China diplomacy

19 May 2013

China's diplomats have won a long-running cold war with the country's marine officials over the Arctic. For years they debated whether China should join the Arctic Council as an observer, giving...

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Abbas arrives in Beijing for state visit

6 May 2013

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Beijing yesterday for a state visit, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also set to meet Chinese leaders later this week.

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'Punished' for Dalai Lama meeting, British PM cancels Beijing visit

28 Apr 2013

British Prime Minister David Cameron abandoned a trip to China planned for this month as Beijing punished him for meeting the Dalai Lama.

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China, France stress a multipolar world as Hollande visits Beijing

25 Apr 2013

China and France pledged yesterday to promote a new international order that was not dominated by any single superpower. President Xi Jinping told his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, he was...

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Premier Li Keqiang warns North Korea: Halt 'provocations'

14 Apr 2013

Premier Li Keqiang warned Pyongyang to stop being provocative as China and the US renewed their commitment to ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons.

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President Xi Jinping meets John Kerry, says Sino-US relations solid

14 Apr 2013

Top Chinese leaders urged the United States to settle its differences with Beijing on the basis of mutual respect, after declaring Sino-US relations solid during meetings with US Secretary of...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Taiwan would 'expel' mainland trawlers under Japan fishing deal

Taiwan's fishery authorities say they would kick out mainland trawlers caught in areas covered under a new Taipei-Tokyo fishing-rights accord reached on Wednesday.

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China, Australia agree to hold annual prime ministerial meetings

Premier Li Keqiang and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard agreed to hold annual prime ministerial meetings, as Chinese money drives Australia's huge resource boom.

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Yasuo Fukuda, former Japan prime minister, meets Xi Jinping in Boao

Fukuda is serving as chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia, touted as an Asian version of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The annual Boao meeting is held on Hainan Island .

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BOAO FORUM

President Xi Jinping issues call for regional stability

President Xi Jinping said no country should be allowed to cause chaos in the region as he acknowledged Asia faced "new challenges" to its stability amid mounting concern over North Korea's nuclear...

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BOAO FORUM

President Xi Jinping holds summit with Myanmar President Thein Sein

A summit between President Xi Jinping and his Myanmese counterpart, Thein Sein, signalled both nations' desire to revive their strategic partnership, which had cooled since the civilian government...

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China and Russia seek closer bonds - up to a point