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The plans come after the pair explored renewing U.S. soybean purchases and easing China's export restrictions on rare earth minerals.

"Right-wing forces in Japan are ... leading Japan and the region toward disaster," a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said.

Japan dismissed China's claims as "entirely unacceptable" and said its commitment to peace was unchanged.

Alice Guo, the former mayor of Bamban, was found guilty of human trafficking over a scam center operating out of a facility built on land she partially owned.

Beijing suggested it might reimpose a ban on seafood imports from Japan after warning its citizens to avoid travel there.

The announcement eases a standoff between China and the Netherlands that threatened supplies of semiconductors vital for global auto manufacturing.

In a reversal, China is increasingly lending to higher-income countries over developing countries, researchers at the U.S. university William & Mary found.

The Boeing 747, flown by Turkey-based ACT Airlines from Dubai, skidded after landing at the city’s airport last month and collided with a security patrol car, killing two people inside.

The House of Commons speaker and his counterpart in the House of Lords circulated a new “espionage alert” to warn them of the threat posed by Chinese spies.

The two nations have repeatedly faced off around the Japan-administered islands, which Beijing calls Diaoyu and Tokyo calls the Senkaku.

Critics say the U.S. withdrawal cedes valuable ground as China, the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, rapidly expands its renewable and EV industries.