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Work under way for Xi-Trump summit

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has indicated that preparations for a Xi-Trump are under way. Photo: Simon Song

Update | Tillerson to push for China to get tough on North Korea in landmark Xi summit

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China and US to test cyberthreat defences

(151201) -- WASHINGTON D.C., Dec. 1, 2015 (Xinhua) -- China's State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun (C), U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch (L) and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson pose for photos during the first China-U.S. ministerial dialogue on fighting cyber crimes in Washinton D.C., the United States, on Dec. 1, 2015. The first China-U.S. ministerial dialogue on fighting cyber crimes held here Tuesday yielded positive outcomes as the two sides worked hard to remove one of the major stumbling blocks to the development of the bilateral ties. (Xinhua/Bao Dandan)

Two sides agree to five guidelines covering internet-based threats, including theft of secrets and network intrusions, Washington says

Presidents enjoy a spirited parting dinner

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou (left) during a summit in Singapore. Photo: Reuters

Ma Ying-jeou greets hotel guests on his way out of the banquet room, telling reporters that “the atmosphere was really good” and that he was very happy.

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Expected next leader of Taiwan won't be boxed in by summit tactic, analysts say

Taiwanese opposition leader and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen is silhouetted against a banner as she speaks during a news conference inside the Democratic Progressive Party headquarters in Taipei last month. Photo: EPA

Manila was Taiwan’s first choice as venue for historic presidential summit with mainland China, says official

Taiwanese official Andrew Hsia said the mainland suggested the summit talks. Photo: SCMP Pictures

From civil war to civil greetings: Why President Xi Jinping’s meeting with Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou is so significant

President Xi Jinping (right) and Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, who will meet in Singapore on Saturday. Photos: Reuters

Two dozen senior Chinese police officers punished, some expelled, in sweeping crackdown

The mainland China police emblem. Photo: Reuters

New | China to ban all logging of forests in distinctly green new five-year plan

Advocate Ma Jun said environmental protection could drive economic growth.

Baby-minded Chinese couples stay up to small hours to ‘consider’ new second-child policy

China's People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s mouthpiece, has tried to dampen excitement about the one-child policy being abolished by saying there is still a long way to go. Photo: EPA
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Germany ready to vie with other EU countries for business in China, says Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel chats with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: AFP

China's economic growth target was never set in stone: Premier Li Keqiang

China's economic planner said it approved 218 fixed-asset projects worth 1.81 trillion yuan ($285.3 billion) in the first nine months of the year, as Beijing looks to drive infrastructure investment to support slowing economic growth. Photo: Reuters

Update | Chinese diplomat and husband detained by Cebu police over double-fatal shooting in Philippines restaurant

An investigator marks the crime scene where the two people were killed inside the Lighthouse Restaurant. Photo: AP
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'I dived under the counter': terrified waitress at Cebu restaurant tells of fatal shoot-out that left China envoy hospitalised, two consulate staff dead

New | China's public security ministry steps in to handle investigation into detained journalist

Self-proclaimed qigong master Wang Lin. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Jailed and refused bail, Chinese investigative journalist detained after exposing high profile corruption scandal

Liu Wei's articles, revealing the links between controversial self proclaimed qigong master Wang Lin (left) and celebrities, business people and party cadres, are believed to have led to his detention.

Q&A: President Xi Jinping’s US state visit was ‘enormous success – or as we’d say, a home run’

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Stephen Orlins, head of National Committee on United States-China Relations, who co-hosted October dinner for Xi in Seattle before his US state visit in Washington in September

Young 'gangster' escape: Kidnapped Chinese boy, 13, hops to freedom using skills he learnt watching violent films

The Chinese boy, 13, who was kidnapped in Sichuan province, is photographed by a bystander after his escape. Photo: Scol.com.cn

The child from a rural village in Sichuan province was grabbed while out walking on his own, but kept calm and escaped after being tied up and left in an abandoned building

Survey of China’s 100 million registered pets finds one in 13 mainlanders keep animals

Zhu Romeng, of Beijing, with her pet pig, Wuhua, which she has raised since it was a piglet. Photo: Reuters

Up 80 per cent of all mainland pets are dogs and cats, followed by turtles, fish, rabbits, birds, mice – and one or two pigs, too

Graft-buster named as head of China's spy agency as anti-corruption watchdog extends its power

Chen Wenqing has been confirmed as the Communist Party chief of the Ministry of State Security. Photo: SCMP Pictures

National holiday proves especially golden for ‘hook-up girls’ in quaint Chinese mountain town

The thriving tourism city of Lijiang in Yunnan was a goldmine for bar girls during golden week. Photo: SCMP

Yes, he can: Sichuan’s answer to Barack Obama cashes in on his moment in the sun

Xiao Jiguo, centre, US President Barack Obama's Chinese alter ego, views footage on set in Guangzhou. Photo: Southern Metropolis News

Cities in north China blanketed in smog on final days of national “golden week” holidays

Tai chi practitioners don masks for their early morning exercise in Pingquan county, Hebei province on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

China's US$1.1b peacekeeping play for global prestige

Chinese peacekeepers stand in formation after their arrival in Bamako, Mali, in December 2013, the first time China dispatched security forces for a peacekeeping mission. Photo: Xinhua

Update | Chinese President Xi Jinping pledges 8,000 UN peacekeeping troops, US$1 billion to peace fund

President Xi Jinping addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. Photo: AFP
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New | 'Let Chinese women judge for themselves': China hits back at criticism against its women's rights record

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the UN General Assembly on Monday. Photo: AP

China’s Xi Jinping pledges US$2 billion in aid to lift world’s poorest states

China's President Xi Jinping addresses a meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan. Photo: Reuters

Beijing has pledged billions in aid and debt forgiveness for the world’s poorest nations as President Xi Jinping continues his overseas push to present China as a global power.

Xi Jinping's Washington trip overshadowed again as US House Speaker John Boehner steps down after 25 years in Congress

After 25 years in Congress and five years as Speaker, Boehner said he decided to step down after contemplation and prayer. Photo: AFP

'I indicated it has to stop': Obama gets tough on cyberspying as new China-US pact agreed against threat of sanctions

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a welcome ceremony held by US President Barack Obama at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington D.C. on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

China, US to address differences ‘candidly’ as Barack Obama welcomes Xi Jinping to White House

President Xi Jinping and his first lady Peng Liyuan join US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle in greeting people at the White House yesterday as the state visit continued. Photo: AFP

US President Barack Obama yesterday said he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping must address their differences "candidly", specifically raising the importance of protecting human rights.

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