China FM says 'urgent' steps needed to ease Gaza crisis
BEIJING, China — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday the world must "act urgently" to calm the Israel-Hamas war as he hosted diplomats from Arab and Muslim-majority nations in Beijing.
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China says US missile deployment in Philippines undermines peace
SHANGHAI: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the US deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the Philippines "undermines regional peace and stability", the foreign ministry said on Sunday. Speaking to South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul in New York on Saturday, Wang also called for avoiding "war or chaos on the Korean Peninsula", the ministry said in a post on its website. The US deployed the Typhon system
China holds military drills in South China Sea after talks with US
Chinese air and sea forces are conducting manoeuvres in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the military said on Saturday, hours after the country's top diplomat discussed ways of reducing regional tension with his U.S. counterpart. The news comes after Australia and the Philippines said their militaries would hold a joint maritime activity with Japan, New Zealand and the United States in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
US top diplomat questions China peace push over Russia help
NEW YORK, United States — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday questioned China's sincerity in seeking peace in Ukraine as he directly pressed his counterpart over exports that boost Russia's military.
China urges Japan to deal with boy's fatal stabbing 'calmly'
BEIJING, China — China's top diplomat Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart that he hoped Tokyo would handle the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy in Shenzhen "calmly and rationally", China's foreign ministry said Tuesday.
China's top diplomat warns visiting US official over support for the Philippines
BEIJING, China — China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Wednesday warned visiting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan over supporting the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, state media reported.
China says Taiwan's independence is the greatest threat to regional stability but vows no new action
China's foreign minister on Wednesday said Taiwan's independence poses the greatest threat to stability in the immediate region but vowed no new action that could bring Beijing into conflict with the United States or others amid rising tensions.
US missiles not a threat, Philippines tells China
MANILA, Philippines — Manila has sought to reassure Beijing that the presence of a US intermediate-range missile system on Philippine territory posed no threat to China and would not destabilize the region.
Philippines says 'no incidents' as it resupplies hotspot reef
MANILA: The Philippines said it carried out a resupply and rotation mission to troops on a South China Sea reef Saturday without "untoward incidents", more than a month after a violent clash with Chinese forces in the area.It said the mission to Second Thomas Shoal was the first since Manila and Beijing reached a "provisional arrangement" last week for the delivery of daily necessities and rotation missions for Filipino troops based on a rusty warship grounded atop the reef.