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China asks consulates in Hong Kong for local staff details
Sep 19, 2023 (AFP)
The documents include a letter in English and Chinese dated Monday from Beijing's Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (OCMFA), as well...
Beijing summons German envoy over FM's 'dictator' comment
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
While they are major trade partners, Berlin-Beijing ties have been fraying as some in the German government take a harder line over issues ranging from human ri...
Chinese foreign minister visits Russia for four days of security meetings
Sep 18, 2023 (UPI)
The trip marked Wang's second visit to Moscow since February, and came in the shadow of a visit to the Russian capital last week by North Korean leader Kim Jong...
Chinese FM Wang Yi to visit Russia for security talks
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
China and Russia are strategic allies, with both countries frequently touting their "no limits" partnership and economic and military cooperation. They came eve...
US, China call for stable ties in latest top-level talks
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meeting Vice President Han Zheng in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, said he believed in "face-to-fac...
China hits out at German FM's 'dictator' Xi comment
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing is Berlin's top trade partner but Germany published a new policy in July to contend with a more "assertive" China after months of wrangling within the g...
Chinese FM Wang Yi to visit Russia Sept 18-21: foreign ministry
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
China and Russia are strategic allies, with both countries frequently touting their "no limits" partnership and economic and military cooperation. Their ties be...
Biden's national security advisor meets Chinese FM
Sep 17, 2023 (AFP)
Sullivan and Wang met in the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on Saturday and Sunday, according to a White House statement. "This meeting was part of ongoin...
Cambodian PM Hun Manet meets China's Xi in Beijing
Sep 15, 2023 (AFP)
Hun Sen ruled Cambodia with an iron fist for almost four decades, and handed over the premiership to his son in August. Under his government, Cambodia became on...
G77+China summit in Cuba calls for new global order
Sep 15, 2023 (AFP)
The meeting comes at a time of growing frustration with the Western-led world order amid widening differences over the Russian war in Ukraine, the fight against...
Maldives frontrunner eyes closer ties with China
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
The archipelago nation, better known for its upmarket beach resorts and celebrity vacationers, sits in a strategically vital position in the middle of the India...
Japan replaces foreign, defence ministers in major reshuffle
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
The replacement of the two key ministers, which came as North Korea fired two ballistic missiles and tensions with China rise, was motivated by internal party p...
Japan PM replaces foreign, defence ministers in cabinet reshuffle
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
Kishida's popularity and his standing within the ruling party have dived since he took office in October 2021, and many voters are not happy with his government...
Vatican says papal envoy to visit Beijing this week
Sep 12, 2023 (AFP)
The trip from Wednesday to Friday "constitutes a further step in the mission desired by the Pope to support humanitarian initiatives and the search for paths th...
Armenia holds drills with US troops amid rift with Russia
Sep 11, 2023 (AFP)
The exercises come with frustration growing in Armenia that Russia has failed to act as a security guarantor as tensions build with historic rival Azerbaijan ba...
Armenia holds drills with US amid rift with Russia
Sep 11, 2023 (AFP)
The exercises come amid mounting frustration in Armenia over what it sees as Russia's failure to act as a security guarantor amid mounting tensions with its his...
France and Germany 'squabble like old married couple', minister says
Sep 08, 2023 (AFP)
"France and Germany are well known to be the best friends in the world, but we do still squabble like an old married couple sometimes," Baerbock told French reg...
Russia holds elections in illegally occupied Ukrainian regions
Sep 07, 2023 (UPI)
Eleven months ago, Putin signed federal laws formally approving the illegal annexation of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson, and on Friday elections in t...
Biden heads for tense G20 as China, Russia stay away
Sep 07, 2023 (AFP)
Biden will try to show that on big transnational issues, Washington is a better partner than Beijing or Moscow -- and that the G20 remains a key forum. But deep...
US, Chinese and Russian officials gather at East Asia summit
Sep 07, 2023 (AFP)
The meeting brought Washington and Beijing into contact a day after Li warned major powers must manage their differences to avoid a "new Cold War", and ahead of...
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