“For some time, the U.S. has been using national power to tarnish and crack down on specific Chinese companies in an attempt to strangle their lawful and legitimate operations,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang.
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Author: Thomas Maresca, Special to USA TODAY
New CSIS report reveals another of 20 undisclosed North Korean missile sites
Researchers have discovered another secret ballistic missile base in North Korea, one of an estimated 20 that the communist state has not declared. The base, called Sino-ri, was disclosed in a report released Monday by the Center for Strategic and Inte…
Missile Defense Review: North Korea remains ‘extraordinary threat’ to US
The Missile Defense Review report, introduced by President Donald Trump during a speech at the Pentagon, was released just hours ahead of a top North Korean envoy’s arrival in Washington to discuss a potential second summit between Trump and Nort…
Pence: US is still waiting for North Korea to take ‘concrete steps’ toward denuclearization
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U.N. human rights official says any deal would remain ‘fragile’ if Pyongyang does not address issues of political prisoners, enslavement.
Kim Jong Un hopes second summit with Trump will achieve results ‘welcomed by the international community’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to pursue a second summit with President Donald Trump “to achieve results that will be welcomed by the international community,” Chinese state media reported.
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un makes birthday visit to China for meetings with President Xi Jinping
Kim’s visit comes in the wake of an announcement on Sunday by President Donald Trump that Washington and Pyongyang were in negotiations over a location for a second summit, saying that it would be revealed “probably in the not-too-distant f…
North Korea warns US to stop ‘meddling’ in its affairs with South Korea
An editorial in the country’s state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper blamed the U.S. for stagnation in the relationship between North and South Korea, claiming that “the United States does not want to see the improvement and development of the i…
Video shows the haunting moment tsunami sweeps away Indonesian band
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China detains second Canadian in fallout from Dec. 1 arrest of tech executive Meng Wanzhou
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