China warns of turmoil over Iran, mute on sanctions

2011-11-09T01:00:05Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned on Wednesday against turmoil in the Middle East from action over Iran's nuclear program, but declined to comment on the possibility of new sanctions following a

China urges Iran be flexible on nuclear program

2011-11-04T04:02:07Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged Iran on Friday to show flexibility over its controversial nuclear program and warned that the use of force to resolve the issue was the last thing the Middle East needed at ...

N.Korea's Kim calls for nuclear talks, doubts on uranium

2011-10-24T20:00:10Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il told Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang that a moribund 2005 deal should be the basis for fresh talks abo...

North Korea and U.S. look to another round of talks: report

2011-09-21T22:00:12Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States are looking at holding a second round of dialogue early next month as part of renewed efforts to restart talks on disabling the North's nuclear weapons program, South Korean media r...

Korean envoys hold nuclear talks in Beijing

2011-09-21T07:30:37Z

The chief nuclear envoys for North and South Korea met in Beijing on Wednesday to try to revive international nuclear disarmament talks, with little hope of any early breakthroughs.

The one-day meeting at a private members' club in the centre of the Chinese capital is the second round of talks between the South's Wi Sung-Lac...

Two Koreas to hold nuclear talks Wednesday

2011-09-19T04:30:29Z

Top North and South Korean envoys will meet in Beijing on Wednesday for a second round of talks aimed at restarting stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations, Seoul's foreign ministry said.

The ministry gave no further details Monday of the meeting between the South's chief nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-Lac and his North K...

China urges new push for North Korea nuclear talks

2011-09-18T21:00:08Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged regional powers on Monday to revive moribund nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, with its foreign minister Yang Jiechi defending Beijing as an honest b...

Koreas sound out orchestral maneuvers, but are strings attached?

2011-09-16T02:00:05Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - Bitter rivals South and North Korea could come together later this year to stage combined orchestral performances in the two capitals, a renowned conductor said on Friday, amid signs of improving relations on the divided peninsula.

On the diplomatic front, South Kore...

North Korea atom drive may rely on smugglers - IAEA

2011-09-02T15:00:07Z

VIENNA (Reuters) - North Korea may have used a "clandestine supply network" to acquire technology and information needed for an uranium enrichment facility the reclusive Asian state revealed late last year, the U.N. nuclear agency said in a report.

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Japan warns of China's growing naval muscle

2011-08-02T06:30:17Z

Japan voiced concern Tuesday over China's growing assertiveness and widening naval reach in nearby waters and the Pacific and over what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.

In its annual defence report, Tokyo also pointed to threats from Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will end a lengthy trip to Asia by meeting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo in Shenzhen,

S. Korea, China to press N. Korea on talks: envoy

2011-06-08T04:30:37Z

South Korea and China will this week discuss ways to persuade North Korea to return to dialogue, the South's nuclear envoy said Wednesday, after Pyongyang publicly burnt its bridges with Seoul.

North Korea confirmed that leader Kim Jong-Il ended a secretive visit to close ally China Thursday, but its report of his talks with President Hu Jintao struck a different note to Beijing's account.

The official KCNA news agency said Kim me...

China confirms Kim's visit: South Korea

2011-05-22T10:30:30Z

China's Premier Wen Jiabao confirmed on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is visiting China to study its dramatic economic development, South Korean officials said.

Wen expressed hope that Kim would use the knowledge to revive his own country's faltering economy, they said.

He made the comments to the South's Presi...

Carter says hopes to meet North Korea leader and son

2011-04-24T23:00:23Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter said on Monday he hopes to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son and presumed heir during a visit this week that will concentrate on North Korea's uranium enrichment programme should be discussed as part of long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks, China said Tuesday during a visit by South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan.

Kim, who is on his first visit to China since taking office in October, discussed the North Korean nuclear issue with his Chinese counterpart South Korea's nuclear negotiations chief met Thursday with US special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth to discuss Pyongyang's uranium enrichment program, officials said Thursday.

The program disclosed last November potentially gives the North a second way to...

S. Korea's nuclear envoy heads to US

2011-02-24T03:30:27Z

South Korea's nuclear envoy left Thursday for talks in Washington on North Korea's uranium enrichment activities, after China blocked publication of a United Nations report criticising the programme.

The programme ...

China pledges to revive stalled nuke talks

2011-02-23T10:30:22Z

China will work to revive stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament and to maintain peace on the Korean peninsula, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Wednesday during a visit to South Korea.

But Yang, in com...

N. Korea sought military talks with US: report

2011-02-21T05:30:22Z

North Korea last month offered to hold high-level military talks with the United States to discuss tensions on the Korean peninsula and nuclear disarmament, a report said Monday.

