Quake rocks China-Russia-North Korea border region
BEIJING - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Thursday morning in the region where China, Russia and North Korea meet, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Nations:China Russia North Korea Source:(AP)
2010-02-17
U.S. regrets China's response to arms sales
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday it regretted China's announced cuts in bilateral contacts and its plans to punish U.S. companies involved in a $6.4 billon arms package for Taiwan.
Nations:North Korea People:Dalai Lama Barack Obama Yang Jiechi Ma Ying-jeou George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S. Military Relations
2010-01-31
China steps up censure of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China on Sunday stepped up censure of planned U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, as Chinese Internet users vented anger with calls to boycott top U.S. exporter Boeing and other firms involved in the sales.
Nations:North Korea People:Robert Gates Yang Jiechi Activities:China-U.S.-Taiwan Relations China-U.S. Military Relations Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-31
US, China lock horns over Taiwan arms sale
BEIJING (AFP) - China and the United States were locked Sunday in an escalating row over US arms sales to Taiwan, with Washington rebuffing Chinese protests and insisting the deal promotes stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Nations:North Korea U.S. People:Barack Obama Yang Jiechi Ma Ying-jeou George W. Bush Activities:China-U.S.-Taiwan Relations China-U.S. Military Relations Source:(AFP)
2010-01-31
China threatens U.S. with sanctions over Taiwan arms
BEIJING (Reuters) - China threatened to impose sanctions on U.S. arms firms and cut cooperation with Washington unless it cancels a $6.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan, in an unprecedented move signaling Beijing's growing global power.
Nations:U.S. North Korea Taiwan China People:Dalai Lama Barack Obama Ma Ying-jeou Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S. Military Relations Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-30
China suspends military exchanges with US
BEIJING - China suspended military exchanges with the United States and threatened sanctions against American defense companies Saturday, just hours after Washington announced $6.4 billion in planned arms sales to Taiwan.
Nations:North Korea People:Robert Gates Dalai Lama Barack Obama Ma Ying-jeou Hu Jintao Activities:Taiwan-U.S. Military Relations China-U.S. Military Relations Source:(AP)
2010-01-30
Obama's speech to tout plans to energize economy
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will try to pivot past rocky times for the nation and himself Wednesday night in his first State of the Union address, offering a skeptical public repackaged plans to energize the economy, stem a tide of red ink and strengthen anti-terror defenses.
Nations:Pakistan U.S. Afghanistan North Korea People:Michelle Obama Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. 2008 U.S. Recession Source:(AP)
2010-01-26
Obama to world: Don't expect America to fix it all
UNITED NATIONS - President Barack Obama challenged world leaders Wednesday to shoulder more of the globe's critical burdens, promising a newly cooperative partner in America but sternly warning they can no longer castigate the U.S. as a go-it-alone bully while still demanding it cure all ills.
Nations:Russia North Korea People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin.
2009-09-23
Israel OKs hundreds of new West Bank apartments
JERUSALEM - Israel officially approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, the Defense Ministry said Monday, deepening an already unprecedented rift with the U.S. over Israeli settlement expansion.
Nations:Israel North Korea People:Benjamin Netanyahu Activities:Israel-Palestine Source:(AP)
2009-09-07
SKorea aborts rocket launch minutes before liftoff
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea on Wednesday aborted its first domestic launch of a rocket just minutes before scheduled liftoff because of a technical problem, delaying space ambitions that have threatened to anger rival North Korea.
Nations:South Korea India North Korea People:Kim Jong Il Bill Clinton Lee Myung-Bak Bill Richardson Barack Obama
2009-08-19
SKorea loses champion of peace: Kim Dae-jung
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea lost its most fervent champion of peace and democracy with the death of former President Kim Dae-jung, winner of the Nobel Prize for his efforts to foster reconciliation on the Korean peninsula.
Nations:South Korea North Korea People:Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong Il Lee Myung-Bak Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-08-18
Freed journalists home in US after NKorea pardon
BURBANK, Calif. - Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton, whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests.
Nations:North Korea U.S. Kenya South Korea Russia People:Bill Clinton Kim Jong Il Barack Obama Madeleine Albright Al Gore George W. Bush Activities:N Korea Detaining US Journalists
2009-08-05
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