All posts tagged "China"

  • In this Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 photo, men smoke cigarettes outside of an office building in Beijing. Research published in the medical journal The Lancet says one in three of all the young men in China are likely to die from tobacco, but that the number can fall if the men quit smoking. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    Studies say 1/3 of young men in China to die from smoking

    BEIJING (AP) — Research published in the medical journal The Lancet says one in three of all the young men in China are likely to die from tobacco, but that the number can fall if the men...

    • Posted October 8, 2015
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    THAAD is China’s only concern about Park-Obama summit: Chinese professor

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) — The only concern China has about the upcoming summit between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama is the possibility of the two leaders discussing the...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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  • The city of Yianbian (highlighted) borders North Korea and is already home to hundreds of S. Korean businesses. (Google Maps)
    S. Korea, China to build joint industrial complex near N. Korea

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — South Korea and China plan to build a joint industrial complex near a border area with North Korea, according to South Korean Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo on Saturday. Kim made the remarks on...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • In this Monday, April 13, 2015 file photo, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, right, shakes hands with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong in New Delhi, India. Ties are warming between New Delhi and Pyongyang, with mineral-hungry India looking to boost trade while North Korea, facing sometimes-rocky relations with China, searches for new friends. The goodwill began earlier this year, when North Korea dispatched Ri on a three-day trip to India, just a few weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Seoul for meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
    Odd couple: Ties warm between India and N. Korea

    NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s not the most obvious international friendship. On one side is the world’s largest democracy, with its riotous collection of battling political parties and a freewheeling media with thousands of newspapers, TV stations...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • China not invited to N. Korea’s key anniversary next month

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China is not among nations invited to attend North Korea’s key national anniversary next month, a diplomatic source said Monday, reflecting strained political ties between the allies. North Korea has indicated that it may...

    • Posted September 21, 2015
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  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at an event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 19th joint statement agreed as part of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Yi said Saturday that the multilateral talks involving China, the United States, Russia, Japan, South Korea and North Korea are still the best way to address the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    China urges six-party talks over N. Korea nuclear program

    BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday urged the countries involved in talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear program to resume negotiations that stalled seven years ago. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the multilateral talks involving China,...

    • Posted September 19, 2015
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    China to respond firmly to any N. Korean nuke test

    BEIJING (AP) — If North Korea launches a rocket into space or conducts a nuclear test in the coming weeks, as observers suspect it may, China is certain to respond angrily, and perhaps with an unprecedented level...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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