A longtime friend of Tehran, Beijing jumped into verbal action when Israel attacked Iran nearly two weeks ago.

Dozens of countries have joined China in establishing an international mediation-based dispute resolution group.

Germany’s chief diplomat is describing U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine as deadlocked.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has begun a two-day visit to China.

U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng with warm exchanges in front of journalists on Saturday as tensions between their countries spiked over trade tariffs and the handling of illegal trade in fentanyl.

Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea sought common ground in areas like aging, low birth rates, natural disasters and cultural exchange at a meeting that took place at a time of growing tensions.

Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue.

China has wrapped up its biggest political event of the year leaving one question unanswered: How far will it go to try to revive economic growth in 2025.

The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with President Donald Trump this past week to seek solutions after he slapped tariffs on their countries, but China’s president appears unlikely to make a similar call soon.

Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other issues during his annual meeting with journalists.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China will continue to retaliate for the United States’ “arbitrary tariffs” and accused Washington of “meeting good with evil” in a press conference Friday on the sidelines of the annual parliamentary session.

China’s annual major political event gets underway this week to endorse decisions already made by the all-powerful Chinese Communist Party.

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia’s top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa.

President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to China.

On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods and threatened to renew the trade war with China that he launched during his first term.

China’s veteran foreign minister has issued a veiled warning to America’s new secretary of state: Behave yourself.

State media in Chad say an attack on the presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded.

Stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market.

Britain’s foreign secretary has raised concerns about China’s support of Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Three days before his communist government turns 75, China’s foreign minister is warning fellow leaders against an “expansion of the battlefield” in Russia’s war with Ukraine.

The White House says Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden.

A top White House official has arrived in China for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Biden’s term in office.

China’s military is carrying out armed patrols near the Myanmar border this week, where the government is concerned about potential fallout from fierce fighting in a civil war on the other side.

President Joe Biden is dispatching his national security adviser Jake Sullivan to China next week.

China’s top diplomat has visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing instability from the neighboring country’s civil war causes concern in Beijing.

The United States and China have renewed their mutual grievances as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Chinese counterpart held their sixth meeting since last year amid an uncertain political situation in the U.S. and growing concerns about China's increasing assertiveness in Asia and elsewhere.

Southeast Asian top diplomats have condemned violence in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war and urged for “practical” means to defuse rising tensions in the South China Sea during the last of the three-day regional talks with allies including the U.S., Russia and China.

In consecutive days this week, China brokered a deal between rival Palestinian factions and hosted Ukraine’s foreign minister at a key moment in the grinding war there.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case for the Biden administration’s expanded commitment to Asia and the Indo-Pacific as he visits Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia this week and next.

Top diplomats from Southeast Asia have met with China’s foreign minister for talks that come as friction escalates over Beijing's growing effort to press its sweeping maritime claims.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have gathered in the capital of Laos for a regional forum that runs through Saturday.

Chinese officials have warned a delegation of top U.S. executives visiting Beijing this week that higher tariffs on imports from China will harm their businesses inside the country.

Ukraine’s foreign minister says he is seeking “common ground” in talks with his Chinese counterpart on ending his country’s war with Russia.

Palestinian factions and bitter foes Hamas and Fatah have signed a declaration in China vowing to form a unity government that would rule over the occupied West Bank and Gaza when the Israel-Hamas war ends.

Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a government together.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges and understanding he had been promoting for three days.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials in Beijing.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has raised what the U.S. describes as unfair Chinese trade practices in meetings with local government officials in the financial hub of Shanghai.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has arrived in Cambodia for a three-day official visit to reaffirm ties with Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this coming week as Washington and Beijing try to keep ties on an even keel despite major differences on a range of issue, from the Middle East to opioids.

The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, condemning the humanitarian costs of Israel's ongoing war against Hamas.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a sign of mutual support amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and shared opposition to Western democracies led by the U.S. No details of the meeting were immediately released, although Lavrov held a news conference earlier Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at which they reaffirmed solidarity in international affairs.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic partner China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine.

China's national congress is concluding its annual session with the usual show of near-unanimous support for the ruling Communist Party's blueprint for the year.

The divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week.

China’s foreign minister is accusing the U.S. of devising tactics to suppress China’s rise and he has criticized the Biden administration for adding more Chinese companies to its sanctions lists.

One burning issue dominates as the 2024 session of China’s legislature gets underway this week: the economy.

Chinese state media say former Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature.

The State Department says the top U.S. and Chinese diplomats held a “candid and constructive” discussion on issues including Taiwan, Russia's war against Ukraine and synthetic opioids.

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan has pressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during talks in Thailand to use China’s influence with Iran to ease tensions in the Middle East.

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok, Thailand, officials from both countries said.

Thermo Fisher, an American biotech company, has halted sales of its DNA testing products in Tibet, amid concerns that its products might have assisted the Chinese government in a surveillance campaign in the ethnic region.

Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has spoken with his Chinese counterpart.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the country will maintain military pressure on the Philippines amid a dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea that could involve U.S. forces defending their treaty partner.

China has presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for Middle East peace in a demonstration of its ambitions to be a global superpower.

A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas has been extended for two more days.

The top diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China have agreed to revive cooperation among the Asian neighbors and resume their leaders’ trilateral summit.

During the ceremonial tradition of pardoning a turkey before Thanksgiving Day on Monday, President Joe Biden indicated he was hopeful about the negotiations with Hamas over the release of hostages.

China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters” in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the war in Gaza as soon as possible.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is hosting Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng for two days of talks this week.

China’s foreign minister says the road to an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and U_S_ President Joe Biden would not be “smooth sailing."

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to meet on the sidelines of next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.

China’s top diplomat says dialogue between Beijing and Washington should not only be resumed but deepened.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Washington for a three-day visit starting on Thursday.

The Hamas attack on Israel has put China's ambitions in the Middle East to the test.

President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days, but nothing has been finalized.

The European Union’s top foreign policy official has warned that public sentiment in Europe could turn more protectionist if the bloc's trade deficit with China is not reduced.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he is grateful for a stronger statement from China condemning the deadly Hamas attack on Israel issued during his visit to Beijing that included a lengthy meeting with President Xi Jinping.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with China's Vice President Han Zheng on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly as the Biden administration and Beijing step up high-level contacts ahead of what could be a leader-level summit this fall.

China’s top diplomat is in Russia for security talks after two days of meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser over the weekend in Malta.

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met with China’s foreign minister over the past two days on the Mediterranean island nation of Malta.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says he has raised concerns over China’s human rights record during a visit to Beijing on Wednesday.

China’s sharp-tongued foreign minister, Qin Gang, was something of an avatar for nationalist Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping, warning of “conflict and confrontation” with the U_S_, the stakes of which could be the “future of humanity.”.

China has removed the country's sometimes outspoken foreign minister from office and replaced him with his predecessor.

China’s vice president says his country is willing to work with Washington on reducing global warming as long as its political demands are met.

Amid a steep downturn in relations with the United States, China has looked to a meeting with former U.S. national security adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to revive positive momentum.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has told China's top diplomat that President Joe Biden's administration is “very committed" to stabilizing relations between the world's two biggest economies.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met China’s top diplomat to discuss thorny issues as part of efforts to nurture talks on the sidelines of regional diplomatic meetings in Indonesia.

China and Southeast Asian nations have agreed to try to conclude within three years a long-delayed nonaggression pact aimed at preventing frequent territorial spats in the busy South China Sea from turning into a major armed conflict.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is ill and the country's senior diplomat will take his place at a two-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this week in Jakarta, Indonesia.

China is dismissing criticism of racially tinged comments by its top diplomat.

Hong Kong police have offered rewards for information leading to the arrests of eight pro-democracy activists who went into exile abroad and are accused of violating the territory's harsh National Security Law.

China’s main diplomat for the Western Hemisphere says U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China “marks a new beginning” as their nations seek to repair damaged relations.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has kicked off two days of high-stakes diplomatic talks in Beijing aimed at trying to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this weekend as part of the Biden administration’s push to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing and keep lines of communication open.

An unknown man managed to slip undetected inside the home of White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, according to two people familiar with the investigation.

A top White House official has told a key Chinese diplomat that the Biden administration is “looking to move beyond” tensions spurred by the U.S. shooting down a Chinese spy balloon.

News of the rapprochement between long-time regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran sent shock waves through the Middle East and dealt a symbolic blow to Israel's prime minister.

Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions.

In his first news conference since taking office, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang lashed out at the United States over deteriorating bilateral relations and Washington's support for Taiwan.

Russia and China are showcasing their deepening ties in Moscow meetings others are watching for signs that Beijing might offer the Kremlin stronger support for its war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet with the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign policy chief in the Russian capital.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with China's top diplomat in the first high-level contact between the two countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves Washington this week for meetings in Germany, Turkey and Greece.

China's top diplomat is in Paris, the first stop on a tour of Europe that comes amid rising tensions between the United States and China after the American downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon.

A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon is sailing across the U.S. The spectacle drew severe Pentagon accusations of spying on Friday, while sending some excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has defended what he says is his country’s position of impartiality on the war in Ukraine and signaled that China would deepen ties with Russia in the coming year.

President Joe Biden’s administration is taking stock of a newly empowered Xi Jinping as the Chinese president begins a third, norm-breaking term as Communist Party leader.

In meeting after meeting in Tokyo, Vice President Kamala Harris has emphasized the U.S. commitment to regional security.

China has underscored its commitment to its claim on Taiwan.