South East Asia

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in India Thursday for a four-day visit, with Washington hoping New Delhi can persuade him to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay on post-2014. Karzai is scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi said China looks forward to working with France

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday in Beijing. Xi said that China and the United States, as two major economies and permanent members of the UN Security Council, share important obligations to maintain world peace and stability and promote development. “To enhance dialogues and cooperation is the only correct choice …

US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Beijing Wednesday for a two-day official visit to China. Biden, who visited Japan earlier this week on the first leg of his three-nation Asian tour, is scheduled to

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will seek a delicate balance between calming military tensions with China and backing ally Japan against Beijing on a trip to Asia this week that is being overshadowed by a territorial row in the East China Sea.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said now is the right time for China and the United Kingdom to seek stronger cooperation. “We are transforming the mode of economic development, restructuring the economy and encouraging companies to

Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will visit Kabul on Saturday to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and members of the High Peace Council to discuss bilateral ties and peace process following the pull out of

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Romanian President Traian Basescu pledged in Bucharest on Wednesday to boost practical cooperation between their countries. Li, who arrived here Monday, described his visit to Romania as an endeavor to consolidate the two countries’ traditional friendship and promote their practical cooperation.

Pakistan on Wednesday named a new army chief, a job seen as the most powerful position in the troubled nuclear-armed nation which has seen three periods of military rule. General Raheel Sharif will take over as head of the 600,000-strong army from General

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and leaders of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries pledged in Bucharest on Tuesday to expand investment and trade. The two sides agreed at a China-CEE leaders’ meeting to designate 2014 as the year for promotion of investment and trade between