ChinesePremierLiKeqiangwillvisitthePhilippinestoattendaseriesofhigh-levelmeetingsincludingthe12thEastAsiaSummitfromNovember12to16inManila,ChineseForeignMinistry
The close friend of President Park Geun-hye, who is at the center of an influence-peddling scandal that has led up to the president's impeachment, will appear at the first court hearing Monday, her lawyer said.
President Xi Jinping will attend and chair the G20 summit to be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, from September 4 to 5, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Monday.
Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inocio Lula da Silva announced Tuesday that they would not attend the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Aug. 5, local media reported.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein left Nay Pyi Taw Wednesday on a visit to South Korea to attend the 25th ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit in Busan as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), official sources said.
Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung will leave for Beijing on Saturday to attend the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2014 Leaders' Week and other related meetings, according to the news website of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government on Thursday.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a delegation to attend the upcoming 25th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Myanmar from Nov. 12 to 13, a Foreign Ministry official said here said Thursday.