Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met with US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Pentagon. Before the meeting, both men sounded an optimistic note about the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops by 2014, and its impact on Afghan security. US Defense Secre...
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt have returned from their visit to North Korea without securing the release of an American national held in the country. Richardson told a media briefing at Beijing'...
The armies of India and Pakistan have again exchanged fire on the line-of-control in the Kashmir region. The ceasefire violation took place Thursday evening around 180 kilometers southwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian- controlled Ka...
China is calling for the reinforcement of cooperation among five BRICS countries at the third meeting of senior representatives of national security affairs held in the Indian capital. During the meeting, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo said the...
China's foreign trade growth slowed to 6.2 percent in 2012, which missed the government's 10-percent annual target. It was also a sharp decrease from the 22.5-percent rise registered in 2011. In the meantime, exports rose 7.9 percent in 2012 from the...
China Mobile says that Apple's CEO Tim Cook has met with China Mobile's Chairman Xi Guohua to discuss matters of cooperation. China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, uses a different 3G network from the rest of the world. Som...
China says it hopes Japan can reflect on history and pursue peaceful development. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the comments after the Japanese government announced plans to increase defense spending. Hong said at a regular press briefing...
Trade surplus here in China has risen sharply through December. The trade surplus through this past month has come in at 31.6 billion yuan, led by strong exports. That's up about 12 billion yuan from November. The General Administration of Customs sa...
Chinese passengers started to buy train tickets for the Spring Festival travel season at the booths on Wednesday. This year, railway operators have adopted several measures to facilitate the purchase of train tickets ahead of the Spring Festival, the...
New stats show more than 160-thosuand people have been punished in China for disciplinary violations over the last year. Official figures show disciplinary inspection organs launched investigations into more than 150-thousand cases based on tip-offs...