China urges calm after N.Korea triggers alarm
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China, the closest North Korea has to an ally, on Wednesday called for restraint after the reclusive state said it planned a nuclear test in a move the United States said would threaten world peace.
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TOKYO/WASHINGTON  - China, its diplomatic  credentials on the line, planned weekend talks with North Korea  over the nuclear crisis amid U.S. hopes that Beijing would  bring new pressure on Pyongyang to rejoin negotiations,  official sources said on Wednesday.
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Russia and China expressed alarm on Tuesday over comments by France's foreign minister raising the specter of war with Iran, and Washington said diplomacy was key to ending a standoff with Tehran over its nuclear program.
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China sought Friday to soothe concerns over a surprise interest rate rise, its first in nearly a decade and one which is expected to kick off a series of increases to cool growth in the world&#39;s seventh-biggest economy.
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China battled on Wednesday to keep alive six-way talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs, saying it hoped all parties would stay calm and flexible and resume negotiations despite inevitable problems.
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BEIJING, Aug 18  - China said on Wednesday it hoped all six parties taking part in talks on the North Korea nuclear crisis would keep calm, remain flexible and continue negotiations despite inevitable difficulties.
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Crisis has been in the air in China the past week &#151; over pork.
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A high-ranking North Korean delegation headed by the Stalinist state's deputy leader has arrived in China amid faltering attempts to resolve the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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North Korea, at the center of a crisis  over its nuclear weapons program, urged the United States on  Saturday to end its hostility in the New Year and said it  itself would work for peace and prosperity.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell urged  China on Monday to exert its influence over North Korea to  resume six-party negotiations on scrapping its suspected  nuclear weapons programs.
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North Korea's No. 2 leader said Monday that his country still wants to settle the dispute over its nuclear program through dialogue, as China tried to cajole the North back into stalled six-nation talks, calling for flexibility by all sides.
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China and Singapore on Monday  urged the international community to help calm Beijing's  dispute with Taiwan over its push for independence.
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TOKYO - Japan and China should try to resolve their differences calmly, China&#39;s ambassador to Japan said Saturday, a day after Tokyo filed a protest with Beijing over the intrusion of a Chinese nuclear submarine.
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China has gently urged Burma's military rulers to ease the strife that has seen tens of thousands take to the streets in protest, diplomats said Tuesday, even as Beijing said publicly it would stick to a hands-off approach toward its neighbor.
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China maintained a stony silence  Saturday in the face of Japan's charges that one of its  nuclear-powered submarines intruded into Japanese waters this  week.
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Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea vowed Monday to strengthen cooperation in resolving the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programs and to tighten security and economic ties.
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China and Singapore on Monday urged the international community to help calm Beijing&#39;s dispute with Taiwan over its push for independence.