Feb 24 Workers continue to dig in search for 47 missing at China mine By Ng Han Guan, Associated Press Work crews trying to find 47 people missing after an open-pit mine collapse in northern China have had to change their excavation methods to avoid causing more landslides. Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: Pentagon unveils new Ukraine weapons package, Russia sanctions By Fatima Hussein, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Biden administration declared its solidarity with Ukraine with fresh action as well as strong words on Friday, piling sweeping new sanctions on Moscow and approving a new $2 billion weapons package to re-arm Kyiv a year after Russia’s invasion. Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: Blinken speaks at U.N. Security Council ministerial meeting on Ukraine By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The State Department announced late Thursday that Blinken would travel to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan before going to India for a meeting of the Group of 20 foreign ministers from the world’s largest industrialized and developing countries, including China and Russia. Continue reading
Feb 23 China calls for cease-fire in Ukraine, peace talks By Associated Press China has claimed to be neutral in the conflict, but it has a "no limits" relationship with Russia and has refused to criticize its invasion of Ukraine over even refer to it as such. Continue reading
Feb 23 China's global influence worries many in the U.S., says AP-NORC poll By Josh Boak, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press A new poll shows that just 40 percent of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, and a majority of them are anxious about Beijing's global influence. Continue reading
Feb 23 More bodies found in China open-pit mine collapse, 48 remain missing By Ng Han Guan, Associated Press Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers dug through tons of earth and rubble Thursday for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine in northern China. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the confirmed death toll in the disaster rose… Continue reading
Feb 22 China blasts Pentagon official's Taiwan visit By Associated Press China has sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed sanctions against Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island. Continue reading
Feb 22 Russia, China display close ties amid concerns Beijing may offer more support to Kremlin in Ukraine By Associated Press Relations between Russia and the West are at their lowest point since the Cold War, and ties between China and the U.S. are also under strain. Continue reading
Feb 21 Kremlin official urges deeper ties with China to resist pressure from the West By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russia's security head has held talks with the Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief, saying Moscow and Beijing must deepen their cooperation in the face of Western pressure. Continue reading
Feb 21 U.S. delegation meets with Taiwan's president, reaffirms commitment to island By Associated Press The group was one of many U.S. delegations President Tsai Ing-wen has welcomed in recent years even as Beijing has stepped up diplomatic and military harassment of Taiwan. Continue reading