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Brexit talks "start off on right foot," yet uncertainty lingers

Britain and the European Union (EU) have struck an upbeat tone after the first round of the Brexit negotiations held Monday, as the two sides set a preliminary timetable and the structure of the negotiations ahead. However, uncertainty still lingers due to the divergences between the two and a pressing deadline.

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Brexit talks "start off on right foot," yet uncertainty lingers

BritainandtheEuropeanUnion(EU)havestruckanupbeattoneafterthefirstroundoftheBrexitnegotiationsheldMonday,asthetwosidessetapreliminarytimetableandthestructureofth

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China, Japan ministers agree on deepening cooperation at sixth dialogue

The finance ministers of China and Japan exchanged views on deepening cooperation at the Sixth China-Japan Finance Dialogue here on Saturday.

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China-ASEAN dialogue relationship sets good example of equal treatment, common development among developing countries

​China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marks here Wednesday their 25th anniversary of the establishment of the dialogue relationship, which has been featured with good-neighborliness, equal treatment and common development, thus setting a good example for forging relations between developing countries.

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Chinese, ASEAN leaders hail 25th anniversary of dialogue relationship

Leaders of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday exchanged congratulations to mark the 25th anniversary of the dialogue relationship between the two sides.

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China's Tibet, Nepal to resume Lhasa-Kathmandu direct bus service

China's Tibet Autonomous Region and Nepal have agreed to work toward resuming Lhasa-Kathmandu direct bus service after decade-long gap.

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China, Vietnam hold 9th meeting of steering committee on cooperation

The ninth meeting of China-Vietnam steering committee on cooperation was held Monday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi under the co-chair of Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

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Positive thinking key to enhancing China-U.S. ties

Optimists of China-U.S. ties were given another shot of confidence as an annual strategic and economic dialogue wrapped Tuesday.

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China, Arab world agree to take belt and road initiative as lodestar for bilateral ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Thursday that both China and the Arab world agree to take the Belt and Road Initiative as the lodestar to promote their relations.

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Myanmar gov't, armed groups drafting code of conduct for ceasefire signatories

​The Myanmar government and eight ethnic armed groups out of 15 which have recently signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA), are drafting code of conduct for the signatories to observe, according to an official report Friday.

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China-Britain economic dialogue fruitful

​Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai and British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on Monday co-chaired the 7th China-Britain Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), reaching 53 agreements ranging from nuclear energy, high-speed railway to an expanded currency swap line.

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Mainland, Taiwan sign agreements on flight safety, taxation

Chinese mainland and Taiwan negotiators signed two agreements concerning cross-Strait flight safety and taxation cooperation on Tuesday.

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For the two Koreas, dialogue always better than confrontation

It is to the relief of many countries in Asia and beyond that the two sides on the Korean Peninsula appeared to have engaged in serious talks amid a worrying escalation of tension there.

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Xi calls on building community of shared destiny across Taiwan Strait

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, called for both sides of the Taiwan Strait to build a community of shared destiny and settle political differences through equal consultations.

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China, Japan hold first security meeting in 4 years

​Foreign and defense officials from China and Japan kicked off a high-level security meeting here on Thursday, the first one between the two sides in more than four years.

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Fresh round of Iran nuke talks to be held next week in Geneva: report

​Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Monday that the next round of nuclear talks between Iranian negotiators and representatives of the P5+1 group will be held on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next week, according to Iranian state media Press TV.

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Iran nuclear talks intensive, pragmatic: Chinese official

​The new round of negotiations over Iran's long-standing controversial nuclear program was intensive and pragmatic, the head of the Chinese delegation said after the talks on Sunday night.