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The New York Times

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Past articles by Jane:

Five U.S. Lawmakers Arrive in Taiwan Amid Tensions With China

The delegation, led by Senator Ed Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, is visiting less than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit set off tensions with China. → Read More

The Foreign Correspondents Explaining America to the World

In this tumultuous period of U.S. politics, there are perhaps more international journalists in Washington, D.C., than ever before. → Read More

Xi Jinping Will Make First Visit to North Korea Ahead of Meeting With Trump

At a time when tensions among North Korea, China and the United States have been high, some officials see Mr. Xi’s trip to Pyongyang as a way to cool things down. → Read More

Traveling to Meet Trump, Kim Jong-un Takes the Long Route

Not wanting to take a Chinese plane to Vietnam, the North Korean leader is crossing China by train instead, in the same style as his grandfather. → Read More

China Says Detained Canadian Worked for Group That Was Not Legally Registered

The assertion was China’s first official comment on the detention of Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat now working for a nongovernmental organization. → Read More

Huawei Arrest Tests China’s Leaders as Fear and Anger Grip Elite

The detention of a Chinese tech executive poses a challenge for President Xi Jinping, who faces pressure to both retaliate and resolve the trade war with America. → Read More

A Modern History of China, in Photographs

“Magnum China” collects decades-worth of images by Western photographers of a nation gripped by political conflict. → Read More

Money and Muscle Pave China’s Way to Global Power

Beijing is leveraging its commercial and military might to redraw the terms of trade, diplomacy and security, challenging the liberal democratic order. → Read More

Mike Pompeo and His Chinese Counterpart Trade Harsh Words

A sharp exchange between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Minister Wang Yi stripped away the usual diplomatic veneer. → Read More

Pence’s China Speech Seen as Portent of ‘New Cold War’

China could respond to Vice President Mike Pence’s tough speech by spending more on its military or withdrawing support for sanctions against North Korea. → Read More

China Cancels High-Level Security Talks With the U.S.

The decision to withdraw from an important annual meeting shows how tensions over an escalating trade war are spreading to other arenas. → Read More

Is China Undermining Efforts to Disarm North Korea? Not Yet, Analysts Say

China is mostly abiding by the sanctions meant to pressure the North, one expert said. But he added, “It depends on how the United States trade war goes.” → Read More

Liu Xia, Detained Widow of Nobel Peace Laureate, Leaves China

Ms. Liu, who had been under police surveillance since 2010, left for Europe after a high-level diplomatic campaign by the German government. → Read More

Kim Jong-un Returns to China, This Time With Leverage

As the United States and China drift into a trade war, Mr. Kim, a week after meeting President Trump, will have the chance to play one power against the other. → Read More

How Did Kim Jong-un Get to Singapore? With Some Help From China.

Mr. Kim apparently did not trust his own aging Soviet-built plane. So he chose an American-made 747 that had been used by Chinese leaders instead. → Read More

U.S. Issues Alert to Americans in China in Wake of Sonic Attack Fears

A strange illness reported by some American diplomats in the southern city of Guangzhou prompted the U.S. to urge its citizens in China to get help for any symptoms. → Read More

Kim Pays a Second Surprise Visit to China, Heightening Diplomatic Drama

It is without modern precedent for a leader to come to China on back-to-back visits. China is trying to keep up with a flurry of diplomatic moves. → Read More

China Moves to Steady Ties With North Korea Before Trump-Kim Meeting

China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, was just in Pyongyang meeting with Kim Jong-un and trying patch up relations with North Korea after years of frosty ties. → Read More

Korean Accord Draws Praise, and Caution, From North’s Neighbors

China, Japan and Russia, which were not part of the summit meeting, acknowledged that most of the hard work still lay ahead. → Read More

As Korean Leaders Meet for Talks, Here’s What You Need to Know

On the table are issues that have bedeviled the Korean Peninsula for much of the 20th century, and some that are already shaping the 21st. → Read More