China Defends Raid of S. Korean Lawmakers' Meeting
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The Chinese government on Thursday defended its decision to raid a news conference called by South Korean legislators to discuss the status of North Korean refugees in China, accusing the visitors of inciting North Koreans to illegally enter the country and break into foreign embassies to seek asylum.
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BEIJING : China on Thursday condemned the practice of storming into diplomatic missions in Beijing, a day after 44 North Koreans entered the Canadian embassy in an apparent bid for political asylum.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has voiced concern about China's satellite-destroying test, charging that Beijing had violated international law.
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China defended its growing military prowess on Monday, saying it did not threaten the United States, and again urged Washington not to sell weapons to Taiwan.
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China said yesterday that a proposed anti-secession law announced last week is aimed at promoting self-ruled Taiwan&#39;s unification with the mainland but rejected suggestions that it would lead to military action by Beijing.
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A day after North Korea said it will conduct a nuclear test in the future, ally China has weighed in, calling on all sides to exercise calm and restraint. "We hope that the DPRK (North Korea's official name) will keep calm and restrained on the nuclear test issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement reported by China's Xinhua news agency.
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Japanese Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma   said on Friday that China's military build-up was a concern   rather than a threat, retracting earlier comments that had   triggered a rebuttal from Beijing.
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South Korea's parliament voted Friday to keep troops in Iraq for one more year, a move aimed at cementing the alliance with the United States against North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
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A group of Japanese MPs claims China exaggerated the number of people killed in the Nanjing attack.
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South Korea on Wednesday voiced concerns over the arrest of 65 North Korean asylum seekers in a raid by Beijing police and said it will ask China to allow the defectors to travel to Seoul.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on Tuesday cast doubt on North Korea&#39;s claim that it has boosted its nuclear weapons capability and
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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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South Korea said it plans to crack down on people who demand money for organizing mass-defections of North Koreans. So-called brokers - often Koreans living in China, South Korean
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China urged restraint in diplomacy with   North Korea on Wednesday and said it would not support   sanctions, but expressed frustration with its neighbor and old   ally over its July missile tests.
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Chinese lawmakers began considering a proposed anti-secession law today that Beijing says is aimed at pushing Taiwan to unite with the mainland and which the self-ruled island contends could serve as a pretext for a military attack.
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China sought to defend its role in Africa on Monday ahead of this week's G8 summit, saying its long friendship with the continent was a force for good and shrugging off the threat of criticism at the meeting in Germany.
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Chinese lawmakers are set to pass legislation this week that would limit foreign acquisitions in China on national security grounds.