Xi Jinping

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering a sweeping initiative to address climate change, including the first-ever limits on carbon dioxide from power plants, the country's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to...

SEOUL — The North Korean regime Sunday suggested a high-level meeting with the United States "to ease the tension on the Korean peninsula," less than a week after its scheduled working-level talks with Seoul were called off.  In the National...

SEOUL — The North Korean government Sunday suggested a high-level meeting with the United States "to ease the tension on the Korean peninsula," less than a week after its scheduled working-level talks with Seoul were called off. In what North...

BEIJING -- Officially, the Chinese government has nothing at all to say about Edward Snowden. But unofficially, it is only too happy to dump on the United States. After days of silence, state media have let loose with a barrage of criticism concerning...

BEIJING — Officially, the Chinese government has nothing to say about Edward Snowden. But unofficially, its representatives are only too happy to dump on the United States. Chinese state media have let loose with a barrage of criticism of the...

The last time Victoria Hu saw her father at her family's home, she was 16, still a student at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. As the years have flown by, she has gone on to study at UC Berkeley, become an adept illustrator, and launched a passionate...

BEIJING -- Edward Snowden  told Hong Kong media that the United States is involved in extensive hacking operations directed against China and Hong Kong. In an interview with the South China Morning Post published on the newspaper’s website early...

SEOUL -- Talks between North and South Korea scheduled to be held this week were abruptly canceled Tuesday, with Pyongyang dissatisfied over the makeup of the South's delegation. South Korea's Unification Ministry, which handles North Korean issues,...

China will almost certainly pass the United States in the total size of its economy within a decade or so. But if one looks also at military and "soft power" resources, the U.S. is likely to remain more powerful than China for at least the next few...

WASHINGTON — Emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are growing at such a rate that the world will probably exceed a safe limit in average global temperatures by the end of the century and veer into a higher temperature zone that would...

BEIJING -- Of all the places in the world for man on the run from the U.S. government, Hong Kong was an unlikely destination for Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old contractor identified as the source of leaks about the U.S. electronic surveillance program....

Since President Richard Nixon's visit to China in February 1972, American presidents have hoped that building personal rapport with Chinese leaders would strengthen bilateral ties and win political points at home. While Nixon's trip was a diplomatic...