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IDB bank calls off annual meeting next week in China

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Local officials say 26 killed, 28 injured in China bus fire

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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 move to join China’s Belt and Road coup for Beijing

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2018, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wave to the media following the welcome ceremony at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines. Two former Philippine officials have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court accusing Chinese President Xi Jinping of crimes against humanity over his government's assertive actions in the disputed South China Sea, which they say deprived thousands of fishermen of their livelihoods and destroyed the environment. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Ex-Philippine officials accuse Xi of crimes against humanity

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The country's foreign ministry announced on Monday, March 18, 2019 that Xi will visit Italy, France and Monaco from Thursday to March 26. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China’s Xi visits Italy with Belt and Road deal as prize

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Chinese workers on a suspended platform clean window of an office building against the scenic of Central Business District in Beijing, Friday, June 8, 2018. Stocks have traded erratically since late February as investors size up the impact of trade tensions between the U.S. and major trading partners including China, Europe, Canada and Mexico. News of progress, or setbacks, on trade has led to big swings from day to day. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Xi Jinping transforms Beijing into ‘tidy’ city with unspoken authority

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

US trade negotiators to visit China for talks next week

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FILE - In this March 21, 2018, file photo, Marip Lu sits in her family's shelter in a refugee camp in northern Kachin State, Myanmar. Marip Lu, 24, claims she was kidnapped by traffickers and suffered six years of captivity, rape and abuse deep in China. A human rights group says the governments in Myanmar and China are failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women from the conflict-ridden Kachin region for sexual slavery. (AP Photo/Esther Htusan, File)

Report: Myanmar, China failing to stop ‘bride’ trafficking

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

In this Thursday, March 21, 2019, photo, rescuers walk near the site of a factory explosion in a chemical industrial park in Xiangshui County of Yancheng in eastern China's Jiangsu province. The local government reports the death toll in an explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China has risen with dozens killed and more seriously injured. (Chinatopix via AP)

China chemical plant blast kills 47, injures hundreds more

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Top US general to meet with Google on China security worries

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping adjusts his jacket as he arrives for a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Xi Jinping corruption crackdown in China cements grip on power

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

In this April 29, 2015, file photo, visitors use a laptop computer at a display booth as a security guard stands nearby at the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China ‘Great Firewall’ protects Communist Party politically, economically

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, for a trip to visit a Army tank plant in Lima, Ohio, and a fundraising event in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says tariffs on China could stay to ensure compliance

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Philippine official praises China’s ruling Communist Party

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Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, and American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) director William Brent Christensen shakes hands during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Taiwan and the U.S. will hold talks later this year as part of efforts to counter growing pressure from Beijing to force the island into political unification with mainland China. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Taiwan, US plan new talks this year in rebuke to Beijing

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

Pope Francis attends an audience with personnel and families of the Italian Court of Auditors (Corte dei Conti) in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican makes overtures on eve of Italy visit by China’s Xi

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte sits before addressing the Lower Chamber of the Italian parliament in Rome, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italy to join China’s Belt and Road initiative over US worry

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

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**

High-level US and China trade talks to resume next week

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves at Dong Dang railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, Saturday, March 2, 2019. Kim has boarded his private train at the Vietnam-China border, ending a trip that saw a summit breakdown with U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang) ** FILE **

Beijing North Korea restaurants cast doubt on China sanction vow

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

German chancellor Angela Merkel attends the 'Global Solutions Summit' in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Germany has launched an auction for frequencies in the future super-fast 5G network following a dispute over conditions imposed by authorities and questions over whether China's Huawei can supply equipment. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Germany launches auction for 5G network frequencies

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press