Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Munich on Saturday amid hopes to warm bilateral ties in the wake of a Chinese surveillance balloon fallout. “The Secretary directly spoke to the unacceptable violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law by the PRC high-altitude surveillance balloon in U.S. territorial airspace,…
Blinken Meets With Top Chinese Diplomat in Munich Amid Balloon Fallout
US Condemns Chinese Spy Balloon Incursion in First in-Person Meeting
Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Beijing’s act of sending a surveillance balloon over U.S. airspace in the first bilateral meeting he had with his Chinese counterpart. “Just met with the PRC’s top diplomat, Wang Yi,” Blinken wrote on Twitter after their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “I condemned the incursion…
US Condemns Chinese Spy Balloon Incursion in 1st in-Person Meeting
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the first bilateral meeting he has had with his Chinese counterpart, condemned Beijing’s act of sending a surveillance balloon over U.S. airspace. “Just met with the PRC’s top diplomat, Wang Yi,” Blinken wrote on Twitter after their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “I condemned the…
Munich: A City of Modern and Traditional Wonder
Munich seamlessly blends both the urban flair of a vibrant metropolis and the traditional charm of an outlying town. Situated on the Isar river to the north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the capital of Bavaria and the third-largest city in Germany. What started out as a market town in the 12th century has…
Munich: Where Thirst Is Worse Than Homesickness
Heading for the Hofbräuhaus in Munich, I mention to my Bavarian friend, Friedrich, that I’d love to give this venerable beer hall some significance in my guidebook description. Unconvinced that “significance” is worth seeking at a beer hall, he quotes Freud: “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” Stepping through its stubby stone arcade, we…
4 Injured After Old WWII Aircraft Bomb Explodes in Munich: Police
BERLIN—Four people were injured when an old aircraft bomb exploded at a bridge near Munich’s busy main train station on Wednesday, police said on Twitter, raising the number of wounded from three earlier. The Munich fire brigade said one of the people was seriously injured. More than 2,000 tons of live bombs and munitions are…
High Prices, Steady Supply Chain Protect BMW From Industry Woes
BERLIN—BMW beat analysts’ forecasts on Wednesday with a 42.4 percent increase in third quarter net profits to 2.58 billion euros ($2.99 billion) as higher prices and strong electric vehicle (EV) sales offset lower deliveries due to scarce chips. In an earnings call, finance chief Nicolas Peter said the company was confident of topping its target…
Tiny Chips Cast Big Shadow Over Munich Car Show
MUNICH—As carmakers gathered in Munich on Monday to launch almost exclusively zero- or low-emission vehicles, an ongoing semiconductor shortage cast a long shadow over the first major car show since before the pandemic began. Forced to shut down plants last year, carmakers now face increasing competition from the consumer electronics industry for chip deliveries. That…
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