The North proposed the talks in a letter from its defence minister Kim ...

Diplomacy stalemate over North Korea's nuclear programme

2011-02-11T21:00:23Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - China does not back efforts by Washington and Seoul to punish North Korea at the United Nations for its uranium enrichment programme and wants si...

S. Korea wants UN debate on N. Korea nuclear project

2011-01-25T14:30:33Z

South Korea made a fresh call Tuesday for the United Nations Security Council to debate North Korea's uranium enrichment programme, which according to experts could produce more nuclear weapons.

The issue of UN referral "wil...

South Korea to soon propose nuclear talks with North

2011-01-24T05:30:30Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will soon propose holding talks with the North that could pave the way for a resumption of six-party negotiations aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions in return for aid, an official said on Monday.

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Major powers snub Iran invite for nuclear tour

2011-01-14T15:30:21Z

Iran's invitation to a number of key countries to visit its nuclear sites has effectively been snubbed by major powers, diplomats here said Friday.

Diplomats close to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told AFP that only a small number of countries had signalled their participation in the tour this weekend, including

China says "difficult" to accept Iran nuclear invite

2011-01-13T00:30:11Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said it will be "difficult" for its ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency to tour Iran's nuclear facilities, potential...

N. Korea's uranium for making bombs: South

2011-01-12T19:30:37Z

North Korea's new uranium enrichment programme is designed to make nuclear weapons, South Korea's foreign minister has said, rebutting Pyongyang's claims that it is for peaceful use.

"I think it is part of an attempt to produce nuclear bombs on top of plutonium-based ones," Kim Sung-Hwan said in an interview with ...

EU to reject Iran offer on nuclear sites: Ashton

2011-01-07T02:00:28Z

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Union will turn down an offer from Iran to tour its nuclear facilities, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Friday.

"What...

US point man on N.Korea meets with S.Korean negotiator

2011-01-04T17:30:42Z

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" ...

AP Exclusive:Iran invites EU, others to nuke sites

2011-01-03T13:30:50Z

AP Exclusive: Iran invites EU, other nations and groups to visit nuke site

Iran has invited Russia, China, the European Union and its allies among the Arab and developing world to tour its nuclear sites, in an apparent move to gain support ahead of a new r...

China, North Korea remain defiant despite US anger

2010-12-09T13:30:27Z

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

China says does not want to "replace" U.S. as world power

2010-12-07T02:30:19Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - China does not want to "replace" the United States from its dominant role in the world, and the world should not fear China's rise, the country's top diplomat wrote in an essay.

State Councilor Japan war games kicked off Friday in waters off the tense Korean peninsula as the UN's atomic watchdog voiced "great concern" about North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

The manoeuvres in the Japan to send envoy to China for North Korea talks amid tensions over artillery attack

Japan says it will send an envoy for North Korean nuclear talks to China amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The foreign ministry said Tuesday that

Signs of diplomacy in NKorea crisis

2010-11-30T12:38:44Z

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Signs of diplomacy in North Korea crisis

2010-11-30T12:38:42Z

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China calls for urgent talks on North Korea

2010-11-28T01:30:06Z

China calls for emergency meeting of 6 nations to discuss Korean situation

China's nuclear envoy is calling for an emergency meeting of North Korean disarmament talks to discuss the tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Wu Dawei says chief negotiators at the six-nation nuclear talks ar...

China in call over Korean tensions

2010-11-29T15:00:37Z

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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

2010-11-24T13:00:24Z

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Nov. 23

Los Angeles Times on the pope's comments on condom use and AIDS:

Opaque as it is,

2010-11-29T14:41:07Z

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US criticizes North Korean uranium-based nuclear programme

2010-11-29T14:45:20Z

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Should North Korea be more understanding toward NATO?

2010-11-29T15:41:16Z

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Assessing the need for a nuclear deterrent in today's United States

2010-11-29T15:43:12Z

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North Korea gets lowest grade on 'nuclear arms report card'

2010-10-27T12:30:59Z

"North Korea, which has violated nearly every non-proliferation and disarmament standard over the past two years, warrants an overall grade of 'F'," ACA executive director Daryl Kimball told reporters.

North Korea failed all but three of the 10 equally-weighted categories used to calculate the overall grade.

