

Is China Using Business Deals to Expand Middle East Influence?
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, is welcomed by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during his official arrival ceremony at the Saadabad...


China Reaffirms Record Pollution Penalty
People wear protective masks near the Bund in Shanghai, Jan. 19, 2016. Environmentalists have warned that dirty water is a greater...


Khamenei: Iran Never Trusted West, Seeks Closer Ties with China
Chinese President Xi Jinping, center right, shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, as they pose for a photograph in an...


Lagarde Seeking Second Term as IMF Chief
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, left, attends the plenary session of the World Economic Forum in...


China Law Could Trigger NGO Exodus
This undated photo at an undisclosed location provided to AFP by the 'Chinese Urgent Action Working Group' shows Swedish human rights...


Taiwan’s Premier Quits, Cabinet May Follow, After Election Losses
Taiwan's Premier Mao Chi-kuo speaks to the foreign media about Taiwan's interest in joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank...


China Waits, Watches as Taiwan Elects New President
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen waves to her supporters after her election victory...


AIIB Ready to Admit New Members but Taiwan May Not Qualify
President of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Jin Liqun greets to journalists as he arrives at a news conference in Beijing,...


Kerry Agenda to Focus on North Korea Tension, Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during his meeting with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in London, Jan. 14,...


US Concerned About China Rights After Lawyers' Arrest
Plainclothes and uniformed police stand guard near Beijing's No. 2 People's Intermediate Court during a trial there of a human rights...















