China allows visa-free transit for Indian nationals for up to 24 hours. By comparison, U.S. citizens are given 10 days. Thongdok’s treatement caused an uproar in India and threatened to refreeze relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors which have thawed in recent months after a deadly border dispute.

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President Donald Trump says he will visit Beijing in April and host China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit later next year.

China is trying to impose economic costs on Japan for wading into the issue of Taiwan. But experts say the escalating dispute could ultimately hurt China too.

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This latest breakthrough in nuclear power technology has implications for U.S. energy policy and global decarbonization efforts.

President Trump said he accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit China in April and invited Xi to the US for a state visit.

China's new coal plant permits for 2025 are on track to fall to a four-year low, a new Greenpeace analysis showed on Tuesday, indicating that growing use of renewables is cutting into demand for new coal plants.

China's history of stealing F-35 technology raises security concerns as military experts debate potential Saudi Arabia military sales and national security risks.