Chinese President calls for stronger strategic reserve forces Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the People's Liberation Army to reinforce the party's leadership over the troops and enhance its war capabilities. Xi Jingping, who is also chairma...
China rejects criticism on ADIZ China's foreign and defense ministries have released a new set of statements, rebuffing international criticism of China's new maritime Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea. This comes as the Chinese a...
U.S. bombers in defense zone monitored: China defense ministry China's defense and foreign ministries have issued separate statements following word a pair of American bombers crossed into this country's new Air Defense Identification Zone in the Eas...
China, Central and Eastern European leaders meet in Bucharest Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has met with his 16 counterparts from Central and Eastern European countries at a summit in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. The state leaders have issued a gu...
UN, Russia, U.S. to meet again in December to prepare for Geneva II talks: Brahimi Officials from Russia, the United States and the United Nations have scheduled another meeting connected to the forthcoming Geneva II summit on Syria for December. The...
China's air defense identification zone conforms to UN charter and international practices: foreign ministry Chinese government has issued a rebuke to Japanese and US government comments connected to the Chinese government's establishment of the East...
PLA Air Force conducts first patrol in air defense identification zone The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force conducted its first air patrol after the establishment of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone. A PLA Air Force spokesma...
Chinese President urges on search for blast survivors Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked for maximum efforts in the search for survivors of an oil pipeline blast in east China's Shandong Province. The death toll of the incident in Qingdao has rea...
China, EU unveil unprecedented cooperation plan The Chinese government and the European Union have unveiled a wide-ranging cooperation plan following a summit between their leaders here in Beijing. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is describing the plan as...
Chinese president pledges closer EU cooperation This year's China-EU Summit is set to get underway later on today here in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission head Jos...
P5+1 talks to kick off again in Geneva Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling on Iranian negotiators to be flexible in their forthcoming nuclear talks with the P5+1, which will resume later today in Geneva. As part of a telephone conversation with I...
Five Chinese tourists killed in bus accident in Indonesia Five Chinese tourists have been killed in a bus crash in Indonesia. A group of 13 Chinese tourists, all from Henan, were on a bus which went down a ravine while on their way to a temple in Bal...
Plane crash in Russia's Kazan kills 52 people onboard A plane crash in Russia has left 52 people dead. The Boeing 737 crashed while making an approach at an airport in the city of Kazan, which is about 800-kilometers east of Moscow. 46 passangers and...
China ready to send rescue teams to typhoon-hit areas in Philippines China says it is ready to send rescue and medical teams to the disaster-stricken areas in the Philippines hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei says China...
China reform details More details on the planned reform have been released by authorites in China. A landmark policy document says China will open up the banking sector even wider, on condition of strengthened regulations. It says qualified private c...
