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China says summit with EU leaders to discuss global economic issues

BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - An China-EU summit will be held on Thursday in Beijing, China's foreign ministry said on Monday, where leaders of both sides will discuss strategic and global economic i...

Belarus President Lukashenko heading to China second time this year

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was heading to Beijing on Sunday for talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Belarusian state media reported, the second trip of the close ally of Russian Presi...

American Institute in Taiwan director says no imminent Chinese threat

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — There is no imminent threat of invasion for Taiwan, American Institute in Taiwan Director Sandra Oudkirk said in an NPR interview released on Friday (Dec. 1). “Th...

Taliban's new ambassador to China arrives in Beijing

Afghanistan's new ambassador to China, the first under Taliban rule, arrived in Beijing on Friday, the Afghan Foreign Affairs Ministry said. The move comes as the hardline Islamist group attempts...

American diplomat Henry Kissinger dies at 100

Nov 29 - Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy, died on Wednesday at age ...

Tsai says China unlikely to invade Taiwan amid internal struggles

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said that China is unlikely to invade Taiwan in the near term due to internal struggles in an interview with the New York Times. The DealBo...

US to deploy new missiles in Asia-Pacific to deter Chinese invasion of Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The U.S. military is reportedly planning on deploying new land-based intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region to deter China from invading Taiwan. Over th...

Decoding China: Beijing, BRICS seek Middle East influence

When Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks a foreign language in public, it usually involves something essential for his country. At the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) in June 2014, the Ch...

How China became the world's largest debt collector

China's massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — backing and often building some 21,000 infrastructure projects around the world — is widely considered to be the centerpiece of Preside...

US lawmakers call for US$2 billion more in arms for Taiwan after Xi threats

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Republican members of the House China Select Committee on Sunday (Nov. 19) sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate and House to provide Taiwan with US$2 billion (NT$62....

China's former US envoy calls Taiwan 'life and death question'

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Former Ambassador of China to the United States Cui Tiankai (崔天凯) said that Taiwan is a “life and death” question for China, in an interview with the South Chi...

Cartoon of the Day: Biden holds bigger gun than Xi in Wild West showdown

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Swedish cartoonist created an illustration depicting President Joe Biden toting a much bigger gun that Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) under the table like a prelude to ...

Philippines seeks partnership to maintain peace in South China Sea

MANILA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Tensions in the South China Sea require the Philippines to partner with allies and neighbours to maintain peace in the region, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said on ...

Philippines' Marcos meets China's Xi to find ways to reduce South China Sea tensions

MANILA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, seeking ways to reduce tensions in the South China Sea and restore Filipino fisherm...

Xi-Biden meeting lowered likelihood China will invade Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Nov. 15) reduced the chances that China will invade Taiwan, according to one ex...