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News Articles: China

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu salutes before delivering his speech on the last day of the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Sunday, June 4, 2023.

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  • World

China and U.S. defense chiefs compete for influence in the Asia Pacific

China's new defense minister made his first international appearance on Sunday at an annual defense summit, where he delivered a speech full of thinly veiled digs at the U.S.

June 04, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III smiles as he speaks during the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum in Singapore, Saturday, June 3, 2023.

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  • World

Defense Secretary Austin says U.S. won't stand for 'coercion and bullying' from China

Speaking at the so-called Shangri-La Dialogue, Austin also assured Beijing that the United States remains committed to maintaining the status quo on Taiwan and would prefer dialogue over conflict.

June 03, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-16 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

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  • Space

China launches a new crew into space, including its first civilian astronaut

China's space program officials said on Monday they have plans to expand its space station, along with launching a crewed mission to the moon before 2030.

May 30, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A megaphone facing the Chinese mainland marks the tourist location of the Beishan Broadcasting Wall, which Taiwan used for broadcasting propaganda to mainland China, is seen on April 8, in Kinmen, Taiwan.

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  • Asia

How Taiwan used women's voices to send secret messages into China and woo defectors

Decades ago, Taiwan set up propaganda broadcast stations on islands right off the coast of mainland China. One of its key tools: women's voices.

May 29, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng
A vendor in a market in Nigeria counts local bills. The country is one of dozens whose devalued currency is fueling a debt crisis.

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  • Global Health

A dilemma for dozens of countries: Fund your schools and hospitals or pay your debt

There's a looming debt crisis in many lower income countries. Low interest rates a few years back started the cycle. Then came a series of once in a generation shocks. Is there a solution?

May 23, 2023
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a waiting Chinook helicopter after meetings at Chequers, the U.K. leader's country retreat, in Aylesbury, England, on Monday.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: Zelenskyy made a spring diplomatic offensive in Europe (May 15)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

May 15, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Staff
A picture prior to the central bank session of the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Niigata, Japan, on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

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  • World

G7 finance leaders pledge to contain inflation and to continue support for Ukraine

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs ended talks in Japan with a joint statement pledging to bring inflation under control while aiding those suffering the most from surging prices.

May 13, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Mourners place flowers on the coffins of Sofia Shulha, 11, and Pysarev Kiriusha, 17, during a funeral in Uman, central Ukraine, Sunday. They were among more than 20 people killed during a Russian attack on a residential building early Friday morning.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: May Day's another war day as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

May 01, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
This combination of file photos shows China's President Xi Jinping, taken in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 19, 2022, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, taken outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 7, 2023. Chinese leader Xi talked Wednesday with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.

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  • World

China's Xi calls Ukraine's Zelenskyy, after weeks of intensifying pressure to do so

The Chinese leader's call comes as he has sought to play the role of peacemaker, though chances of a big breakthrough are slim, given how far apart Russia's and Ukraine's positions remain.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Nishant Dahiya,
  • Emily Feng,
  • and 2 more
Surveillance footage of the moment a North Korean soldier defects, shown at a press briefing by the United Nations Command at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2017. A North Korean soldier crossed the border into the South in breach of a 1953 armistice agreement, as he pursued a defector who was shot last week, the United Nations Command said.

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  • World

North Korean defectors may face deportation by China as COVID border controls ease

China usually sends defectors back to North Korea, but Pyongyang wouldn't let them in during the pandemic. That may soon change, and has led to concern among human rights advocates.

April 25, 2023
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter in New York Monday.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: Russia runs U.N. Security Council as China runs damage control

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 24, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Staff
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks on the U.S.-China economic relationship at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Thursday, in Washington.

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  • World

Security comes first in U.S.-China economic relations, says Treasury Secretary Yellen

Still, U.S. and China need to work together on issues like climate change and debt relief.

April 20, 2023
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  • John Ruwitch
Fire investigators inspect the scene of a deadly fire at the Changfeng Hospital in the Fengtai District on Wednesday in Beijing. At least 29 people died in the fire on Tuesday afternoon, and 12 people have been detained for questioning. The cause of the blaze was unknown at the time the photo was taken.

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  • Asia

12 are arrested after a Beijing hospital fire killed 29 people

A dozen people have been arrested after a hospital fire in Beijing killed 29 people. Chinese netizens question why they weren't informed immediately.

April 19, 2023
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  • Emily Feng
A six story glass facade building, center, is believed to be the site of a foreign police outpost for China in New York's Chinatown, Monday, April 17, 2023.

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  • National

FBI arrests 2 on charges tied to Chinese outpost in New York City

In addition to the two arrests, U.S. authorities charged about three dozen officers with China's national police force with using social media to harass dissidents inside the United States.

April 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
People save icons as they clear rubble after a Russian rocket ruined an Orthodox church in an Easter attack, in Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, early hours Sunday.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's prisoners, Brazil's diplomacy, the fight for Bakhmut

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 17, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
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