China has not carried out threats to punish US companies over an arms package to rival Taiwan, a senior US official said Thursday. China responded angrily in January when the United States approved 6.4 billion dollars in weapons to Taiwan. Upping the ante from its reaction to previous sales, China warned it would slap sanctions on US companies involved ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An American political odd couple is leading a charge to crack down on what critics see as China's unfair trade practices. Opposites in politics and personal style, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Charles Schumer share the view that China manipulates the value of its currency which gives its exports a competitive edge and threatens American ...

Seven Chinese hostages who were freed by an armed gang in Cameroon's southwest Bakassi region arrived "traumatised" Thursday in Yaounde, the capital, Chinese source said. The seven fishermen went straight to the Chinese embassy, where ambassador Xue Jinwei received them over lunch and listened to their six-day ordeal, a Chinese diplomat said. "Even if they weren't assaulted they ...