30/06/2012 | Argentina

Defence Minister travels to Beijing

Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli left for Beijing today, amid new plans to boost bilateral relations between the two countries, which were decided on during Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao’s recent visit to Argentina.

01/08/2012 | Argentina

De Vido, Kicillof to visit China, hope for energy cooperation agreements

Federal Planning Minister Julio de Vido announced that several members of the Argentine Government would be flying to China in September in order to close several cooperation agreements between Chinese oil companies and YPF, intended to deepen the bilateral relations.

16/12/2012 | Argentina

China blocks Argentine corn exports

Chinese authorities quarantined two containers holding corn from Argentina, after detecting genetically modified strains that had not been approved beforehand, alleged the chinese buyer.

12/05/2011 | Argentina

China to purchase 500,000 tons of soy bean oil from Argentina

After meeting with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the Government House, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman and Chinese Trade and Commerce Minister Chen Deming announced during a joint press conference that China would be purchasing 500,000 tons of soy bean oil from Argentina, seemingly putting behind a bilateral conflict that was affecting trade between both countries since 2009.

08/09/2011 | Argentina

'Argentina and China are building a strategic relationship,' Timerman

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman stated today Argentina and China “are building a strategic relationship,” highlighting “positive investment activity” within bilateral connections, as he was heading a dinner with powerful Chinese executives, during his first activity on his China visit.  

09/09/2011 | Argentina

China vice president highlights Argentina's 'economic and social advances'

China vice president, Xi Jinping highlighted today the “economic and social advances that Argentina has made under Cristina Fernández’s government,” during his meeting with Foreign minister Héctor Timerman.

22/01/2013 | World

UN Security Council rebukes N.Korea, tightens sanctions

The UN Security Council today unanimously condemned North Korea's December rocket launch and expanded existing UN sanctions thanks to a deal secured by the United States and Pyongyang's ally China.

06/12/2012 | World

With focus on opposition, US races against time on Syria

The United States is racing to finalize elements of its Syria strategy, planning new steps to shape and strengthen the still-fragmented opposition as signs build that the country is nearing a tipping point in the 20-month rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad.

04/01/2013 | World

China shuts website of leading reformist magazine

China shut the website of a leading pro-reform magazine today, apparently because it ran an article calling for political reform and constitutional government, sensitive topics for the ruling Communist Party which brooks no dissent.

21/01/2013 | World

In China, signs that one-child policy may be coming to an end

China could be considering relaxing its harsh one-child policy because of women like Hu Yanqin, who lives in a village at the edge of the Gobi desert.

13/10/2012 | World

Romney hits Obama on China policies, vows action

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today accused President Barack Obama of failing to "stand up to China" after the US Treasury put off releasing a politically sensitive report on the currency policies of major US trading partners.

20/10/2012 | World

China urges restraint as tensions mount between two Koreas

China on Saturday urged North and South Korea to exercise restraint and safeguard peace on the peninsula, after the communist north threatened to fire on the south.

04/11/2012 | World

China wraps up key meeting with Bo Xilai expulsion

Chinese leaders ended a key closed-door conclave with a decision to formally expel disgraced politician Bo Xilai from the Communist Party, in a meeting which also promoted two senior military men and approved the party constitution's amendment.

24/09/2012 | World

Japan protests as Chinese ships enter disputed waters

Three Chinese ships briefly entered what Japan considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, prompting an official protest from Tokyo and renewed diplomatic efforts to cool tensions between the rivals.

25/09/2012 | World

China carrier a show of force as Japan tension festers

China sent its first aircraft carrier into formal service amid a tense maritime dispute with Japan in a show of force that could worry its neighbors.

11/10/2012 | World

China's Mo Yan wins Nobel prize for literature

Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature today for works which combine "hallucinatory realism" with folk tales, history and contemporary life grounded in his native land.

