Tag: Israel – China Relations
Chinese president ‘looking forward’ to Netanyahu meeting
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted China's Ambassador to Israel Cai Run at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
The ambassador delivered a message from Xi Jinping that the Chinese president is “looking forward” to their...
Netanyahu to visit China
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will pay his first visit to China in six years.
Netanyahu’s office is in advanced talks with the office of Chinese President Xi Jinping to coordinate the Beijing trip, where he is expected...
Israel, China hold first direct talks on free-trade agreement since 2019
Israel and China participated in the first direct talks on a free-trade agreement at the end of March since November 2019 and the eighth round since 2016, Globes reported.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s...
Report: China cautions Israel against allowing US pressure to dictate relations
Senior Israeli Foreign Ministry sources said that one of China’s top diplomats last week warned Israel not to allow American pressure to harm relations with Beijing, reported Axios.
Liu Jianchao, the head of the Chinese Communist...
Chinese diplomat threatened to ‘downgrade relations with Israel over media interview’
A senior Chinese diplomat has threatened to “downgrade relations” with Israel following an interview published in The Jerusalem Post with Taiwan’s foreign minister, the Post’s editor in chief, Yaakov Katz, tweeted on Tuesday.
“Got call from Chinese embassy. Apparently,...
China overtakes US as Israel’s largest source of imports
China became Israel’s largest source of imports in 2021 with $10.7 billion, overcoming the previous top spot held by the United States, revealed Israel’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.
In 2020, imports from the...
Chinese-run port opens in Haifa, new port also in works in Ashdod
Israel opened a Chinese-operated shipping port in Haifa geared to increase competition and the country’s status as a trading nexus.
The 5.5 billion shekel ($1.7 billion) Bay Port at Haifa is being operated by Shanghai...
Report: CIA chief expressed concern to Bennett over Chinese investments in Israel
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Bill Burns told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a visit last week that the U.S. is concerned about Chinese investments in the country, especially in the high-tech sector...
Israel gives China a little taste of its own medicine at UN
In a rare move, reportedly due to U.S. pressure, Israel joined a declaration this week criticizing China at the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over human-rights abuses against Muslims living in the Xinjiang Uyghur...
How China and Russia are using ‘vaccine diplomacy’ to enhance influence in the Middle...
As countries step up their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, the politics around vaccines has intensified. For Israel, which has become a world leader in vaccinating its own population, its reliance on Western-developed vaccines—specifically, the Pfizer-BioNTech...