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Chinese leader Xi Jinping will make his first visit to North Korea as president on Thursday, state-run media from both countries reported Monday, just over a week before Xi is due to meet U.S. leader Donald Trump and Prime Minister…

BEIJING - China’s powerful President Xi Jinping has been dealt a rare setback with the suspension of unpopular legislation in Hong Kong following massive protests, but Beijing could bite back by tightening its grip on the…

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will discuss the mass protests in Hong Kong with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the upcoming G20 summit, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.“I think we’ll get the…

OSAKA - Ready or not Osaka, here it comes. The Group of 20 Summit, that is.In less than two weeks, one of the world’s largest gatherings of world leaders outside the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York takes place in…

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said “it doesn’t matter” if Chinese President Xi Jinping agrees to meet with him later this month during the Group of 20 summit in Osaka to restart negotiations over trade because the United…

TAIPEI - China’s heavy-handed tactics in Hong Kong could be also hurting its cause in neighboring Taiwan.In recent weeks, Taiwan’s China-skeptic president, Tsai Ing-wen, has come out strongly against Hong Kong’s controversial…

TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Washington next week to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss the ratification of the new North American trade agreement and China’s detention of two…

BEIJING - By now, Xi Jinping is used to Donald Trump’s tariff threats. But the U.S. president’s latest ultimatum is personal, and the Chinese leader’s response could have far-reaching consequences for his political future.Trump on…

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump declined to set a deadline on Wednesday for levying tariffs on another $325 billion of Chinese goods and called the relationship with Beijing good but “testy” after China walked back…

Following a day of sit-ins, tear gas and clashes with police, Hong Kong students and civil rights activists vowed to keep protesting a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Chinese control…

US President Donald Trump has voiced confidence that the United States and China would strike a deal in their high-stakes trade standoff. The two countries have hit each other with steep tariffs on more than $US360 billion ($A517…

Hong Kong police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles as protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial descended into violent chaos. Tens…

WASHINGTON/BEIJING - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the use of tariffs as part of his trade strategy while China vowed a tough response if the United States insists on escalating trade tensions amid ongoing…

China has taken a swipe at Australia after demonstrations in Sydney and Melbourne against what has been widely seen as a move by Beijing to increase its grip on the self-governing territory of Hong Kong.An editorial in the Global Times,…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump complained Monday that President Xi Jinping enjoys a major advantage in the U.S.-China trade war in that he controls China’s central bank while Trump must deal with a Federal Reserve that is…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump warned Monday he will slap huge new tariffs on China if his counterpart, Xi Jinping, doesn’t show up for a planned face-to-face meeting later this month and insisted the Chinese economy will…

Shirtless Russian sailors sunbaked on deck as their warship surged to within just 15m of a US cruiser yesterday in the most dramatic clash yet as the East ramps up its standoff with the West.The dramatic event was captured on video from…

US President Donald Trump is continuing to prolong the trade war between the US and China that has destabilised global stock markets, saying he’ll delay any decisions until after the G20.Mr Trump said on Thursday he would make a decision…

Japan and China plan to cooperate on breeding research for giant pandas by signing a memorandum later this month when their leaders meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.The…

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for Kremlin talks that reflected increasingly close ties between the two former Cold War-era communist rivals.Xi called Putin his “close…