HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) – China demanded Japan immediately and unconditionally free 14 Chinese activists held over a protest landing on disputed islands on Wednesday, as tensions between Tokyo and its neighbors flared on the anniversary of the end of World War Two. The landing by the activists on an island chain in the East...
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing and Pyongyang have agreed to accelerate joint development of two trade zones in North Korea during a visit by leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful uncle Jang Song Thaek. The visit by Jang, a vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission, marks one of the highest-level diplomatic exchanges between the...
(Reuters) – A Syrian government envoy praised China and Russia on their stance towards the bloody conflict engulfing her country in an interview published on Thursday during a visit to Beijing that she said would give officials a “real picture” of the crisis. Envoy Bouthaina Shaaban’s interview with the state-run China Daily was the...
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s vice president is spending an unusually long four days in the United States this month, a move that would once have drawn formal protests from China. Vice President Wu Den-yih stopped in New York for private meetings on his way to visit allied nations in Latin America, and will stay in...
TAIPEI, (Xinhua) — Taiwanese groups gathered in Taipei Wednesday, urging the Japanese government to apologize for atrocities committed by its aggressors and to stop moves intended to encroach on the Diaoyu Islands. Wednesday marked the 67th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in the World War II. Staged by Taiwan’s pro-unification groups, womens’ groups as well...
The uncertain global economic environment has hurt demand for Chinese goods China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has warned that the country’s economy is under pressure and that it is facing problems that may last for some time. However, he said that Beijing will be able to meet its growth target, despite those issues. He said...
Beijing, (IANS) There is a growing discontent across China with speculation that more cities will follow Beijing and Guangzhou and limit the number of new cars. Beijing started capping new car ownership at 20,000 a month through a lottery system as it moved to tackle the traffic gridlock. But the number of applicants reached 1.7...