In the three areas that India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Naoto Kan also stressed the warm ties linking two of Asia's biggest democracies, at a time of high diplomatic tensions between Japan and communist-ruled

India, Japan PMs to confirm trade pact

2010-10-24T22:30:31Z

Manmohan Singh, who arrived on Sunday, and his counterpart Naoto Kan were also expected to stress the warm ties between Asia's biggest democracies at a time of high diplomatic tensions between Japan and communist-ruled

I agree with Nick

2010-11-03T03:17:34Z

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North Korea, World Peace and Arms Race

2010-11-03T03:17:46Z

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South Korean Dilemma

2010-11-02T23:56:57Z

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The Nuclear Club

2010-11-03T00:12:41Z

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N.Korea reshuffles officials ahead of key meeting

2010-09-23T02:15:34Z

North Korea announced a reshuffle of senior officials Thursday just days ahead of a key communist party meeting expected to pave the way for a power transfer from leader Kim Jong-Il to his son.

Kang Sok-Ju, North Korea's first vice minister of foreign affairs, has been appointed to the position of a vice premier of the cabinet, the

N.Korea reshuffles officials ahead of party meet

2010-09-23T01:15:34Z

North Korea announced a reshuffle of senior officials Thursday just days ahead of a key communist party meeting expected to pave the way for a power transfer from leader Kim Jong-Il to his son.

Kang Sok-Ju, North Korea's first vice minister of foreign affairs, has been appointed to the position of a vice premier of the cabinet, the

China, Pakistan in talks on new nuclear plant

2010-09-21T16:06:08Z

Pakistan on Tuesday implicitly confirmed it is holding talks with China to build a new nuclear power plant in the energy-starved South Asian nation.

"We have an ongoing civil nuclear cooperation agreement with China which is according to our respective international obligations for peaceful purposes under the IAEA safeguards," foreign office spokesman North Korea announced on Tuesday that its biggest political meeting for decades will be held next week, a move seen as paving the way for a power transfer from the ailing Kim Jong-Il to his youngest son.

The conference of the ruling communist party "for electing its supreme leadership body will take place in Pyongyang on September 28", the

US official says China onboard on N.Korea

2010-09-21T15:22:57Z

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 ...

S.Korea to give N.Korea flood aid as tensions ease

2010-09-13T01:15:46Z

South Korea Monday announced aid to flood-stricken North Korea and a US envoy discussed the possible resumption of nuclear disarmament talks, amid signs of a thaw in cross-border relations.

But Seoul reiterated that Pyongyang was responsible for ...

General Cold War History

2010-11-02T16:05:42Z

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US, South Korean nuclear envoys meet

2010-09-03T08:51:57Z

US, South Korean envoys meet as China pushes to restart North Korea nuclear weapons talks

South Korea's envoy to stalled North Korean nuclear talks is meeting with senior U.S. officials as China and the North reportedly are pushing for the disarma...

US officials to visit China for talks

2010-09-02T06:20:27Z

US National Economic Council chairman Larry Summers will visit China next week for talks on bilateral relations, China announced Thursday.

Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon ...

US non-committal on resuming NKorea nuclear talks

2010-09-01T22:27:09Z

The United States said Wednesday it planned more consultations with its partners after hearing China's perspective on reviving stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea.

The non-committal notes from Washington came as a delegation led by China's top nuclear envoy

Carter exits N.Korea with freed US man, nuke vow

2010-09-01T12:13:38Z

Former US president Jimmy Carter was heading home from North Korea Friday after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang that it wants to resume nuclear disarmament talks.

The Nobel peace laureate was leaving the reclusive communist state with China and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to improve nuclear security in the region, the UN nuclear watchdog said, as its chief made his first visit to Beijing.

The agreement, signed by IAEA head Iran said on Friday it was ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel and added that it was also against stockpiling higher enriched uranium.

The comments by the Islamic republic's atomic chief US officials to press China, others on implementation of Iran sanctions

The Obama administration is pushing China and other key nations to enforce tough international sanctions against Iran and to enact their own penalties.

Senior U.S. officials said Thursday they w...

Cosmopolitan Exchange News This Week

2010-10-06T02:25:11Z

February 20th, 2006
by means of Vasily Klimko

Rumour reports this week contained wholesome and unfavourable info looking for certain people in the technology, matter, brevity, line of work, and distraction industries or sectors nearly the world.
Primary, the technology energy is reported to be booming.

A evidence of the growing technology industry is the 3GSM Society Congress held in Barcelona and participated next to three biggest cellular phone technology fi...

China says foreign reserves not political `weapon'

2010-08-25T13:51:57Z

China says foreign reserves not `nuclear weapon' to influence other governments

China 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 U.S. Treasury debt "should not be politicized."

In t...

Iran's Ahmadinejad says Israel is 'doomed'

2010-06-11T05:15:53Z

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Israel was "doomed" and singled out US President Barack Obama for scorn, blaming Washington for orchestrating new nuclear sanctions against Tehran.

