Shortly before his official visits to Malaysia and Indonesia, Premier Wen Jiabao gave a joint interview in Beijng to journalists from the Malaysian National News Agency and the Star of Malaysia, and SCTV, Kompass and the Jakarta Post of Indonesia, and answered their questions on Monday.
The US government may make it more difficult for senior Chinese officials to secure visas after Beijing's cancellation of several bilateral meetings, the Financial Times reported.
China and Australia signed a series of cooperation agreements on Tuesday as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard attempted to boost ties and smooth over recent spats with China.
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday expressed the hope that China-Australia energy and resources relationship should go beyond the buyer-seller one.
The United States and China need cooperate and build mutual trust, which is in the interest of the world, US Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said here Tuesday.
Chen Bingde, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, will visit the United States in May, China's Ministry of Defense said late Tuesday.
China on Tuesday reiterated its call for dialogues and consultations to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula, stressing that peaceful approaches are the only effective way to handle the issue.
The official visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Malaysia from April 27 to 28 is very important to both Malaysia and China as it allows both sides to take stock of the bilateral cooperation in various areas.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard on Tuesday agreed to further economic and trade cooperation, as the two major Asian-Pacific states aim to upgrade their bilateral ties.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will attend the second round of strategic dialogue between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in early May, a spokesman said Tuesday.
China provides aid to Africa for friendship not resources, said Vice Commerce Minister Fu Ziying on Tuesday in response to a question raised during a media conference on China's white paper on foreign aid.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard on Tuesday that China highly values its relations with Australia and views the country as an "important partner in mutually beneficial cooperation".