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Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, both countries announced Friday, in what will be his first visit in ne

Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese authorities snuffed out efforts to mark Thursday's anniversary of the deadly 1989 military crackdown on student-led pro-democr

Beijing says U.S. comments on Tiananmen crackdown ’smear’ China

"No amount of censorship can erase the past," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday, referring to the events of June 4, 1989.

Kim says N. Korea more than doubled nuclear material production capacity

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country's production capacity for weapons-grade nuclear materials has more than doubled du

Defending democracy from the global war on reality

From Beijing to Washington, the very concept of objective truth feels unattainable

Former Canadian diplomat detained in China says Japan needs to help constrain Beijing

Countries like Japan, South Korea and Australia cannot counter China on their own, but with the U.S. and India, they could constrain Beijing's influence, Michael Kovrig says.

N. Korea did not list Takeshima as its territory in 2025 map, book

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- North Korea did not list Takeshima, a group of South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, as its territory on a map and in

Chinese aircraft carrier conducts drills east of Philippines

The exercises were reported as Beijing lashed out at Tokyo over its defense buildup and growing security ties with Manila.

China patrols waters east of Taiwan in response to Japan, Philippine maritime border talks

Japan and the Philippines said last week they would ​begin talks on delimiting the maritime boundary of the exclusive ‌economic zone, which overlaps with areas claimed by Beijing.

Full Speech: Defense Minister Koizumi Rejects Beijing's 'New Militarism' Accusation

In Singapore, Koizumi laid out Japan's case for deeper security cooperation, urging unity among like-minded nations amid growing regional tensions. The post Full Speech: Defense Minister Koizumi Rejects Beijing's 'New Militarism' Accusation first appeared on JAPAN Forward.

Dressing visitors in ancient China's imperial splendor is booming in Beijing

BEIJING (AP) -- Chen Jiao has a curious job: transforming visitors to resemble empresses from ancient China as young people explore a revival of tradi

Koizumi rebuts Chinese ‘new militarism’ claims, spotlighting Beijing’s own buildup

The defense chief also used Tokyo's concerns of a looming crisis over Taiwan to justify Japan's move into a "new role" as a primary defense equipment supplier for the region.

In Southern California Chinese enclave, a mayor's arrest stokes fears of Beijing's influence

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In 2024, voters in the Southern California city of Arcadia elected the first all-Asian city council in the city's history.Now, one

In a single day, three democracies pushed back against Chinese transnational repression

That three liberal democracies acted against Beijing's long arm on a single day was not coordinated – but perhaps it should have been.

The absence of disaster was a form of progress in Trump's Beijing visit

New Chinese frigate joins carrier strike group training in western Pacific for first time

China's dispatch of its Type 054B for its first far-seas training since entering service a year ago is a milestone in Beijing's push to punch further into the western Pacific.

Russians covertly trained by China return to fight in Ukraine, sources say

While China and Russia have held several joint military exercises since the invasion of Ukraine, Beijing has repeatedly said it is neutral and presents itself as a peace mediator.