The US government is planning to temporarily lift the trade sanctions that it imposed on ZTE Corporation. The future of the Chinese telecommunication provider however will still be dependent on its commitment with the US.
U.S. authorities have made another arrest in relation to the ongoing investigations on the United Nations bribery scandal, wherein a former U.N. General Assembly president faciliated the acquisition of diplmatic positions in exchange for large sums of money.
After the United States imposed new sanctions on North Korea in retaliation for its nuclear and rocket tests, China expressed its opposition to these unilateral sanctions saying they could raise tension,
A legal expert from Beijing suggested the positioning of Mainland Officers to the West Kowloon Terminus of the controversial Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway. This is withouth changing the Basic Law which implies that it will go directly under the noses of the lawmakers without being scruitinized.
