Top Chinese political advisor arrives in Syria for official visit
China’s top political adviser Jia Qinglin arrived in Damascus, Friday for an official friendly visit to Syria.
Bickering political parties share China as target
In these angry political times, Democrats and Republicans agree on next to nothing. China is an exception.
China-bashing is bipartisan in US races
In these angry political times, Democrats and Republicans agree on next to nothing. China is one exception. Democrats and Republicans alike are accusing each other of cozying up to Beijing and backing policies that send U.S. jobs and IOUs to the world’s second-largest economy.
China party newspaper criticizes Western democracy
BEIJING – China’s Communist Party newspaper issued a scathing attack on Western-style democracy amid calls for reform of the country’s political system and a resulting push-back by party conservatives.The People’s Daily editorial…
China gives U.S. assurances on rare earth minerals
HANOI (Reuters) – China on Saturday gave the United States assurances it would not use rare earth minerals needed to make many high-tech products as a political or economic tool, a U.S. official said after their foreign ministers met.
Clinton says US has a stake in Asian security
Putting China on notice, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday said the United States has a key stake in increasingly tense territorial disputes between Beijing and its neighbors, as she assured nervous East Asian nations that the U.S. will remain a major power in the Asia-Pacific.
Taiwan and China downplay sovereignty spat
Taiwanese and Chinese officials have taken steps to defuse tensions after a major sovereignty spat between them caused a public uproar in Taiwan last week. On Saturday, the Chinese delegation to the Tokyo Film Festival demanded that Taiwan participate in the event under the name “China Taiwan,” a designation intended to suggest that the self-ruled island of 23 million people is under Beijing’s …
China assures Clinton on rare earth exports
(10-30) 01:49 PDT HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China assured U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday that it would be a “reliable supplier” of exotic metals key to the global high-tech industry, U.S….
