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…
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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…
BEIJING — Chinese courts were told on Tuesday to pronounce a two-year suspension of execution for condemned criminals if an immediate execution is not deemed necessary. The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said, in an annual…
Before the Sendai earthquake on March 11, the public opinion polls in Japan indicated that over 80 percent of Japanese had a negative impression of China and little trust in the Chinese government. This is…
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Xinhua) — The selection of the next head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should reflect the changing realities of the global economy and not on the basis of nationality, meaning the…
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…
Pakistan on Friday reaffirmed China as its best friend, and called on the two countries’ younger generation to carry on and promote the friendship to a new high. “Pakistan and China have always been good…
When US and China top brass met, mainland media delved deep into where relations really stand The United States rolled out the red carpet for the first visit to the United States by China’s chief…
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….
CHANGCHUN, China — Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was said to have visited an industrial city in northeastern China on Saturday and appeared headed to Beijing by train on the second day of…