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China ratchets up pressure on Canada amid Huawei dispute

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China suspends license of Canadian canola company

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

China ex-internet czar sentenced to 14 years for corruption

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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hand with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday, March 25, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping was greeted with full honors Monday during a state visit to France in which he is expected to sign multibillion-dollar deals on energy, the food industry, transport and other sectors as well as a bilateral statement on climate change. (Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: China, France push climate-friendly finance

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Tibet Executive vice governor Norbu Dondrup bites his lips during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Chinese officials responsible for Tibet are praising development in the Himalayan region in the 60 years since the suppression of an uprising against Beijing's rule. Norbu Dondrup on Wednesday reviewed gains in the economy, health care and education since 1959 and castigated the self-declared government-in-exile established by Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama as illegitimate. The now-83-year-old Dalai Lama fled to India after the uprising was suppressed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China defends Tibet policies, bashes exile government

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French President Emmanuel Macron, second from right, his wife Brigitte, right, welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from left, and his wife Peng Liyuan, left, prior to a state dinner at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Monday, March 25, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a 3-day state visit in France where he is expected to sign a series of bilateral and economic deals on energy, the food industry, transport and other sectors. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

China’s Xi sees honors, Airbus deal in state visit to France

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Monday, March 25, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a 3-day state visit in France where he is expected to sign a series of bilateral and economic deals on energy, the food industry, transport and other sectors. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: Macron praises ties between France, China

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New Zealand prime minister to visit China next week

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While serving as Kansas governor, Sam Brownback once signed legislation largely condemned by Muslim groups. (Associated Press)

Sam Brownback blasts China ‘vocational training’ schools for Uighur Muslims

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Pope Francis celebrates Mass outside Loreto's cathedral, central Italy, Monday, March 25, 2019. Francis has traveled to a major Italian pilgrimage site dedicated to the Virgin Mary to sign a new document dedicated to today's youth. (AP Photo/Sandro Perozzi)

Vatican negotiator reveals decades-long path to China deal

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2019, file photo, U.S. Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, commander of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, gestures during an interview with a select group of journalists aboard the USS Blue Ridge, the U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship, while docked at Manila South Harbor in Manila, Philippines. Sawyer says the U.S. won't alter its so-called &quot;freedom of navigation&quot; sailings in the disputed South China Sea and has pressed ahead with such operations despite a dangerous maneuver by a Chinese navy ship against an American destroyer. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this September 2017 photo, students walk to class on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. As academia becomes increasingly competitive in attracting top students and staff, universities are turning to retail to create study, work, and play environments that set themselves apart. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

EDITORIAL: Some U.S. universities are taking a closer look at Chinese largesse

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte shake their hands at the end of the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding at Rome's Villa Madama, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Jinping is in Italy to sign a memorandum of understanding to make Italy the first Group of Seven leading democracies to join China's ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy, China sign accord deepening economic ties

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US to host Chinese trade delegation starting April 3

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In this Feb. 21, 2019, file photo White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, left, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, attend a meeting of senior U.S. and Chinese officials to resume trade negotiations in Washington. Top U.S. trade and economic officials will visit China late next week for another round of negotiations, a White House official says. Mnuchin and Lighthizer will lead the delegation, Trump administration officials say. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) **FILE**

Trump sends Mnuchin, Lighthizer to China to resume trade talks

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, stands as Premier Li Keqiang arrives for a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

EU seeks more ‘balanced’ economic relationship with China

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China to give $989 million to build new highway in Sri Lanka

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Friday, March 22, 2019. Jinping is launching a two-day official visit aimed at deepening economic and cultural ties with Italy through an ambitious infrastructure building program called &quot;Belt and Road&quot; that has raised suspicions among Italy's U.S. and European allies. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Italian soccer federation to explore more ties with China

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Italian President Sergio Mattarella review the honor guard at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Friday, March 22, 2019. Jinping is launching a two-day official visit aimed at deepening economic and cultural ties with Italy through an ambitious infrastructure building program called &quot;Belt and Road&quot; that has raised suspicions among Italy's U.S. and European allies. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italy, China deepen ties under wary gaze of US, EU

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2019 file photo, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives back at her home after a court appearance in Vancouver. China has stopped all new purchases of Canadian canola seeds in what some see as retaliation for Canada's arrest of the top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei. The Canola Council of Canada said late Thursday, March 21, 2019, that exporters are reporting Chinese importers are unwilling to purchase the seeds at this time. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

China stops purchase of Canadian canola seeds

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press