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Beijing urges US not to let Taiwanese president transit ahead of Trump’s China visit
Beijing on Friday urged the United States not to allow Taiwan’s president to travel through US territory en route to the island’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific, a sensitive visit ahead of US President Donald…
Beijing urges US not to allow Taiwanese president through ahead of Trump’s China visit
Beijing on Friday urged the United States not to allow Taiwan’s president to travel through US territory en route to the island’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific, a sensitive visit ahead of US President Donald…
Ottawa warned free trade talks with China risk hurting Canada-U.S. relationship
Canada and China have completed four rounds of exploratory free trade … “Trade diversification is extremely important to us,” Chrystia Freeland told reporters during a news conference in Toronto. “We’ve also always understood the value…
Beijing car-sharing firm Ezzy crashes, leaving customers fuming and out of pocket
A Beijing-based electric vehicle-sharing company that launched just 18 months ago appears to have gone bust, leaving customers clamouring to get back their deposits. The business, based around the Ezzy app operated by Beijing Da…
China’s Xi Jinping grows in power and influence, prepares to ‘act big’
He has filed stories from every continent for CBC News. Instagram: @sasapetricic Xi Jinping may have opened China’s Communist Party Congress as “first among equals,” but he walks away as much more than that. He’s…
China’s Xi unveils new leaders but no obvious successor
Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC News. China’s ruling Communist Party on Wednesday elevated five new officials to assist President Xi…
China congress: No heir apparent as Xi reveals top leadership
Several international news organisations, including the BBC, Financial Times and The New York Times were denied access to the announcement, at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. The Foreign Correspondent’s Club of China said in…
China congress: No heir anointed as Xi reveals top leadership
Several international news organisations, including the BBC, Financial Times and The New York Times were denied access to the announcement, at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. The Foreign Correspondent’s Club of China said in…
China’s Xi given 2nd 5-year term as Communist Party leader
Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday unveiled the new lineup of the ruling Communist…
China’s president given second term as Communist party leader
The makeup of the committee reflects Xi’s efforts to foster party unity by striking a balance between different interest groups in the 89-million member organization as he seeks to better position a reinvigorated party to…
Xi Jinping and other key leaders of China’s Communist Party
Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Key members of China’s Communist Party were determined at the national congress, which is…
China shuts down tens of thousands of factories in crackdown on pollution
CHINA has shut down tens of thousands of its factories in an unprecedented crackdown on pollution. Across the country, whole industrial regions are being temporarily closed as environmental inspectors do their work and blues skies…