese EVs, d