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OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that China has not provided significant weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine. “I’ve been hearing now for the past three months about China’s going to provide significant weapons to Russia,” Biden said at a news conference alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “They …

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By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese-American citizen Kai Li, jailed in China on spying charges he denies, received a rare in-person visit last week from the U.S. Ambassador to Beijing and urged the U.S. government to continue to work for his release, Li’s son said on Friday. Over the course of …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – The United States and Canada must together build a North American market on everything from semiconductors to solar panel batteries, in the face of growing competition, including from an “increasingly assertive China,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Trudeau, speaking in the Canadian parliament ahead of a speech by U.S. President …

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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Two Canadian men whom China had detained for more than 1,000 days and were at the center of a dispute between Washington and Beijing attended President Joe Biden’s speech to parliament in Ottawa on Friday, and received applause and a standing ovation. The men, who were released in 2021, will …

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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said last month after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that he planned to speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping about the episode and clear the air between the rival superpowers. Five weeks later, the call still hasn’t happened. …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – China’s partnership with Russia has limits, despite rhetoric to the contrary, and Europe should welcome any attempts by Beijing to distance itself from Moscow’s war in Ukraine, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday. Borrell’s remarks followed a summit this week between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday announced further sanctions against Myanmar, targeting the supply of jet fuel to Myanmar’s military following air strikes in civilian populated areas, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The Treasury in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two people and six entities connected …

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By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – Maritime issues between the Philippines and China remain a “serious concern”, a Philippine official said on Friday, as the countries pledged to use diplomacy to resolve differences peacefully during high-level talks. The Philippines hosted this week the first in-person meeting between diplomats from the countries …

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MADRID (Reuters) – The world should listen to China’s voice in order to find a way out of the war in Ukraine, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday, ahead of his state visit to Beijing next week. “China is a global actor, so obviously we must listen to its voice to see if …

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