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Chinese defense chief close to Xi to attend key Asia security forum next month
China's Defense Minister will deliver a "highly anticipated" speech at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue next month — the first time in eight years that Beijing has sent such a high-level official to the annual security gathering, which will include a speech by the acting ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to meet the Dalai Lama during a 2014 visit to India but a "cautious" New Delhi did not allow it to happen, a new book has claimed. The 83-year-old Buddhist monk has made India his home since fleeing the Tibetan ...
China blocks all language editions of Wikipedia ahead of Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
Beijing has broadened its block of online encyclopedia Wikipedia to include all language editions, an internet censorship research group reported just weeks ahead of China's most politically explosive anniversary. According to a report by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), China started blocking all ...
China vows 'people's war' as trade fight with U.S. takes nationalist turn
Among China's most surprising responses to the trade war has been its reluctance to use its vast state media empire to rally the home front. That's changed since U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff barrage. In recent days, the once-banned phrase "trade war" has roared ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping declared Wednesday there was "no clash" of civilizations and denounced racial supremacy as "stupid" amid tensions with the United States and concerns over Beijing's rising global power. His remarks came after a top-level U.S. official last month described the rivalry between ...
Xi visit to Japan as state guest to be put off until next year: sources
Japan and China are making arrangements for President Xi Jinping to visit Tokyo as a state guest next year, rather than this year as initially planned, due to a tight schedule, according to sources familiar with the situation. During his visit to China last October, ...
Trump says he will meet Xi at Osaka G20 summit after defiant China hits U.S. with new tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month as the trade war between the world's two largest economies intensified, sending shivers through global markets. China announced earlier it would impose higher tariffs on a range of U.S. ...
France said to have granted asylum to wife of ex-Interpol chief jailed in China
The wife of Meng Hongwei, the former Interpol president jailed in China for what she believes are political reasons, said Monday that France has saved her life and the lives of their two young boys by granting her asylum request. The French government office that ...
China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, to visit Japan starting Thursday
China's top diplomat will start a three-day visit to Japan on Thursday that will include a meeting with national security adviser Shotaro Yachi, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday. Yang Jiechi is likely to work out details of President Xi Jinping's planned visit to Japan ...
White House adviser says Trump and Xi likely to hold talks at Osaka G20 meeting in June
President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are likely to meet during a Group of 20 summit in Osaka at the end of June and discuss trade, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday. "Let me repeat again the strong possibility that ...
Tariff war looks to threaten Beijing's global economic ambitions
China's intensified tariff war with the Trump administration is threatening Beijing's ambition to transform itself into the dominant player in global technology. The United States is a vital customer and source of technology for Chinese makers of electronics, medical equipment and other high-tech exports — ...
China still 'cautiously optimistic' on U.S. trade talks despite new tariffs
China and the United States have agreed to hold more trade talks in Beijing, Vice Premier Liu He said as U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his trade chief to begin the process of imposing tariffs on all remaining imports from China. Liu voiced a measured ...