17/09/2012 | World

US launches auto case against China, Beijing fires back

The United States today launched a new trade case against Chinese auto and auto-parts subsidies as President Barack Obama stumped for votes in Ohio, an auto manufacturing state that could be decisive in the November presidential election.

19/09/2012 | World

China's Xi says Japan's purchase of disputed isles a farce

Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping denounced Japan's decision to buy disputed islands as a farce and said Tokyo should "rein in its behavior" as China moved to snuff out anti-Japan protests.

19/09/2012 | World

China seeks better military ties with US

China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping held his first talks with a foreign official since vanishing from the public eye nearly two weeks ago, telling US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta he wanted to advance ties with the United States.

08/09/2012 | World

China, Russia sound alarm on world economy at APEC summit

China and Russia sounded the alarm about the state of the global economy at a summit on Saturday and urged Asian-Pacific countries to protect themselves by forging deeper regional economic ties.

10/09/2012 | World

Japan infuriates China by agreeing to buy disputed isles

Japan has agreed to buy a group of islands disputed with China from their private owners, a government official said on Monday, prompting an angry rebuke from China a day after Chinese President Hu Jintao warned against such an "illegal" move.

16/09/2012 | World

China struggles to curb anger as protesters denounce Japan

Chinese police used pepper spray, tear gas and water cannon to break up an anti-Japan protest in southern China as demonstrators took to the streets in scores of cities across the country in a long-running row over a group of disputed islands.

30/08/2012 | World

Chinese president says supports EU efforts on debt crisis

Chinese President Hu Jintao told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that China supports Europe's efforts to overcome the debt crisis, and that the sooner it is overcome the better it will be for the world, state radio reported.

04/09/2012 | World

China warns US not to take sides in sea disputes

China warned the United States not to get involved in South China Sea territorial disputes as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to Beijing pledging to pass on a strong message on the need to calm regional tension.

07/09/2012 | World

Quakes in China kill dozens, damage 20,000 homes

Two shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquakes hit southwestern China today, killing at least 50 people and forcing tens of thousands of people from damaged buildings, state media said.

05/08/2012 | World

China calls in US diplomat over South China Sea

China's Foreign Ministry has called in a senior US diplomat to protest against remarks by the US State Department raising concerns over tensions in the contested South China Sea, further intensifying an already fraught territorial dispute.

09/08/2012 | World

OECD sees emerging market slowdown spreading to Russia

Russia looks headed towards an economic slowdown, joining fellow emerging market powerhouses India and China whose economies are also showing signs of faltering, the latest report from the OECD showed today.

23/08/2012 | World

China escalates US trade dispute, requests WTO decision

In a move that escalates a trade row with the United States, China said it would ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to adjudicate a dispute over US punitive import duties on 22 Chinese exports, including solar panels and steel products.

22/07/2012 | World

China to formally garrison disputed South China Sea

China's powerful Central Military Commission has approved the formal establishment of a military garrison for the disputed South China Sea, state media said, in a move which could further boost tensions in already fractious region.

23/07/2012 | World

Severe typhoon hits Hong Kong and south China

Hong Kong raised its highest tropical cyclone warning as an intensifying severe typhoon edged closer towards the financial hub, grounding flights and forcing the port to close.

24/07/2012 | World

Romney accuses Obama of weakness abroad, leaks

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of weakness in the face of US adversaries and promised he would be firm against Iran and China as he prepares to head overseas to boost his foreign policy credentials.

10/07/2012 | World

China trade surplus jumps as import growth falters

"Exports are better than expected, but I don't this means that we shouldn't be concerned about exports," Sun Junwei, Beijing-based China economist with HSBC, said.

11/07/2012 | World

Japan protests Chinese ships entry into waters near disputed isles

Japanese and Chinese foreign ministers sparred over rival claims to uninhabited islands in the East China Sea but appeared to try to steer clear of the acrimony that plunged ties between the two Asian giants into a deep chill two years ago.

