Kim Jong-il continues new China visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il toured the eastern Chinese city of Yangzhou Monday during his third visit to China in a year. Kim was scheduled to visit Slender West Lake, Yangzhou’s main tourist attraction, Monday…

China and the United States

  The English geographer Sir Halford Mackinder ended his 1904 article The Geographical Pivot of History with a provocative reference to China: should they expand their power well beyond their borders, “might constitute the yellow…

China’s Wen signals easing of Japan imports ban

NATORI, Japan – China is willing to increase agricultural imports from Japan, provided they meet safety standards, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday while visiting the Japanese region battered by an earthquake, tsunami and…

China Gives Pakistan 50 Fighter Jets

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — China has agreed to immediately provide 50 JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan, a major outcome of a visit by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to Beijing this week, Pakistani officials said Thursday….