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U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Beijing this weekend for talks aimed at boosting the world's most important bilateral relationship. Blinken will hold meetings in China on June 18-19 and may meet with Chinese…

China's President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in Beijing on Friday, Chinese state media CCTV has reported. The meeting will be Xi's first with a foreign entrepreneur in recent years. He had…

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he will visit China at the end of this month at the head of a trade delegation. The New Zealand delegation would include representatives of a wide range of sectors including dairy, tourism,…

The first day of the 10th Arab-China Business Conference has opened in Saudi Arabia with the signing of 30 investment agreements worth $10 billion. Chinese entrepreneurs and investors have flocked to Riyadh for the conference, which came…

Honduras has opened an embassy in China after the Central American nation cut diplomatic relations with Taiwan earlier this year. Chinese state media CCTV reports that the embassy in Beijing was opened by foreign ministers from the two…

China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida. The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials familiar with classified intelligence,…

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has said that conflict with the United States would be an "unbearable disaster" but that his country seeks dialogue over confrontation. Speaking at Asia's top security summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue,…

India says it will host a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in a virtual format in July. India’s external affairs ministry said heads of state of all members, including Russia, China and Pakistan have been invited.…

Malaysian authorities have seized a Chinese registered dredger suspected of looting the sunken wrecks of two British naval vessels from the Second World War. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said the Fuzhou-registered Chuan Hong 68…

The United States has imposed sanctions on 17 people and entities based in China and Mexico for enabling the production of counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills. The Treasury Department said it slapped sanctions on seven entities and six…