Diplomacy
Posted on May 24, 2012 01:00
China’s foreign ministry said yesterday that China has strengthened the management of Huangyan Island in response to recent “provocative activities” by the Philippines, and some 20 fishing boats are now working in the area.
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Posted on May 24, 2012 00:50
Tokyo’s metropolitan government made headlines in late April when it called on Japanese citizens to donate to its “purchasing” fund to buy the Diaoyu Islands. But Chinese activists have also been digging deep into their pockets to reassert the country’s sovereignty over the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 16:51
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will work together with the United Nations to play a more active role in addressing Afghanistan issues, Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said Wednesday.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 15:51
The upcoming visit of top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo to Spain will deepen the Sino-Spanish comprehensive strategic partnership, the Chinese ambassador to Spain said.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 15:36
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said here Tuesday that he expected stronger Canada-China ties through commerce, education and immigration cooperation between the two countries.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 14:28
Chinese and Vietnamese working groups held the first round of negotiations on the demarcation and joint exploitation of the maritime space at the entrance to the Beibu Gulf on May 21-22 in Vietnamese capital Hanoi.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 14:27
Senior Brazilian and Chinese officials said Tuesday that the two countries should further enhance their strategic partnership in the coming years.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 14:24
Vice President Xi Jinping met with Secretary-General of Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) U Htay Oo on Tuesday, vowing to boost party-to-party ties.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 14:03
Business leaders from China and the United States agreed at a forum here Tuesday that deepening cooperation serves the interests of both countries.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 13:57
The Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) should be built on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), giving the priority to poverty eradication and striking a balance among economic, social and environmental aspects, a Chinese UN diplomat said Tuesday.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 13:48
Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich said on Tuesday that Belarus and China have great potential in boosting the mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 13:33
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday underlined the country's keenness to develop ties between Jordan and China at all levels, the state-run Petra news agency reported.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 13:30
A visiting senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said on Tuesday that China is confident about prospect of Sino-Bulgarian cooperation.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 11:36
Wang Zhizhen, visiting vice chairwoman of China's top political advisory body, and Chung Ui-hwa, South Korea's acting parliament speaker Tuesday agreed here to increase exchanges between the two institutions.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 00:50
Members of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) reportedly held a meeting Tuesday to discuss the purchase of the Diaoyu Islands, after councilors were split over the proposal by Tokyo mayor Shintaro Ishihara.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 14:42
Four endangered Przewalski's horses were sent to Mongolia from west China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Monday, marking the first time for China to send the horses to another country since reintroducing the species 17 years ago.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 10:31
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus and China have reached an unprecedented level of mutual trust and support.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 01:10
Twenty-eight abducted Chinese fishermen safely reached a port in Dalian, Liaoning Province yesterday, bringing gruesome accounts of their 13 days of captivity at the hands of unidentified North Korean captors, as analysts warned that similar cases may happen again in the future.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 01:10
Analysts Monday welcomed Russia's call for unrelated countries not to interfere in the South China Sea row amid a simmering standoff between Chinese and Philippine fishing boats near Huangyan Island that has lasted over a month.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 01:00
Town twinning is a method of fostering friendship and goodwill between people from different continents, countries and regions. Also known as "sister cities," such titles have historically been seen as largely symbolic.
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