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BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US President Donald Trump in a phone call Saturday to avoid “words and deeds” that would “exacerbate” the already-tense situation on the Korean Peninsula, state television reported. Xi also called on “relevant parties to maintain restraint” and to “persist in the general direction of dialogue, negotiations and a political settlement”, CCTV said. Xi stressed that “China and the US have a common interest in realising the […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Donald Trump on Thursday to express “his disappointment” with the United States president’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord. According to a readout of their conversation, Trudeau also conveyed his intention to continue working with international partners to address climate change. “While the US decision is disheartening, we remain inspired by the growing momentum around the world to combat climate […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial telephone conversation with the leader of Taiwan was just a “courtesy call,” US Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday. “It was nothing more than taking a courtesy call from a democratically elected leader,” Pence told ABC’s “This Week” program, speaking about the Friday call between Trump and Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen, which broke decades of US diplomatic policy and risks creating a serious rift with China. Washington […]
by Tom HANCOCK BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese media outlet that carried a call for President Xi Jinping to resign has been shut down and two of its staff have been detained for more than 100 days, according to a social media post Friday. Wujie News website in March published an anonymous letter accusing the Chinese leader of a litany of policy mistakes and asking him to step down for the good of the […]
