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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, as Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative, left, meets with U.S. Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

The Chinese president’s envoy meets with Vance and Musk on the eve of Trump’s inauguration

China’s vice president has held meetings with the U.S. vice president-elect and business leaders including Elon Musk on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration. It comes as the two major powers tackle ongoing tensions over trade and technology.

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, second from left, speaks during the 11th China - UK Economy and Finance Dialogue in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool)

China and the UK restart economic and financial talks after a 6-year hiatus

China and Britain have restarted economic and financial talks after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s Treasury chief to Beijing. Rachel Reeves is accompanied by a delegation of British business leaders and finance officials.

China condemns Lithuania’s expulsion of its diplomats

China has condemned Lithuania’s expulsion of three Chinese diplomats as relations between the two countries continue to sour.

A fridge magnet that reads "President Donald Trump 2024" is displayed at a store at the Yiwu wholesale market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang province, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Trump’s sharp tariff hikes could speed up China’s shift to new markets and offshore factories

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to sharply raise tariffs on all Chinese imports and close some loopholes Chinese exporters currently use to sell their products more cheaply in the U.S.

FILE - In this Saturday, June 29, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

China is bracing for fresh tensions with Trump over trade, tech and Taiwan

FILE - Taiwanese soldiers salute during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

US approves $2 billion in arms sales to Taiwan including advanced missile defense system

The United States has approved $2 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including the delivery for the first time to the island of an advanced surface-to-air missile defense system. The sale has angered China.

A sanitation worker of Kaohsiung city government clears debris in the aftermath of Typhoon Krathon in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Work and travel resume across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon finally dissipates

Work, classes and flights resumed across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon brought torrential rainfall to the island but finally dissipated over a mountain range.

A man struggles in the heavy wind and rain generated by Typhoon Krathon in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan, packing fierce winds and torrential rain

Typhoon Krathon has made landfall in the major Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung. The slow-moving typhoon prompted the closure of schools and offices for a third consecutive day, with authorities asking people to stay indoors.

A man runs away from waves when he was walking along the shore in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, as Typhoon Krathon is expected to hit the area. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches Taiwan

An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan has killed two people and injured more than 100 people over the past few days while forcing thousands to evacuate from low-lying or mountainous areas.

Waves crash onto the coastline as Typhoon Krathon approaches to Taiwan in Yilan County, eastern coast of Taiwan, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan shuts schools and offices ahead of likely direct hit from powerful typhoon

Taiwan has canceled dozens of flights, closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable areas around the island ahead of a strong typhoon expected to hit its heavily populated western coast.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, meets with Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

What’s behind China’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile

China has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean in a rare occurrence, adding to tensions in the region where multiple countries have overlapping territorial claims.

FILE - A U.S. P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane flies near Chinese structures and buildings on the man-made Fiery Cross Reef at the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea are seen on March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

China says it tailed a US spy plane through the sensitive Taiwan Strait

Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said.

A firefighter stands near debris along a business street in the aftermath of Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai, China, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Strongest typhoon since 1949 hits Shanghai and knocks out power to some homes

The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949 has flooded roads with water and broken tree branches and knocked out power to some homes.

China hands PwC a 6-month ban and fine over audit of the collapsed developer Evergrande

Chinese authorities have banned the accounting firm PwC for six months and fined it over $56 million for its involvement in the audit of collapsed local property developer Evergrande.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Vietnam's President To Lam walk out of a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (Andres Martinez Casares/Pool Photo via AP)

Leaders of China and Vietnam pledge to strengthen political and economic ties

The leaders of China and Vietnam have pledged to further their economic ties and gave a nod to their shared communist ideology during the first visit by Vietnam’s new president to Beijing.

This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, shows damage on the Philippines coast guard vessel BRP Cape Engano (MRRV-4411) after a collision with a Chinese coast guard ship Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 in the disputed South China Sea. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Chinese and Philippine ships collide again in disputed waters, and the countries are trading blame

Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships have collided at sea, damaging at least two of the vessels, in an encounter near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea.

