Xi Jinping

High-ranking Chinese official caught in anti-corruption net

2013-05-12 12:25:00

SHANGHAI — China is investigating a senior economic policymaker for alleged "serious disciplinary violations" — the highest-ranking central government official to be targeted in the new Chinese president's anti-corruption crackdown. The...

Israel's Netanyahu visits China but avoids Palestinian leader Abbas

2013-05-07 09:23:00

BEIJING -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured Shanghai on Tuesday, paying tribute to the city’s role sheltering Jews during World War II and conveniently avoiding Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was visiting Beijing....

China earthquake death toll reaches 156; more than 3,000 hurt

2013-04-20 07:15:00

BEIJING -- A strong earthquake struck China’s mountainous Sichuan province Saturday morning, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 3,000 injured. Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the U.S. Geological...

The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei

2013-04-22 01:00:00

Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...

Death toll in China quake hits 113

2013-04-20 04:37:00

Reporting from Beijing --� A strong earthquake struck China’s mountainous Sichuan province� Saturday morning, leaving at least 113 people dead and more than 3,000 injured. Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the...

China quake kills at least 179

2013-04-20 20:53:00

BEIJING — When their beds began to shake and the dishes clattered off the shelves, people knew what to do this time. The temblor Saturday morning in Sichuan province was a lesser replay of a killer quake that struck along the same fault line...

North Korea demands end to U.N. sanctions before talks

2013-04-18 11:44:00

North Korea insisted Thursday that the U.S. and South Korea must scrap United Nations sanctions and put an end to joint military drills before any talks on its nuclear arsenal can begin. The U.S. and South Korea have said the burden is on Pyongyang to...

Kerry visits China to urge action on North Korea

2013-04-12 23:09:00

BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrived in Beijing on Saturday in hopes of turning the Chinese government's obvious frustration with North Korea's nuclear program into decisive action. Kerry's debut trip to East Asia as secretary...

Kerry: Beijing to work with U.S. to quell North Korea nuke threat

2013-04-13 09:45:00

BEIJING -- After meeting with top Chinese leaders Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry said� Beijing had pledged to work with the United States to urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. "There is no question in my mind that China is...

North Korea, China's problem child

2013-04-10 18:19:00

BEIJING — In Washington, it is said, the definition of a gaffe is accidentally saying what you really think. That may be doubly true in Beijing, as Deng Yuwen can attest. Deng, an editor at the weekly newspaper run by the Central Party School,...

China signals North Korea to stop throwing the 'world into chaos'

2013-04-07 20:54:00

BEIJING -- In a sign of China’s exasperation with its rogue ally, North Korea, newly installed Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday condemned nations that throw the “world into chaos.” Without mentioning North Korea by name, Xi...

Gov. Brown will mean business on his weeklong trip to China

2013-04-07 16:15:00

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown is stepping back onto the world stage. After two years largely spent cloistered in California tending to the fiscal crisis, he starts a weeklong visit to China on Tuesday in a bid to reclaim the state's reputation...

Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

China's President Xi Jinping tells delegates at an international forum in Boao, 'No one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gains.'

2013-04-07 00:00:00

BRICS leaders were all smiles at the conclusion of their summit in Durban, South Africa, on Wednesday, although analysts say little was accomplished in their mission to support developing economies.

2013-03-27 00:00:00