Russia’s Putin visits China’s Xi in Beijing. What does each want?
Does the “no limits” relationship have limits? Russian President Vladimir Putin is embarking on his first foreign trip since his splashy inauguration to a fifth…
China’s Xi in Europe: ‘Charm offensive’ or bid to divide the West?
Fine brandy, a Tour de France jersey and old grudges against NATO: On his first European tour in five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping is…
Blinken meets China’s president as U.S., China spar over global issues
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of “responsibly managing”…
Who does China prefer, Biden or Trump?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — No matter who wins the U.S. election in November, for China it’s lose-lose. With mistrust between the two nations deepening, both President Biden…
Column: Taiwan held an election. War didn’t break out. That’s good for California
WASHINGTON — Good news has been scarce in world affairs this year. So it’s worth noting a conflict zone where the worst-case scenario hasn’t happened: the…
Column: Xi, Biden took easy steps. Big problems will be harder
WASHINGTON — In a world beset by wars in Gaza and Ukraine, it’s good news when two superpowers step back from frictions that increased the danger…
More pandas coming to US, Chinese President Xi signals
SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled late Wednesday that China will send new pandas to the U.S. — possibly to California — calling them…
Biden and Xi, in California, promise to work to avoid conflict
WASHINGTON — Breaking a yearlong silence, President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Silicon Valley on Wednesday and vowed to work to prevent tensions…
Biden, Xi to meet in San Francisco for talks on trade, Taiwan
WASHINGTON — President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Wednesday in Northern California for talks on trade, Taiwan and managing fraught U.S.-Chinese relations in…
Washington’s crackdown on China is bad for California
WASHINGTON — Whatever Gov. Newsom’s China trip in the last week might achieve on climate change, the financial and economic stakes are just as huge —…
California Gov. Newsom meets Chinese President Xi in Beijing
BEIJING — California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday as the U.S. grappled with rising tensions with the world’s second-largest economy…
Beijing downplays Wagner mutiny as experts say China might re-evaluate partnership with Russia
As fighters from the Wagner mercenary group head back to their bases after an aborted mutiny, Russia's deputy foreign minister has been busy having meetings with…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins landmark meetings in Beijing, though neither side expects major breakthroughs
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun meetings in Beijing, the first top American diplomat to visit China in five years, amid frosty bilateral ties…
Chinese police clash with Hui Muslim ethnic group trying to protect Yunnan mosque
China has deployed hundreds of police and made arrests in a mostly Muslim town after clashes erupted over the planned partial demolition of a mosque.Key…
Vladimir Putin says Russia and China are not building a military alliance, accuses West of creating ‘axis’
Russia and China are not creating a military alliance and are hiding nothing in terms of their military cooperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in…
Hong Kong court convicts three members of Tiananmen vigil group for security offence, as publisher behind Xi biography released
Three former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty of not complying with…