19/07/2012 | World

Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on Syria

Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions if they did not halt violence against an uprising, again thwarting Western hopes for tough action as the crisis in Syria escalates.

03/05/2012 | World

Clinton urges China to help on Iran, North Korea

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China to help defuse tension over Iran, North Korea and other global flashpoints, seeking to salvage talks that have been overwhelmed by negotiations over a dissident.

07/06/2012 | World

China makes surprise interest rate cut

China delivered twin surprises on interest rates, cutting borrowing costs to combat faltering growth while giving banks additional flexibility to set competitive lending and deposit rates in step along the path of liberalization.

16/06/2012 | World

China puts its first woman astronaut into orbit

China put its first woman into orbit one of three astronauts to attempt a critical space docking in the latest challenge for the country's ambitious space programme.

21/04/2012 | World

China military warns of confrontation over seas

China's military warned the United States on Saturday that US-Philippine military exercises have raised risks of armed confrontation over the disputed South China Sea in the toughest high-level warning yet after weeks of tensions.

30/04/2012 | World

China wants 'drastic' US, Russia nuclear arms cuts

China called on the United States and Russia to make further "drastic" cuts in their nuclear arsenals and said all states with atomic arms should undertake not to be the first to use them.

01/05/2012 | World

Clinton arrives in China amid uncertainty over dissident

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing for annual talks with Chinese leaders that risk being upstaged by the case of a blind dissident said to be under US protection in the Chinese capital.

09/04/2012 | World

US tells North Korea not to carry out nuclear test

The United States urged North Korea not conduct a nuclear test or launch a satellite and called on China to exert its influence over its neighbour to try to ward off such "provocative actions."

14/04/2012 | World

UN council approves deployment of monitors to Syria

Russia and China joined the rest of the UN Security Council today to authorize the deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers to Syria to monitor the country's fragile ceasefire as called for by UN-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan.

18/04/2012 | World

China's Sinopec refuse to comment on 'market rumours' over YPF adquisition

China's state-owned Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) spokesman Huang Wensheng came on stage to play down rumours indicating that Argentina's move to nationalize local oil company YPF, controlled by Spain's Repsol, has spoiled years of planning by Sinopec to buy the energy giant.

21/03/2012 | World

China to increase soybeans import by 25%

The Chinese State of Administration of Grains revealed that the world's top buyer of soybeans is on course to import 25 percent more in the first half of this year than the first six months of 2011, which will benefit major producers Argentina, Brazil and US.

25/03/2012 | World

Obama urges China to rein in North Korea in nuclear standoff

US President Barack Obama urged China to use its influence to stop North Korea's "bad behavior" in a nuclear standoff with the West and hinted at tougher sanctions if the reclusive state goes ahead with a rocket launch next month.

26/03/2012 | World

Tibetan sets himself on fire in India before China's Hu visit

A Tibetan man set himself on fire in New Delhi at a protest against a visit by Chinese president Hu Jintao, who is due to arrive in India later this week for a summit meeting.

19/11/2011 | World

South China Sea discussion was constructive, US

US President Barack Obama was encouraged by the constructive tone of a discussion about the South China Sea issue at an East Asia leaders' meeting in Bali, Indonesia, a senior US official said.

14/12/2011 | World

China says will hit US auto imports with duties

China will impose punitive duties of up to 22 percent on large cars and SUVs exported from the United States, China's Commerce Ministry said, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two largest economies.

15/03/2012 | World

Remains found in China could lead to new human species

A previously unknown type of human -jut-jawed, heavy-browed, deer-eating cave dwellers-may have been identified via Stone Age bones from southern China, according to a new study conducted by a team of Chinese and Australian researchers.

17/11/2011 | World

Obama tells Asia: 'US is here to stay'

President Barack Obama said today that the US military would expand its role in the Asia-Pacific region despite budget cuts, declaring America was "here to stay" as a Pacific power which would help shape the region's future.

