Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) inspects an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony held by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 22, 2013. Li Keqiang arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to Pakistan. Photo: Xinhua Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) is welcomed...
Choe Ryong-hae (center), director of the Korean People’s Army politburo, leaves Pyongyang airport to visit China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un Wednesday. Choe, a top official and confidant of Kim Jong-un, on Wednesday met a senior Chinese official in Beijing ahead of a China-US summit.Photo: AFP North Korean...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) meets with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi, India, May 21, 2013. Photo: Xinhua Chinese premier Li Keqiang wrapped up his visit to India and left Mumbai Wednesday morning for Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. During his Indian visit, which started on Sunday, Li and his Indian counterpart...
BEIJING (AP) — China‘s new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles,...
A soldier and police officer gesture as they secure the area and clear the roads before the motorcade of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang passes by in Islamabad May 22, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Faisal Mahmood By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said,...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrive for a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi May 20, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on...
The first round of talks on resolving a trade dispute with the EU over solar panels has failed to produce a result, a Chinese chamber of commerce involved in the talks said Wednesday, casting a shadow over prospects for future negotiations and efforts to end the high-profile case. “Through the negotiations between the Chinese...
BEIJING, (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday urged relevant countries to fully and earnestly implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and refrain from actions that could amplify or complicate the issue. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response...
BEIJING (Reuters) – China‘s Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses. But while the government tolerates such anti-corruption vigilantism, it is also extremely leery of the threat the Internet can pose to Communist Party rule. The Internet is the new tool in...
(Reuters) - North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat on Tuesday more than two weeks after it was detained in waters between the countries, as China demanded an explanation for the incident that has been a new irritant in ties between the often uneasy allies. Chinese counselor to North Korea Jiang Yaxian had told state media earlier that North Korea had “grabbed”...
