On Thursday, the US ambassador in Beijing said China's currency was a major concern not only in the US. Earlier this week, a bill to threaten China with punitive duties if the yuan did not rise was put to the US Senate.

• March 19, 2010

Indonesia and China have increasingly boosted economic and defense ties amid the absence of attention from the US, observers and officials say.

• March 19, 2010

Moscow and Riyadh have reportedly been negotiating for several years now about the Saudi purchase of Russian air-defense missile systems, but so far this has not yet occurred. Several analysts, including myself, have argued that Riyadh has made clear to

• March 18, 2010

• March 18, 2010

The $7.6 billion project is crucial for Pakistan to avert a growing energy crisis already causing severe electricity shortages in the country of about 170 million.

• March 18, 2010

It's still not the time to talk about sanctions against Iran as the door of diplomacy is still open on finding a compromise over its nuclear program, He Yafei, China's ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, said on Wednesday.

• March 18, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won support for Rosatom to build a dozen ultrasafe nuclear reactors in India, part of more than $10 billion in deals in energy, arms, telecoms and other cooperation signed during his visit Friday.

• March 17, 2010

The Chinese mainland agrees to discussing the issue of military security and mutual trust across the Taiwan Strait at an appropriate time, said a mainland spokesman on Wednesday.

• March 17, 2010