Topic: Beijing

The US special envoy on North Korea on Wednesday met with a top South Korean official for talks on easing tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme and a deadly attack on a South Korean island.Stephen Bosworth called for "serious negotiations" as a central ...
Communist allies North Korea and China proclaimed their unity Thursday as the North's leader Kim Jong-Il held his first meeting with a senior Chinese envoy since the region's worst crisis in years erupted.China's most senior foreign policymaker Dai Bingguo visited Pyongyang as ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and AbroadExcerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:Nov. 23Los Angeles Times on the pope's comments on condom use and AIDS:Opaque as it is, Pope Benedict XVI's ...
On Saturday, the New York Times reported that North Korea showed an American scientist a recently built uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon.. The international community must recognize three things if it wants to stop North Korea's weapons programs. Then in 2005, President ...

US official says China onboard on N.Korea

China, North Korea's main ally, agrees with the United States that denuclearization talks can only resume if Pyongyang shows its seriousness about past agreements, a senior US official said Monday.China has called for the resumption of talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ...
China says foreign reserves not `nuclear weapon' to influence other governmentsChina tried Wednesday to allay concern about the political impact of its $2.5 trillion foreign reserves, saying they are not a "nuclear weapon" to control other nations and its vast holdings of ...

Geithner says sees global economy improving

BEIJING (Reuters) - The global economy has been strengthening faster than expected, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday during talks with China in Beijing.Earlier in the day, Geithner also said the United States and China needed to work together to reduce ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il said the isolated state remains committed to nuclear disarmament, Pyongyang's official media reported Saturday, a year after quitting talks on its atomic arsenal.During a visit this week to Beijing, he also said ties with China will be ...
Kim Jong-Il said North Korea remains committed to nuclear disarmament through dialogue, Pyongyang's official media said Saturday, a year after quitting international talks on its atomic arsenal.During a visit this week to Beijing, he also said ties with China will be unchanged ...

China to press North's Kim on economy, nuclear talks

DALIAN, China (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il headed to Beijing by train on Tuesday to talk to Chinese leaders about economic reforms and a return to nuclear disarmament negotiations, but any bold move is unlikely.Reclusive Kim's last visit to China ...