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President Barack Obama is pushing China on human rights, telling President Hu Jintao the U.S. believes all men and woman have "certain fundamental rights."
China is doing what it can to expand domestic demand and rebalance its economy, President Hu Jintao said Friday, calling for renewed efforts to improve international financial oversight to prevent future crises.
Showing impatience with Iranian foot-dragging, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and its allies are discussing possible new penalties against Iran for defying international attempts to halt its contested nuclear program.
President Hu Jintao pledged Friday that Beijing would protect the rights of international news organizations reporting in China.
Chinese President Hu Jintao is linking his country's future progress with greater world prosperity.
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao offered each other diplomatic assurances Tuesday as the U.S. sought help from China in dealing with Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs at a testy time in ties between Washington and Beijing.
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao each vowed urgent action Tuesday to cool an overheating planet, even as prospects dimmed for a full treaty by the end of the year.
China's President Hu Jintao said Sunday the country faces difficult challenges in maintaining stable economic growth and social stability, and called for efforts to strengthen unity among the people.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly said Friday his country is ready to engage in multilateral talks, the latest move in a diplomatic chess game with the U.S. and regional powers seeking to rid Pyongyang of nuclear weapons.
President Hu Jintao made his first trip to China's restive western region of Xinjiang since last month's deadly ethnic riots, urging government officials and security forces to focus on maintaining stability and warning separatists that they are "doomed to fail."
China says President Hu Jintao has cut short an official trip to Europe to deal with the outbreak of violence in western Xinjiang where at least 156 people have died in rioting.
Security forces kept a firm grip on the tense Xinjiang capital Thursday after days of ethnic violence that killed 156 people, and alarmed Chinese leaders vowed to deal firmly with those behind the attacks.
China has no plans to raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar at the G8 meeting this week but is willing to discuss it, a top Chinese diplomat said, as President Hu Jintao left Sunday for Italy.
Russia and China expressed serious concern Wednesday about the tension on the Korean peninsula and urged North Korea to return to six-nation talks on its nuclear program.
North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese newspaper said Thursday, amid escalating tensions between the communist country and the United States over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
The leaders of four major emerging economies — Russia, China, Brazil and India — apparently failed Tuesday to reach consensus on reducing the dominance of the U.S. dollar despite growing calls for an alternative global reserve currency.
President Barack Obama discussed the crisis on the Korean Peninsula with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in a phone call early Wednesday, Chinese state media reported.
Timothy Geithner's first trip to China as treasury secretary comes at a vulnerable time for the Obama administration.
President Barack Obama discussed the global economy and health issues in a phone call with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Chinese President Hu Jintao sought Thursday to reassure the international community over China's rising military strength before presiding over a naval display highlighting Beijing's ambitions of becoming a major sea power.
Chinese President Hu Jintao met Thursday with U.S. and other foreign naval commanders ahead of a display of ships broadcasting Beijing's intentions of becoming a major sea power.
Chinese manufacturing expanded slightly in March following a painful months-long decline that wiped out millions of jobs as the global financial crisis battered exports, a business group said Friday.
Greenpeace China is calling on Chinese President Hu Jintao to attend December's climate change conference in Copenhagen.
Chinese President Hu Jintao urged North Korea's visiting premier Thursday to cooperate with efforts to resume stalled international talks on dismantling the North's nuclear programs, state media said.
President Barack Obama on Friday opened his relationship with Chinese President Hu Jintao, promising cooperation in a phone call that broadly covered sensitive trade issues, the global financial crisis and the North Korean nuclear threat.
Leave Pak-India ties alone: Govt to meddling USIndia reacted sharply on Wednesday to the reference to India-Pakistan ties in the joint statement issued by US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Hu Jintao.
China says yes to free markets, no to free currency regimePresident Barack Obama on his tour to China has approached a very cautious approach. While raising issues of contention between the two nations, he has been subtle in his own right.
Barack in Beijing--How the Chinese regime hopes to make use of him. by Gordon ChangObama's failure to consolidate relations with Japan and India, the countries China fears most, is a critical mistake. As a result, he has little to bargain with. Beijing's foreign policy is, above all, ruthlessly pragmatic.
A time to actWords alone cannot stem the tide of climate change. True, there is room for hope now that more environment-friendly leaders are occupying the world stage. George W.
