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Pence puts off China speech sequel ahead of Trump-Xi talks
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday called off a planned China speech that had been cast as a sequel to a blistering broadside he delivered in October to avoid exacerbating tensions with Beijing before summit talks next week, a White House official said.
June 21, 2019 Source: U.S.
North Korea puts on a show for Xi Jinping’s state visit
Xi says atmosphere made him feel like the two countries were ‘one family’, as 250,000 people turn out to welcome him.
June 20, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
Xi Jinping pledges support for Kim Jong-un and North Korea
‘Traditional friendship’ between two nations will continue whatever the future brings, Xi says ahead of two-day trip to Pyongyang.
June 19, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
What’s on Xi’s agenda for first official trip to North Korea?
Restoration of economic relations likely to be on the list for first trip by a Chinese president in more than a decade.
June 17, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
Chinese raids hit North Korean defectors' 'Underground Railroad'
A decade after leaving her family behind to flee North Korea, the defector was overwhelmed with excitement when she spoke to her 22-year-old son on the phone for the first time in May after he too escaped into China.
June 16, 2019 Source: U.S.
US ‘gift’ to China carries pointed message from the Pentagon
What looked like a coffee-table book was actually 32 pages of images showing North Korean ships getting and delivering oil illegally off China’s coast.
June 11, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
Trump to decide on $300 billion China tariffs after G20 meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would decide whether to carry out his threat to hit Beijing with tariffs on at least $300 billion in Chinese goods after a meeting of leaders of the world's largest economies late this month.
June 6, 2019 Source: U.S.
South Korea ramps up disinfection to protect against North's outbreak of African swine fever
South Korea will boost disinfection measures to prevent an outbreak of African swine fever from spreading to its pig herd, after the disease was found in North Korea, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
May 30, 2019 Source: U.S.
U.S. intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security: report
U.S. intelligence has accused Huawei Technologies of being funded by Chinese state security, The Times said on Saturday, adding to the list of allegations faced by the Chinese technology company in the West.
April 20, 2019 Source: U.S.
Bridge linking North Korea to China opens 3 years late – but why now?
Buses from the North make return trip to China on Monday, South Korean media report, using Jian-Manpo border crossing whose opening had been delayed during heightened tension over sanctions on the hermit state.
April 9, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
China to use 5G technology to tackle flow of refugees from North Korea
Border patrol unit signed agreement with China Mobile to build country’s first 5G checkpoint at Yunfeng Reservoir, according to mainland Chinese media.
April 8, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
The good and the bad for China in US-North Korea nuclear tensions
The failed Kim-Trump talks in Hanoi allow things to stay as they are, preserving China’s regional power. But security risks tied to North Korea’s nuclear weapons threaten Chinese interests.
March 10, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
China says it never recognised India, Pakistan as nuclear states
China Friday said it has never recognised India and Pakistan as nuclear powers and ruled out extending such a status to North Korea following the unsuccessful second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam.
March 1, 2019 Source: Hindustan Times
Trump says Xi could be ‘more helpful’ on North Korea
As the Hanoi summit between the United States and North Korea ends in disappointment, the US president warns trade war talks with Beijing could go a similar way, even as he acknowledges Chinese support
February 28, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
Trump says China has been 'a big help' in US dealings with North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump said China has been "a big help" in America's dealings with North Korea, but added that he believed the hermit kingdom was "calling its own shots."
February 28, 2019 Source: CNBC
China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum
China is lobbying hard to thwart scrutiny of its mass detention camps for Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region at the U.N. Human Rights Council's main annual session opening on Monday, diplomats and activists said.
February 22, 2019 Source: U.S.
China is ‘principal threat’ to American interests: US commander
Admiral Phil Davidson tells Senate panel Beijing is seeking to ‘bend, break and replace the existing rules-based international order’ and warns China has become the ‘principal threat’ to American interests, people and allies.
February 14, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
North Korea accused of illegally selling fishing rights to Chinese firms
Japanese pushback reveals anxiety about ‘increasing closeness between North Korea, China and Russia’
January 30, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post
Trump sends letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un | CNN Politics
A letter was delivered from US President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the weekend, a source familiar with the ongoing denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang told CNN.
January 14, 2019 Source: CNN
UN sanctions take bite out of China’s trade with North Korea
Bilateral trade fell by more than half last year due to strict sanctions over nuclear programme.
January 14, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post