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China, at UN, warns against 'expansion of the battlefield' in the Ukraine war

Sep. 28, 2024 14:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Three days before his communist government turns 75, China's foreign minister warned fellow leaders Saturday against an “expansion of the battlefield” in Russia's war with Ukraine and said the Beijing government remains committed to shuttle diplomacy and efforts to push the...

Japan asks China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens after a schoolboy was fatally stabbed

Sep. 24, 2024 07:56 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top diplomat asked China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens there after the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy, and demanded a crackdown on what she called “groundless, malicious and anti-Japanese” social media posts that threaten children's safety. ...

What to know from the UN: Leaders speak of emerging threats, hints of war as big meeting nears

Sep. 24, 2024 02:40 AM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The security cordons are up. The streets are ready to be sealed off. Aircraft from myriad nations are landing in New York. It all means one thing for the eastern part of Manhattan: The yearly gathering of world leaders at the United Nations is at hand. ...

At the UN, world leaders try to lay out a vision for the future — and actually make it happen

Sep. 23, 2024 17:17 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement the agreement's 56 actions. As Czech President Petr Pavel put...

An American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released

Sep. 16, 2024 14:43 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Christian pastor from California has been freed from China after nearly 20 years behind bars and is back home in the U.S., the State Department said Monday. David Lin, 68, was detained after he entered China in 2006, later convicted of contract fraud and...

China's Xi Jinping to visit Russia next month for the BRICS summit

Sep. 12, 2024 23:41 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia next month for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed Thursday, a move that comes as Moscow and Beijing seek to counter the West’s global influence. Xi's visit to...

China and the US will plan a Biden-Xi call in the coming weeks, the White House says

Aug. 30, 2024 02:05 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, the White House said Wednesday after National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. ...

Chinese leader Xi meets US national security adviser as the two powers try to avoid conflict

Aug. 29, 2024 22:51 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday as the latter wound up a three-day visit with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years. Sullivan, on...

A top White House official says US and China are working to avoid conflict at talks in Beijing

Aug. 27, 2024 22:11 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — The United States and China are working to ensure the competition between them does not veer into conflict, a top White House official said Tuesday as the two sides started talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Biden's term in office. ...

China is conducting military patrols near the Myanmar border as civil war rages on the other side

Aug. 26, 2024 01:13 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — China’s military is carrying out armed patrols near the Myanmar border this week, where the government is concerned about potential fallout from fierce fighting in a civil war on the other side. Troops were deployed to Yunnan province in southwestern China on...