17/11/2011 | World

China spacecraft returns to Earth after docking test

An unmanned Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth successfully today after more than two weeks in orbit, marking a pivotal moment for the rising power's plans to secure a long-term manned foothold in space.

18/11/2011 | World

Obama, Wen to meet during Bali summit

The United States and China are set to face off on Saturday at a regional summit over the thorny issue of how to resolve competing claims to sovereignty of the South China Sea, the latest point of friction between the two powerful nations.

31/10/2011 | World

A crowded world's population hits 7 billion

Wrapped in a white blanket, Nargis Yadav lies in the arms of her mother in a small rural clinic in north India - one of half a million babies born around the world today that will push the global population to the milestone of seven billion.

10/11/2011 | World

Lagarde urges Italy to sort crisis out, China to help on world stability

The head of the International Monetary Fund urged Italy today to act quickly fill its damaging political vacuum, and China said it was willing to help maintain global financial stability that was being threatened by the euro zone crisis.

12/11/2011 | World

Obama, Hu pitch different trade agendas

US President Barack Obama and China's Hu Jintao will pitch differing trade agendas on Saturday as an antidote to weak global growth, as they try to sidestep the European debt crisis looming over an Asia-Pacific summit.

18/10/2011 | World

China police shoot Tibetans, nun burns to death

A Tibetan nun in China burned herself to death a day after police shot and wounded two Tibetan demonstrators, a group advocating Tibetan self-determination said, the latest protests against Chinese rule of the Himalayan region.

29/10/2011 | World

China passes law to help fight 'acts of terror'

China passed a new law to give a clear legal definition of what constitutes an act of terror as it steps up the fight against what the government views as a "real threat from terrorist activities".

31/10/2011 | World

Chinese state media lashes out at the Dalai Lama

Chinese state media denounced the Dalai Lama today for his views on reincarnation, saying that the exiled Buddhist monk was trying to revise history, compounding his crimes as a separatist.

11/10/2011 | World

Russia's Putin says little role for BRICS in euro crisis

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the crisis-hit euro zone had enough resources to resolve its own troubles without support from Russia and fellow BRICs countries.

11/10/2011 | World

US Senate approves China yuan bill, House fate unclear

The US Senate approved a controversial bill to punish China over its currency in an effort to save US jobs, sending it to the House of Representatives where its fate is uncertain.

13/10/2011 | World

IMF says China has scope to respond to global risks

China has the scope to respond if global economic risks materialize, and the country's response could partially but not entirely offset the impact of a global crisis, the International Monetary Fund's Asia and Pacific director said.

06/08/2011 | World

China bluntly critizes US credit rating reduction

China bluntly criticized the United States today one day after the superpower's credit rating was downgraded, saying the "good old days" of borrowing were over.

08/09/2011 | World

Fitch warns of downgrades for China, Japan

Fitch Ratings warned that it might downgrade China's credit rating within two years as the country's banks struggle with debt loads following a lending surge to help lift the economy during the 2008 financial crisis.

29/09/2011 | World

China successfully launches 'Heavenly Palace' space craft

China successfully launched an experimental craft paving the way for its first space station  today amid a blaze of national pride, bringing the growing Asian power closer to matching the United States and Russia with a long-term manned outpost in space.

16/07/2011 | World

Obama meets Dalai Lama at White House, defies China

US President Barack Obama met with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama for roughly 45 minutes at the White House, potentially angering China, which called for the meeting to be canceled.

23/07/2011 | World

At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash

At least 32 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in front of it in China's eastern Zhejiang province, state media said, raising new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

29/07/2011 | World

China denies destroying evidence after fatal rail crash

China's state news agency Xinhua has denied widespread rumours that railway authorities tried to conceal evidence by burying carriages damaged during a high-speed rail crash that killed at least 40 people last weekend.

14/06/2011 | World

Major economies losing growth momentum, OECD says

Major economies, with the exception of the United States, are losing momentum as the outlook for growth worsens in European and developing countries, the OECD's leading indicator for April showed today.

