Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia

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Published
March 21, 2023

Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia

The two visits, about 500 miles apart, highlighted the nearly 13-month-old war’s repercussions for international diplomacy as countries line up behind Moscow or Kyiv.
Published
March 17, 2023

China’s Xi to meet Putin as Beijing seeks bolder global role

Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to visit Russia in an apparent show of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid sharpening East-West tensions over the conflict in Ukraine.
Published
February 24, 2023

Zelensky gives qualified support for China cease-fire proposals

Beijing claims to have a neutral stance in the war that began one year ago, but has also said it has a 'no limits friendship' with Russia and has refused to criticize its invasion of Ukraine.
Published
February 22, 2023

Russia, China show off ties amid maneuvering over Ukraine

The visit by Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party's most senior foreign policy official, to Moscow comes as the conflict in Ukraine continues to upend the global diplomatic order.
Published
February 9, 2023

U.S. says China balloon could collect intelligence signals

Before the U.S. offered new information, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson repeated the nation's insistence the large unmanned balloon was a civilian meteorological airship that had blown off course.
Published
February 3, 2023

Chinese balloon soars across U.S.; Blinken scraps Beijing trip

After passing the sensitive military sites in Montana, the balloon was moving southeastward over the heartland of the central United States during the day and was expected to remain in U.S. airspace for several days, officials said.
Published
January 18, 2023

U.S., Chinese officials discuss climate, economy, relationship

Yellen’s first face-to-face meeting with Vice Premier Liu He in Zurich is the highest-ranking contact between the two countries since their presidents agreed to look for areas of potential cooperation.
Published
December 7, 2022

In major shift, China eases up on zero-COVID policy

The accelerated pace reflects pressure on President Xi Jinping to chart a path out of the crisis and quell public discontent.
Published
November 30, 2022

Russian, Chinese bombers fly joint patrols over Pacific

The exercise follows a series of joint drills intended to showcase a growing military cooperation between Moscow and Beijing as they both face tensions with the United States.
Published
November 28, 2022

China eases some COVID rules after widespread protests, demands for president to resign

Chinese authorities have eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe 'zero COVID' strategy after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades