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Iran cleric says : Chinese Muslims must be free to perform religious rites

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi headed to Geneva Saturday to join US Secretary of State John Kerry and other top diplomats for talks on Iran's nuclear programme, the government said.

Japan dispatched fighter jets more often over the past 12 months than at any time since the Cold War ended, according to government figures, with the sorties mostly aimed at chasing away Chinese and Russian aircraft.

The United States has brought first-of-its kind cyber-espionage charges against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into U.S. companies to gain trade secrets.

Two Chinese coastguard ships sailed into disputed waters off Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea Saturday, officials said, as the United States warned Beijing over increasing territorial assertiveness.

Chinese President Xi Jinping presses a charm offensive with Latin American leaders on Thursday, highlighting Beijing's growing interest in a resource-rich region traditionally considered the backyard of the United States.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently characterized Moscow's relations with Beijing as "the best in their entire history,"

The Chinese would probably say that the current government "lost the Mandate of Heaven" long time ago. We could probably say that a "government of the people, by the people and for the people" is no more. That 1% of population controls 99% of the capital in some way is almost certainly true. What's most commonly disregarded is that 6.2% makes, implements and guards the rules and regulations that make this possible.

Upcoming visit of the Russian President to China will become this year's major political event in Russian-Chinese relations and its outcome will be an important step toward a closer bilateral partnership, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says in an interview published by China Daily Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a veiled warning to the United States on Wednesday, saying countries should not build up military alliances in Asia, even as Beijing feuds with neighbours in territorial disputes.

China should work more closely with Russia on security to counter Japan, a state-run Chinese newspaper said Thursday after Moscow and Beijing signed a huge natural gas deal.

Chinese banks can now set their own exchange rates between the yuan and the US dollar for some customers, the government said, in a small step towards liberalisation of the tightly controlled currency.

TOKYO, Nov 10, 2014 (AFP) - A 30-minute summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was a "first step" on the road to improving relations between Asia's two largest economies after years of hostility, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday.