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Top US and Chinese diplomats agree to build on recent progress in ties
BEIJING (AP) — The top U.S. and Chinese diplomats agreed Wednesday to keep building on recent progress in bilateral ties and work together to keep the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza from spreading. Both Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
China presents UN with vague Mideast peace plan as US promotes its own role in easing the Gaza war
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China on Wednesday presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for Middle East peace in a demonstration of its ambitions to be a global superpower. But the plan was short on details, and the United States quickly reminded the council of its attempts...
South Korea, Japan and China agree to resume trilateral leaders' summit, but without specific date
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Meeting for the first time in about four years, the top diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China agreed Sunday to revive cooperation among the Asian neighbors and resume their leaders’ trilateral summit — but without a specific timing. Closely...
Top diplomats from Japan and China meet in South Korea ahead of 3-way regional talks
TOKYO (AP) — Top diplomats from Japan and China met for bilateral talks Saturday to try to resolve disputes including China's ban on Japanese seafood, which has hit Japanese exporters. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, met in South...
French foreign minister holds talks in China on climate and global tensions
BEIJING (AP) — France and China should work together to reduce global tensions and address issues such as climate change and biodiversity, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said Friday. Colonna was on an official trip to Beijing ahead of a major U.N. climate conference...
China welcomes Arab and Muslim foreign ministers for talks on ending the war in Gaza
BEIJING (AP) — China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters" in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the war in Gaza as soon as possible. The ministers...
Biden, Xi met for hours and agreed to 'pick up the phone' for any urgent concerns: 'That's progress'
WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping emerged Wednesday from their first face-to-face meeting in a year vowing to stabilize their fraught relationship and showcasing modest agreements to combat illegal fentanyl and re-establish military communications. But...
This year's Biden-Xi summit has better foundation but South China Sea and Taiwan risks won't go away
BEIJING (AP) — The course of events in the year since the last meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping offers cautious hope that they will have better luck this time around. But it also shows how easily any agreement they reach could once again veer off course. The...
Yellen will host the Chinese vice premier for talks in San Francisco before the start of APEC summit
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will host Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng for two days of talks this week, the latest in a series of high-level talks between U.S. and Chinese officials as the world's two largest economies aim to ease tensions, the Treasury...
China believes the path to a Xi-Biden meeting in San Francisco in November won't be 'smooth sailing'
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister believes the road to an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden will not be "smooth sailing” and both sides must work together to achieve results, the foreign ministry said Sunday. Wang Yi met with...
