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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 14. Xi offered tens of billions of dollars for projects that are part of his signature foreign policy initiative linking China to muc

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For China's 'New Silk Road,' Ambitious Goals And More Than A Few Challenges

4:48pm May 16, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

The multibillion-dollar "plan of the century" aims to create a network of trade routes, rail lines, ports and highways, linking countries on four continents. Nearly 70 countries have signed on.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin tried hammering out a couple of tunes Sunday in Beijing.

Putin Plays The Piano, With Perhaps Unintentional Undertones

12:19pm May 15, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Was Sunday's episode in Beijing a challenge to France's Emmanuel Macron? A jab at China's piano-tuning skills? Or just Putin passing the time with a little Soviet-era nostalgia?

The social media site of the Changshai Intermediate People's Court showed a photo it said showed the trial of human rights lawyer Xie Yang.

For Family Of Embattled Chinese Lawyer, A Long Road To Safety — With U.S. Help

10:07am May 14, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

U.S. diplomats staged a rare intervention to rescue the family of a Chinese human rights lawyer. It offers clues, and raises questions, about the Trump administration's human rights approach in China.

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Chicken meat for sale at a market in Anhui province, China.

Chinese Chicken Is Headed To America, But It's Really All About The Beef

2:48pm May 13, 2017

by Maria Godoy

The U.S. has given the green light for China to start sending cooked poultry to America. It's part of a long-simmering trade deal that will open China's huge market up to U.S. beef producers.

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In an artist's rendering, a gigantic, cassowarylike dinosaur named Beibeilong, which lived some 90 million years ago, incubates its eggs.

'Baby Dragon' Found In China Is The Newest Species Of Dinosaur

6:29pm May 09, 2017

by Madeline K. Sofia

The Beibeilong was a giant, birdlike dinosaur that lived some 90 million years ago. Scientists say it had massive feathered wings and a birdlike skull and could grow to more than 26 feet long.

Nicole Kushner Meyer (third from left), the sister of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, poses at a promotional event in Shanghai on Sunday.

Kushner Family Business Pitch In China Prompts Questions About Investor Visas

6:39pm May 08, 2017

Jared Kushner's sister recently pitched a New Jersey project to investors in China. Such investors could get a crack at an immigration visa to the United States in exchange for $500,000.

The North Korean flag flies above the country's embassy in Beijing last month. China is the North's most important trading partner and ally, but lately Beijing has been placing pressure on Pyongyang over the North's nuclear and missile programs.

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North Korea Pens Singular, Scathing Criticism Of Its Singular Ally, China

2:53pm May 04, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The country's state-run news agency issued a rare broadside against Beijing, its most important trade partner and ally, for "its reckless act of chopping down the pillar of the DPRK-China relations."

The China-Korea Friendship Bridge crosses the Yalu River from Dandong into North Korea. Seventy percent of North Korea's trade passes over the bridge.

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A Chinese Border City Gives Tourists A Glimpse Of Life In North Korea

11:32pm May 03, 2017

by Rob Schmitz

From Dandong, across the Yalu River from North Korea, middle-class Chinese tourists can buy North Korean cigarettes and souvenirs, and gaze through binoculars at North Korean farmers plowing fields.

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A statue of the Greek writer Thucydides sits outside the Austrian capital in Vienna. More than 2,000 years ago, he noted the friction that led to war between an established power, Sparta, and a rising power, Athens. A new book by Harvard professor Graham

From Ancient Greece, Lessons On The Risk Of A Modern, Accidental War

1:31pm May 03, 2017

by Greg Myre

What's the most serious threat to the U.S. — a resurgent Russia, Islamic State terrorism, a nuclear Iran? Maybe it's none of the above. It could be something called the Thucydides trap.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the combined fire demonstration of the services of the Korean People's Army in celebration of its 85th founding anniversary in a photo released on April 26.

6 Strongmen Trump Has Praised — And The Conflicts It Presents

2:23pm May 02, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

From Egypt to the Philippines, the president's praise of despotic and brutal leaders is raising eyebrows. He also has potential business conflicts in or related to all of the countries.