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China's top diplomat warned Sunday that any steps towards Taiwan's independence would be «harshly punished», after the self-ruled island defied Beijing's warnings and chose pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as president. Voters on the island spurned Beijing's repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China's ruling Communist Party sees as a dangerous separatist.

Chinese state media accused the Philippines on Monday of repeatedly infringing on China's territory in the South China Sea, spreading false information and colluding with extraterritorial forces to cause trouble. The Philippines has relied on U.S. support to continually provoke China, with such "extremely dangerous" behaviour seriously harming regional peace and stability, China's Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily, wrote in a commentary on Monday.

China, Japan, and South Korea are forging ahead with plans to enhance collaboration in advanced technology sectors such as big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence (AI). 

Henry Kissinger for his «historic contributions» to China-US ties, describing him as an «old and good friend of the Chinese people». Kissinger «had long been concerned about and supported the development of China-US relations, visiting China more than a hundred times and making historic contributions to promote the normalisation of China-US relations», foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said. «During his life, Dr. Kissinger attached great importance to China-US relations and believed that they were vital to the peace and prosperity of the two countries and the world,» Wang said. Kissinger, a former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died on Wednesday. In China he is granted the sobriquet of «old friend of the Chinese people» for his part in establishing ties in the 1970s and helping bring the country out of its Mao-era isolation. Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who met Kissinger in Beijing in July, has sent a message of condolence to US President Joe Biden over his death, Wang said. Premier Li Qiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi have also sent messages of condolence, he added. «Both China and the United States should inherit and carry forward Dr.

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Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. He will also visit Assam and Maharashtra, the ministry said as quoted by PTI. “The King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, accompanied by senior officials of the Royal Government of Bhutan, will be on an official visit to India from November 3 to 10," it said.

Catch LIVE updates from Israel-Gaza war here Notably, maps from China has often been the bone of contention in the East Asian Nation's diplomatic relation with other countries. Notably, the absence coincides with China's often non-committal diplomatic stance toward the Middle East and has raised questions among Chinese netizens, particularly in light of recent conflicts.

Wang Yi said the path to a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Joe Biden was «not smooth», state media reported as the top diplomat wrapped up a rare visit to Washington. Wang met with Biden and other senior US officials this week, with both sides agreeing on Friday to set up a meeting between the leaders next month. Biden has invited Xi to San Francisco in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at a time of tense relations between the two powers.

United States and China have agreed to work together toward an expected summit between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping next month, U.S. officials said on Friday, following hours of meetings between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and senior U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden met with China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday, the White House said.

The Biden administration is meeting with China’s top diplomats this week to try to repair a relationship between the two superpowers that has grown rocky.

China said the United States is the «biggest disruptor of regional peace and stability» in the world in a scathing response Wednesday to a Pentagon report on China's growing military buildup. The annual report that is required by Congress is one way the Pentagon measures the military capabilities of China, which the US government sees as its key threat in the Asia-Pacific region and America's primary long-term security challenge.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Washington on Thursday for high-level talks, the US state department has announced, as the two countries try to “responsibly manage” their fraught relations.

Biden and Xi have not engaged in any discussions since their last meeting in November, which took place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. Tensions between the world's leading economies have remained consistently elevated throughout the past year.

Israel-Palestine conflict. While the US and allies have showed their support to Israel, both China and Russia sided with Palestine.

Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov arrived in Beijing on Monday ahead of an expected visit by President Vladimir Putin to China, for a gathering of representatives of 130 countries that will be overshadowed by the Israel-Gaza war. This will be Putin's first trip to a major global power since the Ukraine invasion. The foreign ministry announced on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that Lavrov was in the Chinese capital as part of a Russian delegation. Beijing is hosting representatives of 130 countries Tuesday to Wednesday to mark a decade of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — a key geopolitical project of President Xi Jinping to extend China's global reach. But all eyes will be on Putin, who last month told Beijing's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Saint Petersburg he had «gladly accepted» Xi's invitation to visit China for the BRI talking shop. The Russian leader's strategic dependence on China has only grown since his invasion of neighbouring Ukraine thrust his country into international isolation. Putin last week voiced concern at the «catastrophic increase» in the number of civilian victims in Israel and the Gaza Strip. The Kremlin ambassador to the United Nations has called for a «humanitarian cease-fire» in the Gaza Strip and Israel, while blaming the United States for the ongoing conflict. This year, trade between China and Russia has soared to levels not seen since the beginning of Moscow's war in Ukraine, with Chinese imports of Russian oil offering Moscow a critical lifeline as international sanctions bite. China has refused to condemn the war in an effort to position itself as a neutral party, while at the same time offering Moscow vital diplomatic and financial support. At the heart of the

Israel-Hamas War: Israel's actions in Gaza have gone «beyond the scope of self-defence» and the Israeli government must «cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza», China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in remarks published Sunday. Wang's remarks, made on a call to his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Saturday, came as Israel appeared poised for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza. «Israel's actions have gone beyond the scope of self-defense,» Wang said according to a foreign ministry readout «It should listen earnestly to the calls of the international community and the UN secretary general, and cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza,» he added in the strongest stance China has expressed so far on the conflict. More than one million people in the northern part of the crowded enclave have been ordered to flee ahead of the expected assault, an exodus that aid groups said would set off a humanitarian disaster.

Zhai Jun will visit the Middle East next week to push for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and promote peace talks, state broadcaster CCTV reported Sunday. Zhai «will visit the Middle East next week to coordinate with various parties for a ceasefire, to protect civilians, ease the situation, and promote peace talks,» CCTV said in a video posted to its official social media account on Sunday. The CCTV report came as Israel appeared poised for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza. More than one million people in the northern part of the crowded enclave have been ordered to flee ahead of the expected assault, an exodus that aid groups said would set off a humanitarian disaster. The cramped and impoverished territory, where 2.3 million residents live on top of each other, has been under a land, air and sea blockade since 2006. The latest deadly Israeli salvos were sparked by a Hamas raid which saw fighters break through the heavily fortified border between the Gaza Strip and Israel and gun down, stab and burn to death more than 1,300 people. In Gaza, health officials said Israel's response had killed more than 2,200 people.