China’s Xi to visit North Korea as US nuke diplomacy stalls

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:18:21 +0000

China's Xi to visit North Korea as US nuke diplomacy stalls

BEIJING  — Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea this week, state media announced Monday, as U.S. talks

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China’s Xi to visit North Korea as US nuke diplomacy stalls

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:18:21 +0000

China's Xi to visit North Korea as US nuke diplomacy stalls

BEIJING  — Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea this week, state media announced Monday, as U.S. talks

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Hong Kong protesters vow to keep fighting extradition law

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:18:30 +0000

Hong Kong protesters vow to keep fighting extradition law

HONG KONG – Following a day of sit-ins, tear gas and clashes with police, Hong Kong students and civil rights activists vowed Wednesday to keep protesting a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Chinese control and erosion of civil liberties in the former British colony.

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Hong Kong immigration’s action vs Morales a ‘strong-arming by China’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 11:44:03 +0000

Hong Kong immigration’s action vs Morales a ‘strong-arming by China’

The four-hour ordeal of former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales at the Hong Kong International Airport last May 21 is “an act of strong-arming by China in its slow and creeping invasion of Philippine sovereign maritime zones.”

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China says door open to trade talks, but slams tech controls

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 12:10:20 +0000

China says door open to trade talks, but slams tech controls

China held the door open to resuming talks in the tariff war with Washington on Thursday, but lashed out at limits on access to key technologies.

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Trade dispute with US a political challenge for China’s Xi

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 14:19:13 +0000

Trade dispute with US a political challenge for China's Xi

BEIJING – The tariff war between Washington and Beijing poses one of the biggest challenges yet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially exposing his political vulnerabilities at a time when the Chinese economy is already slowing.

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China’s Xi promotes building initiative amid debt worries

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:45:08 +0000

China's Xi promotes building initiative amid debt worries

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping promised Friday to set high standards for Beijing’s sweeping infrastructure-building initiative as fellow leaders praised the effort despite worries it is saddling some countries with too much debt.

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China’s president meets European leaders on deal-filled trip

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:16:26 +0000

China's president meets European leaders on deal-filled trip

PARIS  — Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with the leaders of France, Germany and the European Commission, as European countries seek to boost relations with China while also putting pressure over its trade practices.

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