BEIJING: China’s acceptance of the appointment of the new Afghan ambassador to China by the interim government is a normal diplomatic arrangement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday, noting that the international community should strengthen communication with the country to jointly help promote its reconstruction and development. The remarks were made by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin during a …

BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday that China will work with France to foster a more solid and vibrant comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries and to jointly contribute wisdom and strength to world peace, security, prosperity and progress. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks during a daily press briefing in response to a related query. Noting …

BEIJING: China’s role in upholding multilateralism and promoting peace and sustainable development has been praised by Dennis Francis, president of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), who is paying a visit to China from January 27 to 31 at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist …

BEIJING: Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng on Sunday called for efforts to find the right answers to questions of how China and the United States can get along, how to clear obstacles to educational exchanges and how to renew the friendship between the two countries’ youth. Xie said these three questions are critical to China-U.S. relations in …

BEIJING: China and Thailand on Sunday pledged to deepen pragmatic cooperation between the two countries in multiple sectors. Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Thai deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs on Sunday held the first annual consultations in Bangkok. Noting two countries are as close as family, Wang, also a member of the Political …

BEIJING: China and the U.S. have agreed to launch a joint working group on anti-drug cooperation, the first meeting of the China-U.S. intergovernmental dialogue mechanism on artificial intelligence this spring, and take further steps to expand people-to-people exchanges as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a new round of meetings with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Bangkok, Thailand …

BEIJING: The United States has long been repeatedly hyping up China as a “threat in outer space” to smear and attack China, which is only an excuse for the U.S. to expand its forces in outer space and maintain military hegemony, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday. In response to a related query, spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a …

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong held talks with his Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) counterpart Pak Myong Ho in Pyongyang on Friday. Sun on Friday also met DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, who is also an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). The Chinese side …

BEIJING: China firmly opposes the Philippine side conducting any form of construction activity on the islands and reefs of China’s Nansha Islands that it invaded and illegally occupied, a spokesperson for China’s Defense Ministry said Thursday.  “China has indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and the adjacent waters, which is fully backed by historical and legal evidence,” Wu Qian, a …

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will hold a new round of meetings with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Bangkok, Thailand, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced on Friday. Wang will also visit Thailand from January 26 to 29, at the invitation of …