Diplomacy
- China's diplomacy in 2015 will focus on making all around progress in the "Belt and Road" initiatives, said Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ongoing national legislative session on Sunday.
- China and Canada just reached an agreement on granting visas to each other's citizens, with the validity period of up to 10 years, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday.
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Obama criticized over stance on China's counterterrorism rules'
Internet users are lashing out against US President Barack Obama's latest comment on China's draft rules on counterterrorism which requires technology firms in China to hand over encryption keys, the pass codes that protect certain data.
- President Xi Jinping said on Monday he looks forward to visiting Britain this year at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II as he received Prince William, the first senior British royal to visit the Chinese mainland in a generation.
- Japan should take the history as a mirror and "follow the path of peaceful development" to win trust from the international community, a spokesman for China's top political advisory body said in Beijing Monday.
- Arrangements are being made for Xi Jinping to pay his first state visit later this year to the United States as president of China, a senior Chinese diplomat confirmed.
- Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi met chairman of Munich Security Conference (MSC) Wolfgang Ischinger on Friday when attending the 51st MSC with the two parties agreeing to deepen mutual cooperation.
- In a new national security strategy unveiled Friday, the Obama administration pledged to develop a "constructive" relationship with China that can benefit both peoples and promote security and prosperity in Asia and around the world.
- State leaders from China and Russia are to attend commemorations in both countries marking victory in World War II, Beijing confirmed on Friday.
- An int'l seminar on the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road will open next week.
Highlights of the Sessions >>
- Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets
- Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan
- Full text: Report on the Work of the Government (2015)
- Highlights of work report of Supreme People's Court
- Highlights of China's gov't work report for 2015
- Big data on China's rule of law