17/06/2011 | World

China raises flood alert to top level, over half million evacuated

China has mobilized troops to help with flood relief and raised its disaster alert to the highest level after days of downpours forced the evacuation of more than half a million people in central and southern provinces.

04/07/2011 | World

Vatican condemns ordination of bishop in China

The Vatican condemned the ordination of a bishop in China that took place last week without papal authorisation, saying it was an illegitimate act that damaged the unity of the Church.

01/06/2011 | World

Google reveals hacking, likely from China

Google Inc said that unknown hackers likely originating from central China tried to hack into the Gmail accounts of hundreds of users, including senior US government officials, Chinese activists and journalists.

09/06/2011 | World

Lagarde in China rallying for IMF candidacy support

The top candidate to run for the International Monetary Fund, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is in China rallying for support on her IMF candidacy. The trip is part of a world tour that has taken her to countries such as India and Brazil in a effort to gather support for her candidacy to IMF’s top post.

09/06/2011 | World

China rejects monks' disappearance, Tibetans undergoing ‘reeducation’

China today defended its treatment of Tibetan monks it says are undergoing re-education, responding to a UN inquiry about what exiled Tibetans have called the forced disappearance of over 300 hundreds monks.

16/04/2011 | World

Russia to regulate net laws, looks abroad

Russia is looking to the experience of other countries, including China, to "regulate" Internet use, though Moscow has no plans to broaden web censorship, a government spokesman said.

23/04/2011 | World

Thousands march in Hong Kong to demand release of China's Ai

Over one thousand protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets to demand the release of detained Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei, scuffling briefly with police.

21/05/2011 | World

China and South Korea leaders visit Fukushima

Chinese and South Korean leaders chatted with evacuees and tasted local produce in Japan's battered northeast, in a show of support for a nation struggling with a humanitarian and nuclear crisis set off by a deadly earthquake and tsunami in March.

17/03/2011 | World

China urges Japan to give swift radiation information

China urged Japan to give the world prompt and accurate information about radiation leaks from a crippled nuclear plant, but said Tokyo had already been giving regular updates to Beijing.

24/03/2011 | World

China to introduce smoking ban for indoor public spots

China will ban smoking at all indoor public venues from May in an effort to shield the world's most populous nation, and its largest cigarette producer from the harmful effects of the habit, the health ministry said.

03/04/2011 | World

Berlusconi faces trial battles as Ruby case looms

18/02/2011 | World

Chinese stance throws G20 indicator deal into doubt

China rejected plans to use real exchange rates and currency reserves to measure global economic imbalances, casting doubt on the ability of Group of 20 major economic powers to reach agreement at a meeting.

05/03/2011 | World

China admits inflation leads to social unrest

China is on course for another five years of robust growth, but inflation threatens social stability and must be tamed, Premier Wen Jiabao said.

10/03/2011 | World

Dalai Lama plans to quit as Tibet political leader

The Dalai Lama said he would step down as Tibet's political leader, a move seen as transforming the government-in-exile into a more assertive and democratic body in the face of Chinese pressure.

20/01/2011 | World

Dow, S&P dip as F5 view hits Nasdaq, Google up late

Stocks fell as lackluster tech and materials earnings failed to live up to heightened expectations, threatening to short-circuit a seven-week run.

21/01/2011 | World

Breakthrough after US warns China on North Korea

The United States warned China that it would redeploy forces in Asia if it failed to rein in its ally North Korea, the New York Times reported, as Pyongyang bowed to Seoul's demands for crisis talks.

08/02/2011 | World

China raises interest rates again

China's central bank raised interest rates, its second increase in just over a month, intensifying its fight against stubbornly high inflation.

10/12/2010 | World

Jailed Chinese dissident awarded Nobel

Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony where he was represented by an empty chair and he dedicated it from prison to the "lost souls" of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

04/01/2011 | World

Iran invites IAEA envoys to visit nuclear sites

Iran has invited envoys from China, the European Union and elsewhere to visit key nuclear sites in a bid to show openness about its disputed atomic work ahead of new talks with major powers later this month.

