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No escape from domestic politics for Clinton in Asia
Sep 03, 2012 04:45 EDT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is missing the Democratic Party convention to build ties in Asia as the US relationship with China increasingly encroaches on politics back home.
Clinton says Pacific big enough for US, China
Sep 01, 2012 01:28 EDT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the South Pacific was big enough for both the United States and China but urged the Asian power to distribute its growing aid fairly.
Clinton says Pacific big enough for US, China
Aug 31, 2012 20:24 EDT
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed the United States would remain active in the South Pacific for the "long haul" but said the region was big enough for a rising China.
China plays down rivalry with US in South Pacific
Aug 31, 2012 06:56 EDT
China denied it was competing with Washington in the Pacific islands Thursday, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at a regional summit aiming to reassert US influence.
US embassy car 'picked up Chen after chase'
May 04, 2012 05:49 EDT
A dramatic account has emerged of how the US embassy in Beijing sent a car to pick up Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was bundled into the vehicle in an alleyway as Chinese agents gave chase.
Fugitive Chinese activist 'under US protection'
Apr 28, 2012 05:12 EDT
A leading Chinese activist who escaped from house arrest last weekend is now under US "protection" and Washington and Beijing are in talks over his status, an overseas rights group said Saturday.
Fugitive Chinese activist 'likely' in US embassy
Apr 28, 2012 02:01 EDT
Chen Guangcheng, the fugitive Chinese activist who pulled off a daring escape from house arrest, was likely holed up in the US embassy in Beijing, according to a top dissident and close friend.
China's Xi meets skeptical US lawmakers
Feb 15, 2012 15:39 EST
China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Wednesday confronted US lawmakers skeptical about Beijing's pledges to improve its rights record, ease its grip on the yuan and boost military cooperation.
China's Xi gets polite reception in US Congress
Feb 15, 2012 14:42 EST
China's Vice President Xi Jinping received a polite welcome Wednesday from US lawmakers on Capitol Hill despite smoldering resentment over Beijing's trade practices, human rights and geopolitical intentions.
Assad decrees Syria constitution vote
Feb 15, 2012 05:51 EST
Syria's president decreed a vote on a new constitution this month, which would effectively end nearly 50 years of single party rule, state media said, as troops reportedly stormed centres of dissent.
China VP to meet US lawmakers critical of Beijing
Feb 15, 2012 02:49 EST
China's heir apparent Xi Jinping will meet US lawmakers critical of Beijing on Wednesday before heading to the heartland state of Iowa for a reunion with ordinary Americans he met on a 1985 exchange.
Syrian forces attack Hama, Homs despite pressure to stop
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian government forces launched an offensive on the city of Hama early on Wednesday, firing on residential neighborhoods from armored vehicles and mobile anti-aircraft guns, opposition activists said.
Syrian forces raid Damascus, opposition cities despite outcry
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian government forces attacked the opposition strongholds of Homs and Hama on Wednesday and also raided a district of Damascus in the closest military operation to the capital's centre since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad broke out 11 months ago.
Syria's Assad offers vote, tanks shell rebel areas
Feb 11, 2012 07:17 EST
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered on Wednesday to hold multi-party elections within four months, while his troops assaulted city districts held by rebels trying to oust him.
China jails dissident ahead of vice president's U.S. trip
Feb 10, 2012 05:34 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed a veteran dissident to seven years in jail Friday, his son said, in the latest blow to challengers of the Communist Party's rule before its next leader, Xi Jinping, visits the White House.
Analysis: China wrestles with role in Syria and beyond
Feb 10, 2012 04:04 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - After bowing to Western pressure over Libya a year ago, China blocked a move pressing Syria's leader to step down, exposing the difficulties Beijing faces in deciding when to go along with and when to rebuff demands piling up at its door.
Police chief defection rumours spark China intrigue
Feb 09, 2012 13:07 EST
A former Chinese police chief, rumoured to have tried to defect visited a US consulate, it was confirmed Thursday, fuelling a political intrigue analysts say may signal a power struggle in China.
China swats away trouble before Xi's U.S. trip
Feb 09, 2012 03:58 EST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China swatted away friction over Syria on Thursday to lay out an optimistic view of ties with the United States in the next decade when Vice President Xi Jinping, who visits the White House next week, is likely to lead the rising Asian power.
China plays down rumors over Chongqing official's "sick leave"
Feb 09, 2012 03:01 EST
CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - A mysterious consular incident in southwest China has cast an unwelcome spotlight on Bo Xilai, a former commerce minister jostling to join the Communist Party's inner circle, but muted reaction in state media suggests officials are eager to play down the incident -- at least for now.
China's buffeted and ambitious Bo Xilai stays afloat
Feb 09, 2012 03:01 EST
CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - A bizarre consular drama in southwest China is just the latest to buffet Bo Xilai, the suave politician angling to join the Communist Party's inner circle, but on Thursday residents of the city he runs fancied his chances of surviving.
