Princess Anne spent the morning exploring Beijing’s Forbidden City today as she began her five-day official visit to China. Despite the steamy weather – temperatures soared to 30 degrees in Beijing – the Princess Royal…
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China warns rising tension with North Korea could be disastrous
China’s UN ambassador warned Monday that further escalation … to denuclearization and peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. He reiterated at a news conference that an important initial proposal in the package is “suspension…
China’s Xi talks tough on Hong Kong as thousands protest for democracy
Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong’s new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won’t tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary…
China’s Xi: No tolerance for subversion in Hong Kong
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Saturday that any activities in Hong Kong seen as threatening China’s sovereignty and stability would be “absolutely impermissible,” employing some of his harshest language yet against burgeoning separatist sentiment in…
China strongly protests US arms sales to Taiwan
China on Friday strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be canceled. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the sale would severely…
China condemns US sanctions over ‘North Korea funding’
“We will follow the money and cut off the money,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a news conference. But he said the move was not a response to Chinese inaction on North Korea, saying: “This…
China demands U.S. nix $1.4B arms deal with Taiwan
10, 2015 file photo. BEIJING– China on Friday strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be canceled. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang…
China flexes military muscle in Hong Kong during Xi’s visit
President Xi Jinping inspected troops based in Hong Kong on Friday as he asserts Chinese authority over the former British colony China took control of 20 years ago. Xi rode in an open-top jeep past…
‘Vicious cycle’: Could Beijing’s heavy hand push Hong Kong protests too far?
Saša Petricic is the CBC’s Asia correspondent, based in Beijing. He previously covered the Middle East, from Jerusalem, through the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war. He has filed stories from every continent for…
Beijing parents protest at being denied primary school choice
BEIJING About 100 parents rallied outside the Beijing government offices on Friday after their children were denied admission to their primary school of choice, the second such protest in the Chinese capital this month. At…
Beijing ‘builds new missile shelters and radars’ on disputed South China Sea islands amid fears it will send warplanes and rocket launchers there ‘at any time’
Beijing has built new missile shelters, communications facilities and a radar on disputed islands in the South China Sea, according to a US think tank. Satellite images appear to show new facilities on the Fiery…
Beijing’s South China Sea outposts nearly set for missile deployment: report
Three of Beijing’s outposts on contested South China Sea reefs are close to being ready for the deployment of military assets including mobile missile launchers, a US think tank reported Thursday. Analysing satellite photographs, the…
China Liu Xiaobo: Ill laureate ‘wants treatment abroad’
His wife has formally requested to leave China but it is not clear if the authorities will approve it, they add. Mr Liu, 61, has been in hospital after gaining medical parole. He was jailed…
