A brief exchange between representatives from Taiwan and China at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meeting is a “positive” development for relations across the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s Presidential Office said Monday. China cut an official communications mechanism with Taiwan in June after new President ...
Two Canadian lawyers came to Australia’s Parliament House on Monday to persuade lawmakers to pass a motion urging China to immediately end the practice of what they say is organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. David Kilgour, a former prosecutor and Canadian secretary of ...
Eight people were killed Sunday when fighting broke out in a northern Myanmar town on the border with China, a region long plagued by ethnic rebel insurgencies. The clashes are another blow to civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s hopes of forging a nationwide ...
The leaders of the 12 states in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agree to continue efforts to activate the trade deal despite a U-turn in support expected from the U.S.
Whether President-elect Donald Trump goes through with a deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea will be a key indicator to how political ties unfold with China, sources with ties to the leadership in Beijing said. Beijing also kept a close eye ...
China’s ambitions to tighten up regulation of the internet have found a second wind in old fears — terrorism and fake news. Chinese officials and business leaders speaking at the third World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen last week called for more rigid cybergovernance, ...
Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping met for the final time Saturday, with the Chinese leader warning the period after Donald Trump’s election is a “hinge moment” in relations between the two powers. Without referring to Trump directly, Xi spoke of his hope for ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping, in separate meetings with the leaders of the Philippines and Vietnam, said disputes over the South China Sea should be resolved bilaterally, state media reported Sunday. The comments underscore Beijing’s opposition to involving other countries or international organizations in the ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged further economic opening on Saturday as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries sought new free trade options following Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president on promises to scrap or renegotiate trade deals. All eyes were on China at this year’s APEC ...
Although Prime Minister Abe described his talks Thursday with President-elect Trump as “very warm,” analysts say Japan may need to consider more self-reliant diplomacy when working with the new U.S. leader.
In an apparent bid to allay fears of an American pullback from Northeast Asia, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser has called U.S.-South Korean ties a “vital alliance” as the two nations seek to rein in North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, a ...
A summit of top world leaders was urged Friday to fight rising protectionism after Donald Trump’s election victory stoked fears that free trade and the global economy are under threat. Trump, who triumphed in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential vote, tapped the anger of ...