Speaking during a visit to the World Expo in

Ahmadinejad says Israel is 'doomed'

2010-06-11T03:15:40Z

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Israel was "doomed" and singled out US President Barack Obama for scorn after the UN agreed a fresh round of nuclear sanctions against his country.

Speaking during a visit to the World Expo in Shanghai, Ahmadine...

Iran to review relations with UN nuke watchdog

2010-07-21T13:56:45Z

Iran's parliament plans to review relations with UN nuclear watchdog over latest sanctions

Iran said Thursday it will review relations with the U.N. nuclear watchdog a day after the U.N. Security Council approved a fourth round of sanctions against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad led a chorus of defiant Iranian criticism of new UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic on Wednesday, saying they deserved to be "thrown in the dust bin."

"These resolutions are not worth a dime for the Iranian nation," he said.

"I gave one of them (world powers) a message that the resolutions you issue ...

Iran sanctions should not hurt ordinary citizens: China

2010-06-03T03:15:56Z

China said Thursday that any sanctions eventually adopted by the UN Security Council against Iran in response to its nuclear programme should not adversely affect the lives of ordinary citizens.

The comments from foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu came after ...

China calls on Iran to boost cooperation with IAEA

2010-06-01T05:15:57Z

China on Tuesday called on Iran to improve its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, after the agency said in a report that Tehran was pressing ahead with its controversial atomic programme.

"We hope Iran will further step up cooperation with the IAEA and resolve the pending issues at an early d...

Geithner says sees global economy improving

2010-10-22T13:21:09Z

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 ...

Geithner urges U.S., China cooperation on freer trade

2010-05-23T19:00:09Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday the United States and China need to work together to reduce trade barriers and develop a more balanced global economy.

In prepared remarks ...

Taiwan will not enter arms race with China: Ma

2010-05-19T09:15:34Z

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou said Wednesday the island will not engage in an arms race with China, despite the threat it poses, highlighted by the mainland's efforts to acquire an aircraft carrier.

Taiwan will maintain a "small but elite" force to defend itself while continuing to promote trade ties with China, Ma told a press conference m...

US seeks to regain Iran initiative with sanctions move

2010-07-21T13:49:52Z

The United States moved quickly Tuesday to regain the initiative in its nuclear standoff with Iran, announcing a deal for "strong" new UN sanctions against Tehran.

In a lightning rebuke to a surprise offer by Tehran to avoid more punishment by shipping some of its nuclear fuel out of...

Japan, China in spat over nuclear arsenal

2010-05-16T04:15:14Z

Japan has urged China to cut its nuclear arsenal or at least to stop stockpiling more atomic weapons, prompting a strong reaction from Beijing at their foreign ministers' talks, officials said Sunday.

The rare demand came when Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada met his Chinese counterpart

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2010-11-02T16:51:09Z

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US studying China-Pakistan nuclear deal

2010-05-10T20:15:35Z

The United States said it was carefully reviewing China's plans to build two civilian nuclear reactors in Pakistan, urging all nations to respect non-proliferation commitments.

The China National Nuclear Corporation has agreed to finance ...

North Korea's Kim committed to disarmament talks: KCNA

2010-06-25T18:14:39Z

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 unchanged by the "replace...

Kim Jong-Il committed to disarmament talks: Pyongyang

2010-06-25T18:14:35Z

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 Reuters) - The five official nuclear powers said on Wednesday they will continue to refrain from conducting any atomic tests and called for all nations to ratify a treaty banning all nuclear explosions.

The United States, Russia, China, Beijing, China. More than a craze, discount shopping is becoming a way of life for young Chinese. Known as the "coupon generation," they are changing the way business is done in the world's second largest economy. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

China New Year

2010-12-31T21:01:16Z

Chinese people strike the Yongle Bell at a temple to celebrate the New Year, in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Chinese people believe striking the bell at the beginning of the New Year will bring them best wishes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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China Peaceful Rise

2010-12-29T03:31:35Z

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama welcomes China's President Hu Jintao as he arrives for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh. China's high-profile feuds with the Beijing, China. China plans to crack down in the coming year on lavish parties and seminars organized by government officials, hoping to placate a public angered by corruption and accounts of sex and booze-fueled fetes held at taxpayer expense. On Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, Commun...

China Inflation

2010-12-26T16:00:13Z

A delivery worker cycles past a closed bank branch in Beijing, China, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao tried Sunday to reassure the public about the government's ability to control inflation, a day after China raised interest rates amid worries that rising prices could hurt social stability. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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