Despite meetings this week in Beijing between senior American and Chinese officials, China is repeating its call to the United States to fix strained relations between the two countries.
China describes Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg’s two-day fence-mending visit to Beijing as candid and in depth.
But, if there has been an improvement in ties [...]
China is urging the US government to cancel plans for President Barack Obama to meet next week with Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu issued a statement Friday, urging the United States to, in his words, “immediately withdraw” plans for a meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama.
Ma [...]
Australia has urged China to handle the case of a Rio Tinto mining executive charged with industrial espionage openly and quickly. Stern Hu, an Australian citizen, was arrested in Shanghai last year with three other Rio Tinto employees.
Australia reacted cautiously to news that Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu and his three Chinese colleagues have been [...]
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi answers questions after a meeting with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner in Paris, 03 Feb 2010
Iran’s key allies, China and Russia, are sending divergent messages on whether to pursue further sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi warned Thursday that talk of additional sanctions is complicating [...]
China has warned of serious repercussions for relations with the United States after the Obama administration’s decision to sell arms to Taiwan.
The Chinese government indicated Tuesday it is still angry over a nearly $6.5 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan that was announced in Washington Friday.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu warned that the sale [...]
(Xinhua) – Ignoring repeated solemn representations made by China, the U.S. government on Friday notified Congress of its nearly 6.4 billion-U.S.-dollar arms sale package to Taiwan.
The sale is a wrong decision, which not only undermines China’s national security interests and her national unification cause, but also once again hurts the national feelings of the Chinese [...]
BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — China and Canada issued a joint statement in Beijing on Thursday after the official talks between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Following are the highlights of the joint statement:
CORE-INTEREST
Both sides reaffirmed the fundamental principle of respecting each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, core interests and [...]
Obamania continues in China. There are two versions of Obama Shanghai Speech: the original one in English and its Chinese translation provided by Xinhua News Agency. For some reasons Xinhua omitted some parts of Obama’s speech, it is interesting to compare the differences between the two versions, here is the complete list of those missing [...]
The spokesman of Somali pirates said they agreed to accept a ransom of 3.5 million U.S. dollars, the Chinese bulk carrier “De Xin Hai” and 25 crew members are to be released next week. A few days ago in regular press conference the spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry was asked about the ransom and negotiations, [...]
(By Shen Dingli) With President Barack Obama’s visit to China just finished, there’s much to contemplate with regard to the dynamics between the two nations that many, rightly or wrongly, are calling a G-2. Mr Obama came to China attempting to settle the direction of America’s relationship with the People’s Republic, and left with increasing [...]
