China has allowed a former Canadian diplomat detained for allegedly gathering state secrets to speak on the phone to his ill father, the foreign ministry said Monday.

Permission granted to Canadian spy in China to call sick father

China on Monday said it would help Pakistan to establish an effective pest control system to deal with the severe locust problem in the country. Pakistan, which is facing its worst locust attack in decades, on February 1 declared a national emergency to tackle the insects destroying crops on a large scale in Punjab province, country's main region for agricultural production.

China to help Pakistan with effective pest control system

Taiwan separatists are doomed to "stink for eternity", China's top diplomat warned after the island's President Tsai Ing-wen won a landslide re-election victory in a stinging rebuke to Beijing.

Taiwan separatists will 'stink for eternity': China

China today expressed "regret" as the US began the process of pulling out of the Paris climate agreement. "China expresses regret about the US officially starting the relevant process of withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement," China's foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said, adding, "We believe that climate change is a common challenge faced by all of humankind.

Paris climate agreement: US should take more responsibility, says China

Chinese hackers who used a previously unknown iPhone security flaw to target ethnic minority Uighurs also went after Tibetans in exile, according to a report published on Tuesday.

Chinese hackers who pursued Uighurs also targeted Tibetans: researchers

Washington's recent test of a ground-launched cruise missile will result in a new round of arms race and will jeopardise international security, the Chinese foreign ministry's spokesman, Geng Shuang, said on Tuesday.

US missile test will result in arms race, seriously damage international security, warns China

China said on Tuesday it had a right to put out its own views after Twitter and Facebook said they had dismantled a state-backed social media campaign originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong.

China cries foul after Facebook, Twitter block fake accounts linked to Hong Kong protests

Representatives from the United States and Russia are set to meet in Geneva on Wednesday to explore the concept of a new accord limiting nuclear arms that could eventually include China, senior US officials said on Monday.

US, Russia to discuss nuclear arms limits in Geneva on Wednesday: Officials

China on Friday said it would impose sanctions on US companies involved in a potential arms sale worth $2.2 billion to self-ruled Taiwan - a move that has infuriated Beijing.

China to impose sanctions on US firms in Taiwan arms sale

China on Wednesday denounced British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt as "shameless", saying it had made a diplomatic complaint to London after he warned of consequences if China neglected commitments made when it took back Hong Kong in 1997.

China criticises Britain for 'shameless' comments on Hong Kong

China's government said on Saturday it supported the decision of Hong Kong's leader to suspend an unpopular bill that would allow extraditions to China and which sparked a week of protests.

'We respect and understand this decision,' China backs suspension of Hong Kong extradition bill

China must "sincerely repent" for the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square three decades ago, Taiwan said on Monday, as a Chinese newspaper said nobody in China was interested in dragging up the past.

Taiwan urges China to 'repent' for Tiananmen, China paper says event is merely history

Additional tariffs will not resolve any problems in the ongoing bilateral trade dispute between China and the United States, China's foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Tuesday.

Adding tariffs can't resolve any problem, says China on trade conflict with US

China urged the United States on Thursday not to allow Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to stop over in Hawaii next week when she makes a tour of the island's diplomatic allies in the Pacific, adding another irritant to Beijing-Washington ties.

China urges US to block Taiwan leader's Hawaii stop-over

India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be leaving for China for the 16th Russia, India, China (RIC) meet on Tuesday. The meet will take place on Wednesday in Wuzhen, Zhejiang.

Terror, Afghanistan in focus as EAM Sushma Swaraj heads to China for RIC meet

The United States should bear responsibility for the consequences of its sanctions on Venezuela, China said on Tuesday, after Washington imposed sweeping restrictions on Venezuelan state-owned oil firm PDVSA.

US should bear consequences of Venezuela sanctions: China

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Thursday said Beijing opposed "gratuitous accusations" when asked about allegations that clues in a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc implicated China.

China denies role in Marriott hacking case

Hackers behind a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence-gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Clues in Marriott hack implicate China: Report

Trump had tweeted Monday that he saw an end to the escalating dispute

China says US trade talks currently 'impossible'

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang commented on Russia's Olympic ban that the country has always ''opposed doping" and the "rights of all clean athletes must be protected".

China on Russia's Olympic ban: 'Rights of clean athletes must be protected'

Reacting to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's remarks in New Delhi that terror safe havens in Pakistan will not be tolerated, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said for many years Islamabad has made positive efforts and "great sacrifices" on counter-terrorism front.

Global community should recognise Pak's efforts in fighting terrorism: China

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