Topic: Beijing

China says Iran sanctions no cure

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister said on Sunday new sanctions on Iran will not solve the standoff over its nuclear program, while chiding the United States after two months of tensions between the big powers."As everyone knows, pressure and sanctions are ...

China wants more diplomacy before Iran sanctions

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Sunday strongly signaled his country's reluctance to back sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, but did not shut the door completely to the possibility.Washington and other Western powers want China's backing for ...

Envoys in China for North Korea nuclear talks

Top US and South Korean diplomats were in Beijing for meetings with Chinese officials on Wednesday as part of the latest efforts to nudge North Korea back to stalled nuclear disarmament talks.China, host of the six-party talks and the communist North's only ...
US and South Korean envoys were set Tuesday to begin a new diplomatic initiative to bring North Korea back to the nuclear disarmament talks it quit 10 months ago.The US's special envoy Stephen Bosworth and its chief nuclear negotiator Sung Kim were ...

US, S.Korea seek to revive N.Korea nuke talks

US and South Korean envoys were set Tuesday to begin a new diplomatic initiative to bring North Korea back to the nuclear disarmament talks it quit 10 months ago.The US's special envoy Stephen Bosworth and its chief nuclear negotiator Sung Kim were ...

N.Korea vows not to abandon nuclear arms

North Korea vowed Friday not to abandon its nuclear weapons in return for economic aid, saying the United States should first change its ""Unless (the US) terminates its hostile policy and nuclear threats towards our republic, our abandonment of nuclear weapons will ...
The United States opens a critical international campaign this month to punish Iran for its nuclear program, and U.S. officials and China experts believe Beijing despite heated anti-U.S. rhetoric of recent days won't stand in the way.China has pledged to retaliate for ...
SKorea, US reject NKorea's peace talks proposal, want to see progress on disarmament firstSouth Korea and the U.S. rejected North Korea's proposal to start peace talks to formally end the Korean War, with Seoul saying Tuesday that can happen only after the ...

US aides pressured China on Iran: report

Senior US officials traveled to China two weeks before President Barack Obama's trip there to pressure Beijing to further isolate Iran, The Washington Post reported Thursday.Senior National Security Council aides Dennis Ross and Jeffrey Bader warned Chinese officials of severe consequences if ...
Top diplomat says US-NKorea talks hinge on renewed Pyongyang commitment to six-party processThe United States will not meet directly with North Korea until Pyongyang commits to rejoining six-nation disarmament talks and abides by commitments to dismantle its nuclear programs, a top U.S. ...