From left, Dr. Chen Ning Yang of Princeton University; Prof Daniel Bovet of Rome, who received prize in medicine for work in the field of pharmacology; Dr. Tsung Dao Lee, of Columbia University, who shares the physics prize with Chen for disproving the law of parity, long considered a fundamental law of nature; Sir Alexander Todd of Cambridge University, England, cited for his work in chemistry; and Albert Camus, of France, who received the prize in literature, are shown after receiving their awards in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 10, 1957. Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second youngest scientist ever to receive a Nobel Prize, died Sunday, Aug 4, 2024 at his home in San Francisco at the age of 97, according to a Chinese university and a research center. (AP Photo)

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97

Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, has died at age 97. That’s according to a Chinese university and a research center. He died Sunday at his home in San Francisco.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, July 8, 2024. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)

China’s Xi calls on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Li Qiang addresses the opening plenary of the 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Li Xiang/Xinhua via AP)

China’s premier slams trade tensions as EV exports are hit by tariffs

China’s premier has defended open markets and the importance of green technologies for stabilizing global growth as he opened a forum with political and business elites in northeastern China.

FILE - Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre is seen at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the South China Sea, April 23, 2023. A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday, June 17, 2024, China's coast guard said.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

China blames Philippines for ship collision in South China Sea. Manila calls the report deceptive

China’s coast guard says a Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Xi pledges more Gaza aid and talks trade at summit with Arab leaders

Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promising more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza.

Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te, right, and former President Tsai Ing-wen wave during Lai's inauguration ceremonies in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 20, 2024. Lai in his inauguration speech has urged China to stop its military intimidation against the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own territory. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan’s new President Lai in his inauguration speech urges China to stop its military intimidation

Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, has said in his inauguration speech that he seeks peace with China and urged it to stop its military threats against the self-governed island that Beijing claims as its own territory.

FILE - Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai celebrates his victory after Taiwan's presidential election, in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Lai Ching-te is set to take office as Taiwan's new president on May 20. Building on the legacy of incumbent president Tsai, Ing-wen means aiming to strike a balance between cultivating Taiwan's unofficial alliance with the United States, and maintaining peace with China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, to be retaken by force if necessary. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwan’s new president inherits a strong foreign policy position but political gridlock at home

Taiwan’s new president takes office Monday. Lai Ching-te is expected to build on the legacy of incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen.

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his ministry in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other’s ‘expansionism’

Russia and China helped each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press.

A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-18 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China launches 3-member crew to its space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon by 2030

China launched a three-member crew to its orbiting space station as part of its ambitious program that aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030.

Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-18 mission Ye Guangfu, center, Li Guangsu, left, and Li Cong attend a meeting with the press at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program

China’s space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030.

A man looks at the cordoned off site of a leaning building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Hualien, eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?

Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century. At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings and highways damaged and train service interrupted.

Rescue workers stand near the site of a leaning building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000

The most powerful earthquake to rock Taiwan in a quarter-century killed nine people, stranded dozens of workers at quarries, and sent some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings.

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, right, poses for photos with Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Bergman leads a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation that pledged continued support for Taiwan on Thursday, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that's claimed by China. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

US congressional delegation pledges continued defense support for Taiwan

A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation has pledged continued support for Taiwan, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that’s claimed by China.

Xie Yufeng, a 39-year-old cook, throws a bird up as he shoots a bead through a tube for it to catch in mid-air, practising a Beijing tradition that dates back to the Qing Dynasty, outside a stadium in Beijing, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Today, only about 50-60 people in Beijing are believed to still practice it. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP PHOTOS: Beijingers play fetch with migratory birds in traditional game

BEIJING (AP) — Passersby in Beijing during winter or early spring might happen upon groups of residents playing fetch with birds.