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14 awkward photos of world leaders that explain 2014 - The ... » Dec 18, 2014 ...Some world leaders made friends in 2014. The APEC summit was, for instance, the first time that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met on official terms. However, their grumpy demeanor suggests that perhaps their meeting, like China-Japan relations on the whole, was... Washingtonpost.com

Trump's foreign network: The president-elect's unorthodox overseas ... » Jan 13, 2017 ...“We can't have the president have these kinds of business contacts all over the world.” Many of ....And like Trump, the Indonesian billionaire organizes beauty pageants, has a taste for Rolls-Royces and Twitter, and admires Russian leader Vladimir Putin. In a 2014 ....“They've become very good friends.”. Washingtonpost.com

With friends like these: China's awkward position after North Korea's ... » Feb 13, 2017 ...With friends like these: China's awkward position after North Korea's missile test. 6:10 ...of deceit: How North Korea funds its nuclear weapons program—Part 1 | Loopholes (Video: Jason Aldag/Photo: Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) .... Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world. Washingtonpost.com

China suspends North Korean coal imports, striking at regime's ... » Feb 18, 2017 ...BEIJING — China will suspend all imports of coal from North Korea until the end of the year, the Commerce Ministry announced Saturday, in a surprise move that would cut off a major financial lifeline for Pyongyang and significantly enhance the effectiveness of U.N. sanctions. Coal is North Korea's largest... Washingtonpost.com

WashingtonPost.com: Middle Ground » Without hesitation, I did it -- to the tearful laughter of my friends and, soon afterward, the tearful horror of my mother. Of course, I ...In hindsight, it's hard to know exactly how great a romantic penalty I paid for being Chinese. There may ... Ceremony, protocol, etiquette -- all these made me feel like an awkward stranger. Things... Washingtonpost.com

Report: Roy Moore Had Sexual Contact With a 14-Year-Old Girl ... » Nov 9, 2017 ...“If these allegations are true, he must step aside,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement. ...That left many Republicans in an awkward position, disliking Moore and seeing him as a blot on the party but unwilling to publicly condemn a GOP candidate and possible future colleague. Theatlantic.com

Peter Thiel, Trump's Tech Pal, Explains Himself - The New York Times » Jan 11, 2017 ...The Silicon Valley billionaire and scourge of Gawker describes his admiration for the president-elect, who told him, “We're friends for life.” ...I ask if he had to twist arms to lure some of the anti-Trump tech titans, like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. “I think ....There are just all these ways I think stuff has just shifted. Nytimes.com

US prepares for awkward military engagement with China in Hawaii » Jun 23, 2014 ...The U.S. Navy has dispatched numerous ships to Hawaii as it prepares for Rim of the Pacific 2014, the world's largest international maritime exercise. ...Chinese's inclusion in RIMPAC looks like an attempt to bring the Chinese to the table, but it also giving U.S. military officials a rare window into what... Washingtonpost.com

What's really making Beijing angry with Singapore? | This Week In ... » Oct 1, 2016 ...Chinese culture requires friends to help each other. In view of its traditional friendship with Singapore, Beijing hopes the island state will use its unique role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and its influence in the region to help China solve its disputes with neighbours. At the very least... Scmp.com

Google's China Problem (and China's Google Problem) - The New ... » Apr 23, 2006 ...If you search for "Tibet" or "Falun Gong" most anywhere in the world on google. com, you'll find thousands of blog entries, news items and chat rooms on Chinese repression. Do the same search inside China on google.cn, and most, if not all, of these links will be gone. Google will have erased them... Nytimes.com