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China’s Xi vows support for North Korea’s Kim in rare Pyongyang visit

2 months ago07 mins

June 8, 2026, 8:47 a.m. ET China will not swerve from its commitment to safeguarding common interests with North Korea or waver in its support for Kim Jong Un, President Xi Jinping told Pyongyang’s leader on Monday, June 8 during a rare summit. The neighbours should strengthen strategic ties and firmly protect their sovereignty, security, and development interests, Xi told Kim, an official Chinese summary of the meeting showed,…

Does Xi Jinping speak English? What to know about Trump China’s visit

3 months ago05 mins

Updated May 14, 2026, 11:51 a.m. ET President Donald Trump is in China for a packed two-day trip, including one-on-ones with President Xi Jinping, in the first U.S. state visit to China in nearly a decade. In November, Trump announced he had accepted an invitation to visit China in April, but that was delayed as…

China and Russia veto UN resolution on protecting Hormuz shipping

4 months ago08 mins

Updated April 8, 2026, 8:32 a.m. ET China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the measure biased against Iran, while Washington’s ambassador to the world body called on “responsible nations” to join the U.S. in securing the waterway….

Pakistan and China brokered a fragile Iran ceasefire

4 months ago010 mins

Updated April 8, 2026, 12:44 p.m. ET A knot of defiant nations − three of them talked off a geopolitical cliff’s edge at the eleventh hour. As Israel, Iran and the United States stood on the precipice of escalating a volatile war, China and Pakistan − with sharply different motives − emerged from the…

China cracks down on fentanyl networks after U.S. pressure

5 months ago04 mins

March 19, 2026, 8:53 a.m. ET Beijing — China has arrested seven people and subjected 12 more to “criminal compulsory measures” in a campaign targeting traffickers in fentanyl precursor chemicals, state media said on Thursday, following pressure from the United States. China’s first wide-publication in years of legal action that has led to the arrests…

China not told of US-Israeli strikes beforehand, spokesperson says

5 months ago05 mins

March 2, 2026, 1:07 p.m. ET China’s foreign ministry said it was not alerted ahead of time of Israel and United States’ plan to strike parts of Iran over the weekend. The attack has killed over 500 people in Iran, including supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dozens of top officials and a Chinese citizen as tensions…

Chinese President Xi Jinping writes to Iowa friends for New Year

6 months ago04 mins

Feb. 18, 2026, 9:33 a.m. CT BEIJING ― Chinese President Xi Jinping said the desire of the Chinese and American peoples for exchanges and cooperation will not change regardless of how bilateral relations evolve, in a reply to Iowa friends ahead of an expected meeting with President Donald Trump in April, according to Xinhua. “The hope of…

Trump says US will move on Greenland before Russia or China

7 months ago03 mins

Updated Jan. 9, 2026, 5:22 p.m. ET President Donald Trump said the U.S. will seize control of Greenland “the easy way” or “the hard way” and warned that he won’t miss out on the opportunity to Russia or China. “We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not,” he said….