All posts tagged "China"

  • Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei urged all parties that are affected by the missile testings to remain calm. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    China defends N. Korea on human rights record

    BEIJING, March 17 (Yonhap) — China on Tuesday urged the world to take what it calls “an objective and fair” attitude toward North Korea’s human rights record, again defending its traditional ally against growing international criticism over...

    • Posted March 17, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping wave during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Wang Zhao, Pool)
    China forces tough choice on S. Korea

    By Yi Whan-woo China has increased pressure on South Korea to make an either/or choice between Beijing and the United States on two key issues. “It would be appreciated if South Korea takes China’s interest and concerns...

    • Posted March 16, 2015
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    UN chief urges S. Korea, Japan, China, to reconcile

    TOKYO (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the leaders of Japan, China and South Korea on Monday to work harder for reconciliation over their wartime past to ensure peace and stability in the region. In...

    • Posted March 16, 2015
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  • Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei urged all parties that are affected by the missile testings to remain calm. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    China urges calm as N. Korea fires missiles

    BEIJING, March 13 (Yonhap) — China called for the “relevant parties” to exercise calm and restraint on Friday, a day after North Korea fired seven ground-to-air missiles into the East Sea in apparent show of force against...

    • Posted March 13, 2015
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    China offers economic incentives in exchange for S. Korea rejecting THAAD: report

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — China has promised increased trade and business with South Korea in exchange for Seoul rejecting a U.S. bid to deploy the THAAD missile defense system to the country, an American news outlet reported Monday....

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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  • Federal agents enter an upscale apartment complex, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, in Irvine, Calif. Shortly after sunrise, federal agents swarmed the complex in the Orange County where authorities say a birth tourism business charged pregnant women $50,000 for lodging, food and transportation. The key draw for travelers is that the United States offers birthright citizenship. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    Feds crackdown on maternity tourism

    IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Federal agents searched more than a dozen homes Tuesday in a crackdown on so-called maternity tourism operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese women to give birth in the U.S., where their babies automatically...

    • Posted March 3, 2015
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    China urges restraint as N. Korea fires short-range missiles

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China called for calm and restraint on Monday after North Korea fired two short-range missiles off the East Sea in apparent anger against annual military drills between South Korea and the United States. North...

    • Posted March 2, 2015
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