05/01/2011 | World

US looks to China as talks begin on North Korea

The United States sought China's help in persuading its long-time ally North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons, sending its envoy to Beijing as part of a campaign to press the North.

07/02/2011 | Latin America

Geithner reaches out to Brazil on China issue

While on a one-day visit to Brazil, Geithner told an audience in Sao Paulo that emerging markets such as Brazil had been buffeted in recent years by other countries with large current account surpluses and inflexible currencies.

15/08/2012 | Sports

Maradona wants China coach job

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona has underlined his desire to coach in China after arriving in the country for an eight-day charity trip, local media reported.

16/10/2012 | Sports

Barça against playing Spanish Super Cup in China

Barcelona are not prepared to play the Spanish Super Cup in Beijing next year despite a preliminary agreement between the soccer federation (RFEF) and a Chinese promoter, a club spokesman said.

02/08/2012 | Sports

Chinese investors buy into Inter Milan football club

A group of Chinese investors will pay 55 million euros for a 15 percent stake in Inter Milan, becoming the second-biggest shareholder of the Italian premier league football club, sources close to the situation said.

03/08/2012 | Sports

Sun qualifies fastest for 1500m swimming final

China's Sun Yang posted the fastest time in the heats of the men's 1500 metres freestyle today to stay on course to complete the long-distance double at the London Olympics.

06/08/2012 | Sports

Basketball: Britain gets first Olympic win in 64 years

Britain won their first Olympic basketball game in 64 years and did so in style by thumping China 90-58 to the roars of the home crowd in their last contest of the London Games.

28/07/2012 | Sports

China leads Olympic medal standings at end of day one

China lead the Olympic medal standings after winning four gold and two bronze on day two of the London Games on Saturday.

30/07/2012 | Sports

China's Ye on course for golden double

Chinese swimming sensation Ye Shiwen set herself up for a golden double at the London Olympics when she posted the fastest qualifying time in the preliminaries of the women’s 200 metres individual medley.

31/07/2012 | Sports

Chinese deny Ye doping as Phelps seeks medal record

China has vehemently rejected suggestions by a US coach that doping might be behind the astonishing performance of a Chinese swimmer as Michael Phelps, himself a former teen pool prodigy, bids to become the most decorated Olympian of all time.

29/01/2011 | Sports

Clijsters rallies past Li to win Australian Open

Kim Clijsters drew on her huge wealth of experience to ride out a Li Na storm and claim her maiden Australian Open title on Saturday by shattering China's dream of a first grand slam champion.

30/09/2011 | Sports

Serena and Sharapova pull out of China Open

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have withdrawn from the China Open that starts on Saturday.

15/04/2012 | Sports

Rosberg wins in China for first F1 victory

Germany's Nico Rosberg celebrated the first victory of his Formula One career with a commanding pole-to-flag win for Mercedes in China.

08/08/2012 | Entertainment

James Cameron takes 3-D film venture to China

Oscar-winning director James Cameron said that he will open a joint venture in China to provide 3-D filming technology, the latest move by Hollywood to secure a foothold in the country's booming movie industry.

13/05/2011 | Entertainment

Bob Dylan denies censorship of China shows

Rock legend Bob Dylan took to his website to dispute accusations he bowed to censorship for his first ever concerts in China last month.

09/09/2011 | Entertainment

From Picasso to Elvis, Chinese buy up Western culture

The art world shook last February when a report by The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) revealed that China had overtaken the United Kingdom to become the world's second largest art market.

22/04/2012 | Entertainment

James Cameron eyes co-production projects in China

"Avatar" and "Titanic" film director James Cameron said on Sunday that he was looking at co-production of films in China, but would have to weigh issues like censorship and other restrictions before making any decisions.