Putin and Xi further their embrace to defy U.S.-led pressure
President Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin doubled down on their alliance against the West this week during the Kremlin leader's visit to Beijing.
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China has replaced its foreign minister, absent from public for a month
China is removing its foreign minister, Qin Gang, and reappointing his predecessor, veteran diplomat Wang Yi, to fill the position.
From Beijing to London, Blinken pushes for Ukraine peace deal and recovery
America's top diplomat heads from China to the U.K. where Ukraine's post-war recovery tops the agenda
With visit to China, Blinken clears a diplomatic path, but it's unclear where it goes
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip shows the Biden administration is keen to reignite diplomacy and inject stability to its dealings with China, but whether it was a success remains to be seen.
Blinken travels to China amid low expectations and global worries of a new cold war
In a first visit to China by a member of President Biden's Cabinet, the secretary of state will seek "open lines of communication" with Beijing but no diplomatic breakthrough is expected.
Security comes first in U.S.-China economic relations, says Treasury Secretary Yellen
Still, U.S. and China need to work together on issues like climate change and debt relief.
China's leader Xi Jinping will meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week
Moscow said the long-anticipated visit is coming at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. The talks are expected to focus on the war in Ukraine, though it wasn't mentioned explicitly.
Secretary of State Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi are set to meet in Munich
The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.
Chinese balloon punctures Blinken's plans, leaving U.S.-China ties adrift
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called off his trip to China after the discovery of a Chinese "surveillance" balloon over the U.S. It's the latest setback in an increasingly fraught relationship.
London says no to a big Chinese Embassy, in a blow to Beijing ties
Local officials in London rejected plans for a massive, new Chinese Embassy, a bitter setback for China's government that once promised a "golden age" for its British relations.