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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China's security chief has urged officials to heed the grievances of their communities, state media reported Friday, following a series of violent protests that undermine efforts to maintain stability.
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North Korea is committed to joining another round of six-party talks on its nuclear crisis but is waiting to see the post-election mood of the United States, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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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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China wants to resume talks on ending North Korea's nuclear arms programme next week, media said on Tuesday, with a session likely to coincide with Pyongyang starting to shut its reactor and weapons-grade plutonium source.
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The US secretary of state is to urge China to play a greater role in the crisis over North Korea's nuclear plans.
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Chinese policy makers are debating how   far their country should prop up or pressure North Korea as   fraying economic ties compound political distrust.
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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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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said on Tuesday each party should take "initial actions" in an aid-for-disarmament deal, China's Xinhua news agency reported amid signs Pyongyang was preparing to shut down its main nuclear plant.
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The U.S. and Japan on Tuesday called on China to press its ally North Korea for concessions over its nuclear and missile programs, as a delegation from the North arrived in Beijing amid urgent diplomatic exchanges.
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China will try to nudge North Korea to resume stalled talks on ending its nuclear programs when Pyongyang's No. 2 leader visits on Monday, but economic issues will also be high on the agenda.
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China has kept quiet on Taiwan's recent  outbreak of street protests calling for the ouster of  independence-leaning President Chen Shui-bian because it fears  any strong reaction might backfire, analysts say.
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South Korea voiced grave concern on Wednesday over North Korea's plans to test a nuclear bomb and China urged restraint after the United States said the move would be "an unacceptable threat" to world peace.
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Crisis has been in the air in China the past week &#151; over pork.
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China will try to nudge North Korea to  resume stalled talks on ending its nuclear programs when  Pyongyang's No. 2 leader visits on Monday, but economic issues  will also be high on the agenda.
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China urged the Canadian Embassy on Thursday to hand over 44 possible North Korean asylum-seekers, while officials said nine North Koreans who entered an American school in Shanghai had been handed over to Chinese police.