BEIJING (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ask China to use its diplomatic clout to help rein in a growing insurgency when he arrives for a state visit on Tuesday, putting security concerns ahead of his economic wishlist. Aid, trade and drug trafficking will also be on the agenda for Karzai's fourth visit to Beijing since taking the reins ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - A top-level dialogue between China and United States in May will be "very important" for defusing strains between the two big economies, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday. Wen made the conciliatory remarks in a meeting with foreign business executives in Beijing on Monday, telling them that his government did not want "trade and currency wars" with ...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's state-run Xinhua news agency launched a new broadside against Google Inc on Monday, saying in an angry commentary that the company had reneged on promises to abide by Chinese law. Speculation is swirling that Google will soon announce a decision to pull out of China, or at least shut down its Chinese search engine. The ...

An Australian executive and three other employees of mining giant Rio Tinto face charges of stealing secrets and offering bribes in a Shanghai trial beginning Monday that is viewed as a barometer of China's handling of foreign business. China has warned against politicizing the case ...