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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen and Xie Fang, China’s ambassador to the United States, met on Monday ahead of Yellen’s scheduled visit to Beijing this week, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Treasury. Yellen and Xie held a “frank and productive discussion” that covered global and bilateral issues, …

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – China and Honduras started talks over a free trade pact on Monday, the Central American country’s government announced in a post on social media, in the latest advance between the two nations and their recent diplomatic and economic opening. Honduras economy ministry dubbed the day “historic” in a post on Twitter. Eduardo …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly criticised a Hong Kong police decision to issue arrest warrants for eight overseas activists and said his government would not tolerate any attempts by China to intimidate individuals. “The decision to issue arrest warrants for 8 activists, some of whom are in the UK, is a further …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China, Japan and South Korea need to send a clear signal of regrouping towards co-operation, and resist “the coercion of bullying and domination”, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, said on Monday, in an apparent swipe at the United States. The remarks come at a time of heightened tension as the United States …

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(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in a videoconference meeting of the heads of states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on July 4, the TASS news agency cited the Kremlin as saying on Monday. The SCO is a political and security union of countries spanning much of Eurasia, including China, India and …

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By Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang FANGSHAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military carried out live fire drills on its strategically-located southern coast on Monday, firing missiles from highly mobile armoured cars to destroy targets close to shore in a simulation of repelling invading forces. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has …

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