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US secretary in China to avoid trade war Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) – US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrived on Sunday in Xining, capital of China's Qinghai Province at the start of a four-day visit that includes a meeting with President Hu Jin... [1]

TOKYO -- The CIA has released a YouTube video appealing to Chinese military personnel to become informants for the U.S., shortly after the highest echelon of the People's Liberation Army was rocked by the purge of the top leader under President Xi Ji... [2]

On May 1, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released two videos in Mandarin on its social media accounts, each targeting a different audience: low-ranking government employees and high-ranking Chinese officials. [3]

In 1949, Mao Zedong established the Peoples’ Republic of China, which was formally recognized by the freshly independent Myanmar government. [4]

TOKYO -- Ai Baojun, Shanghai's 55-year-old vice mayor, was placed under investigation for disciplinary violations and dismissed in November, sending shock waves through political, bureaucratic and business circles in China's financial and economic ce... [5]

The Chinese government has issued arrest warrants for a minister and a mayor in the Wa Self-Administered Zone (SAZ) for their alleged leading roles in telecom fraud gangs in the autonomous region of Myanmar’s northern Shan State near the Chinese bord... [6]

TOKYO -- If you fold a map of China into four, what appears in its center is Wuhan -- the capital of Hubei Province, a city with a population similar to Tokyo's and the epicenter of the recent coronavirus outbreak. [7]

Stepping up Beijing’s support for the Myanmar military junta, which staged a coup last year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his visiting Myanmar counterpart that China was ready to work with his country to deepen exchanges and cooperation in a... [8]

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[1] MM asianews.it · 85% match

US secretary in China to avoid trade war

US secretary in China to avoid trade war Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) – US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrived on Sunday in Xining, capital of China's Qinghai Province at the start of a four-day visit that includes a meeting with President Hu Jin

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-02-13 · 44% match

CIA courts Chinese military spies with video after Zhang Youxia purge

TOKYO -- The CIA has released a YouTube video appealing to Chinese military personnel to become informants for the U.S., shortly after the highest echelon of the People's Liberation Army was rocked by the purge of the top leader under President Xi Ji

[3] TH thediplomat.com · 2025-05-10 · 43% match

The CIA Is Making a New Push to Recruit Chinese Officials. Will It Work?

On May 1, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released two videos in Mandarin on its social media accounts, each targeting a different audience: low-ranking government employees and high-ranking Chinese officials.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-01-13 · 67% match

TIMELINE: China-Myanmar Relations

In 1949, Mao Zedong established the Peoples’ Republic of China, which was formally recognized by the freshly independent Myanmar government.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-12-18 · 50% match

Xi launches siege of Shanghai faction

TOKYO -- Ai Baojun, Shanghai's 55-year-old vice mayor, was placed under investigation for disciplinary violations and dismissed in November, sending shock waves through political, bureaucratic and business circles in China's financial and economic ce

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-10-12 · 49% match

China Issues Arrest Warrants for Two Officials in Myanmar’s Wa Region

The Chinese government has issued arrest warrants for a minister and a mayor in the Wa Self-Administered Zone (SAZ) for their alleged leading roles in telecom fraud gangs in the autonomous region of Myanmar’s northern Shan State near the Chinese bord

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-02-06 · 48% match

Party's half-baked admission misses Xi's biggest problem

TOKYO -- If you fold a map of China into four, what appears in its center is Wuhan -- the capital of Hubei Province, a city with a population similar to Tokyo's and the epicenter of the recent coronavirus outbreak.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-04-04 · 47% match

Chinese Foreign Minister Reiterates Support for Junta in Talks With Myanmar Counterpart

Stepping up Beijing’s support for the Myanmar military junta, which staged a coup last year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his visiting Myanmar counterpart that China was ready to work with his country to deepen exchanges and cooperation in a

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-01-24 · 46% match

Huawei Executive Has Strong Case to Fight Extradition: Canadian Envoy

OTTAWA — A top executive from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd being held in Canada can make “strong arguments” against extradition to the United States, in part due to President Donald Trump’s politicization of the case, Canada’s ambassador to China said.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-10-28 · 46% match

China's sway over global economy shifts as COVID tightens Xi's grip

TOKYO -- "General Secretary Xi Jinping himself will lead and take action" against the coronavirus -- so proclaimed a message that began playing repeatedly on Chinese state television in January 2020, after COVID-19 began its explosive spread from the

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