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Chinese President Xi Jinping's government is sparing no expense to its international reputation in its determination to force Canada to back down over the case of a Chinese telecommunications executive it detained last month. While Beijing formally denies any connection, the arrest of two Canadians ...
Why China clings to state capitalism
For Beijing to abandon its policies would mean scrapping its whole economic model, and politically, this would be hard to swallow.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged during his two-day visit to Beijing to achieve "results" that would be welcomed by the international community after his potential next summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, China's state-run media said Thursday. In a meeting with Chinese President ...
Kim Jong Un leaves China after talking with Xi about U.S. sanctions
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Beijing after talking and dining with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to South Korean media, in a show of unity as they engage in delicate negotiations with President Donald Trump's administration. Kim spent a little more than a ...
North Korea's Kim travels to Beijing for meeting with Xi after warning of alternative path
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spending his birthday in Beijing after arriving in the Chinese capital Tuesday — which was believed to be his 35th birthday — for his fourth summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping as talks on a second meeting ...
No white flags seen as U.S. negotiators begin trade war talks in Beijing
U.S. and Chinese negotiators on Monday held their first face-to-face talks since the world's two largest economies agreed to a truce aimed at resolving their trade dispute. The visiting delegation, led by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish, left its hotel in Beijing Monday morning ...
Taiwan president slams Beijing's 'deliberate campaign' to subvert democracy
China's refusal to talk to Taiwan's government is part of a "deliberate campaign" to undermine the island's democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen has warned, capping a week of escalating rhetoric between the two sides. Tensions between Taiwan and China have risen since Tsai came to power ...
China's Xi urges military to be ready for war amid 'risks and challenges' in 2019
Just days into the new year, Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered his country's military to improve its combat readiness and prepare for the possibility of war while also warning of "unprecedented risks and challenges" in 2019. Xi's warning comes amid territorial disputes in the ...
Hong Kong democracy camp kicks off 2019 with protests, braces for confrontational year
Hong Kong's embattled democracy advocates kicked off 2019 with a large street rally on Tuesday, lamenting what they said had been a grim year for freedoms and steeling themselves for fresh battles with Beijing. A thousands-strong crowd — including a small retinue of independence activists ...
The Japan Times newsroom selected the following world news stories as the most important of 2018.
China factory output shrank for the first time in two years in run-up to Trump trade war talks
China's factory activity shrank in December for the first time in more than two years, an official survey showed Monday, intensifying pressure on Beijing to reverse an economic slowdown as it enters trade talks with the Trump administration. The purchasing managers' index of the National ...
Xi to open year of sensitive anniversaries for China with big speech on Taiwan
China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue. In 2019 China will celebrate 70 years since Communist China's founding. Anniversaries are always touchy events in China, where maintaining ...
