China on Tuesday dispatched members of its People’s Liberation Army to the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti to man the rising Asian giant’s first overseas military base, a key part of a wide-ranging expansion…
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China controls information about ailing Nobel Prize laureate
News searches for Liu’s name on Baidu, China’s largest internet search engine, have turned up no hits since February. Searches on WeChat also turn up empty. Many supporters of political reform inside China have instead…
China says it doesn’t ‘hold the key’ to resolve North Korea nuclear issue
“China is not to be blamed for the current escalation of tension, nor does China hold the key to resolve the issue,” Geng said at a daily news briefing. “If China is striving to put…
Beijing says US apologises for ‘Republic of China’ gaffe
China said Monday the United States apologised after Beijing officially protested a White House statement that mistakenly described Xi Jinping as the president of the “Republic of China”. Xi is president of the People’s Republic…
China says US has apologized for Taiwan name gaffe
Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China asked the United States for an explanation of the mistake, and the U.S. said it was a technical error. Washington apologized and corrected the error, Geng said at…
China says Nobel-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo in ‘critical condition’
Pressure on China Earlier this month, 154 Nobel laureates across six … The Chinese government, which continues to censor domestic news coverage of Liu, has been waging a public relations offensive in the face of…
China says U.S. has apologized for Taiwan name gaffe
Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China asked the United States for an explanation of the mistake, and the U.S. said it was a technical error. Washington apologized and corrected the error, Geng said at…
China and Taiwan mixed up in White House gaffe
These are external links and will open in a new window A formal statement from the White House was issued with a very public error – mixing up China and Taiwan. A press release following…
China tests self-sustaining space station in Beijing
BEIJING Sealed behind the steel doors of two bunkers in a Beijing suburb, university students are trying to find out how it feels to live in a space station on another planet, recycling everything from…
Liu Xiaobo: Western doctors contradict China on Nobel laureate’s cancer
His doctors in China say he is too ill to travel abroad for treatment, and must remain in China. But medics from the US and Germany who examined Mr Liu disagree, and say he could…
British Olympic relay team gets medals nine years after race
LONDON — They stepped on the podium. The medals were presented. Nine years too late, and in London rather than Beijing for Britain’s 4×400-meter relay team from the 2008 Olympics. Michael Bingham, Martyn Rooney, Andrew…
China’s ailing Nobel laureate’s brothers visit; fears mount
China’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo’s two brothers were being allowed to travel to a northeastern city to visit him in a hospital Saturday, a friend and a former lawyer said, as concerns…
Trump, China’s Xi set for meeting that will focus on North Korea, trade: officials
senior administration officials told Fox News. Trump is expected to be direct with Xi on Pyongyang’s nuclear threat, an official said. On trade, Trump is expected to, again, push Xi to level the playing field…
