Newly-appointed top diplomat warns that criticising China over Taiwan will have "dangerous consequences", but also insisted that Beijing is a "growing force for peace and justice".
Brazilian leader is on an official visit to China from April 12 to 15, and was scheduled to hold a meeting with Xi in Beijing, where they both agreed to solidify their political and economic relations.
First successful launch of a solid-fuel missile comes as the country marks one of its most important political anniversaries on April 15, the founding leader Kim Il Sung's birthday.
Three Chinese warships sailed in waters surrounding the self-ruled island, while a fighter jet and an anti-submarine helicopter also crossed the island's air defence identification zone on Friday.
Reagan library in Simi Valley, California, was the site of the rare high-level, bipartisan meeting Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted this week for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
The coast guard said it received information that a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter disappeared from radar on a mission on Thursday evening near Miyako island.
Longtime treaty allies Manila and Washington agreed in February to expand cooperation in "strategic areas" and announced this week a new deal that will see four additional Filipino bases be used by American troops.
Beijing's consulate in Los Angeles says the meeting at the Reagan library on Wednesday would "greatly hurt the national feelings of 1.4 billion Chinese people" and undermine "the political foundation of China-US relations".
The leaders of Japan and South Korea promised to resume ties in a historic summit as the two neighbours seek to confront threats from North Korea and rising concerns about China.
Chinese leader says Western countries led by the US "have implemented all-round containment" as Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang warns that Beijing and Washington are headed for “conflict" if the US does not change course.
Wife of a former North Korean diplomat recalls her family's ordeal under three generations of the Kims and their eventual decision to defect to the South.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning Mao says “politicising the issue of virus tracing will not smear" Beijing but "will only damage the US's own credibility”.
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