The Google case has given the US an opportunity to re-adopt its hard-line approach, and move away from the "smart" diplomacy it had used against China of late, experts tracking the issue said on Thursday.
It's still not the time to talk about sanctions against Iran as the door of diplomacy is still open on finding a compromise over its nuclear program, He Yafei, China's ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, said on Wednesday.
Iraq is keen to see China play a bigger role in the reconstruction of the war-torn country, the country's top envoy to Beijing has said.
China on Friday said the United States was a bigger culprit with a terrible record in response to Washington's charges on violation of human rights, "Like the previous years, the (US) report is full of accusations about the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions including China.
Although the financial crisis of 2009 greatly affected all sectors of the travel industry, the World Travel Trends report released on Wednesday in Berlin predicted a slight recovery from some regions, including a strong boom commencing from China.
BEIJING - China on Tuesday reiterated that it was best to solve the Iranian nuclear standoff through continued diplomatic effort and said there was yet room for dialogue to resolve the issue.
China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key reason why Beijing opposes tougher sanctions on Iran.
China said Sunday there is great hope to restart the stalled six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue as long as relevant sides keep in contact, maintain patience and stick to the denuclearization objective.
The Israeli embassy in Beijing confirmed that Israel would send a high-level delegation to China, in a move that Israeli media said is an attempt to persuade China to support sanctions against Iran.
In three decades of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, ties between the two countries have been a combustible mix of contradiction and cooperation. It has always been a rocky love-hate relationship, full of ups and downs but ultimately underpinned by economic interests. China has learned how to handle the US' hot-and-cold political attitude while the US has learned how to press China for compromise.
As Latin American and Caribbean leaders meet in Mexico to discuss the creation of a new regional alliance that excludes the United States and Canada, there is an opportunity for China to seek more cooperation in the region, experts said.
Washington appears determined to surround China with US-built anti-missile systems, military scholars have observed. Love-hate affair must not boil over