Security Council Adopts Nuclear Weapons ResolutionThe U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a U.S-drafted resolution Thursday morning that affirms many of the steps President Obama plans to pursue as part of his vision for an eventual "world without nuclear weapons." More Articles
Indian teenage girl from Lucknow, Yugratna Srivastava, to address UN Climate Summit13-year-old girl from Lucknow, Yugratna Srivastava, has won the honour to address U.S. President Barack Obama, President Hu Jintao of China and other world leaders on behalf of the world's three billion youth and children.
UN Bids to jump-start climate talksAbout 100 world leaders are due to gather at the UN in New York to try to revitalise talks on climate change. The meeting comes two months ahead of a summit in Copenhagan aimed at approving a global climate change treaty.
'I want to be corrupt'. 2009-09-04 17:01Beijing - A six-year-old girl has become a media darling in China on her first day of school by expressing her aspiration to become a "corrupt official" when she grows up, state media said on Friday.
US Wants Me Dead: Karadzic Jill Starr , bloomingdale: Aug 28 2009 United States : US Wants Me Dead: KaradzicKaradzic said the US envoy not to try him before the UN tribunal if he withdrew from public life. (Reuter)
China censors Namibia corruption case that may touch president's sonDespite the veneer of opulence and the seemingly advancement in GDP, China still lives by the motto of all men are born equal," but some are more equal than the others" in the Orwellian definition of a totalitarian state.
Paramilitaries and water cannon deployed to quell ethnic violenceChinese security forces put on a show of strength in the capital of Xinjiang province today as Hu Jintao, China's president, cut short his trip to Italy for the G8 summit to return home and deal with continuing ethnic violence.
Little to hail from President's first economic summit. By Irwin M. Stelzer, Examiner Columnist. 4/3/09 7:37 AMIt is one day since the Europeans told President Barack H.
Sources: Obama Plays Peacemaker in French-Chinese Smackdown Over Tax Havens ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper reports According to sources inside the room, President Obama just played peacemaker in a spat between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China.
South Africa Bars Dalai Lama From Peace ConferenceSouth Africa says it has barred the Dalai Lama from a peace conference later this week, citing its relationship with China and saying now is not the time for such a high-profile visit. More Articles
Dalai Lama Harshly Condemns China Over Tibet"Today, the religion, culture, language and identity, which successive generations of Tibetans have considered more precious than their lives, are nearing extinction," said the Dalai Lama, 73, the spiritual leader of the Tibetans. More Articles
Dalai Lama Harshly Condemns China Over TibetBEIJING — The Dalai Lama delivered on Tuesday one of his harshest attacks on the Chinese government in recent times, saying that the Chinese Communist Party had transformed Tibet into a "hell on earth" and that the Chinese authorities regard Tibetans as "criminals deservi …
Chinese president demands army loyalty amid growing social discontentIn an extraordinary move that reveals real fear of social unrest, Chinese president Hu Jintao recently held a meeting of the Central Military Commission (CMC) to urge his senior generals to ensure that the army would follow the orders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) "under …
Interview: Message from Wen. By Lionel Barber, Geoff Dyer, James Kynge and Lifen Zhang. February 1, 2009 22:00In a rare interview, Mr Wen outlined in forceful terms Beijing's approach to dealing with the global financial crisis – frenetic activity at home, cautious engagement abroad.
China drought leaves 4 million without waterA serious drought in at least eight Chinese provinces is threatening large crop-growing areas and leaving nearly 4 million people without proper drinking water, the government said Thursday.
Feb. 2 -- The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported today on the aims of strengthening ties between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the People's Republic of China (PRC), as part of the "Year of DPRKChina Friendship" in 2009.
Stories China's media could not writeWhen journalists at China's national broadcaster CCTV log on, one of the first things that pops up on screen is a notice about what not to report.
Chinese president on Cuban visitPresident Hu Jintao of China has arrived in Cuba - his second visit since 2004 - aiming to promote economic ties with the Caribbean island. He was warmly greeted at Havana's airport by a dragon dance and members of the local Cuban Chinese community.
China's Hu to Visit Washington, CubaSo China is meeting with Cuba too? "He will also pay state visits to Greece, Costa Rica and Cuba, where he will meet fellow Communist leader Raul Castro."
Is World Outraged- Deceptive Beijing Fakes 2008 Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony?de·cep·tion: trick synonyms deception - fraud, double-dealing, subterfuge, trickery... means the acts or practices of one who deliberately deceives.
Three days in and the bombing shows no signs of stopping.
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