The agency is holding its first general assembly since its president, Meng Hongwei, was detained by China on charges of taking bribes and other crimes.
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Xi and Pence Stake Out Trade Positions in Dueling Speeches at Pacific Rim Forum
The sharp rhetoric at the APEC conference came as President Trump prepared to meet with the Chinese leader at the Group of 20 summit meeting in Argentina amid a trade war.
‘It’s Time to Try to Change the Men’: Papua New Guinea’s Epidemic of Abuse
A loose network of makeshift shelters is straining to meet the need in a region where 80 percent of women say they have been beaten by a partner.
Coming to Papua New Guinea: World Leaders (and 40 Maseratis)
The island nation, the poorest member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation regional forum, has spent lavishly as host of the group’s annual summit meeting.
At U.N., China Defends Mass Detention of Uighur Muslims
The detainees are told they have an “ideological virus” and must be indoctrinated in devotion to the state. Western governments called for the practice to end.
In China, Bill Gates Encourages the World to Build a Better Toilet
The Microsoft co-founder’s Reinvented Toilet Expo featured innovative approaches to a global problem — the fact that billions have no access to safe sanitation.
What Do North Korean Gymnastics Say About Kim Jong-un’s Politics?
North Korea included something new, a giant image of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at a mass gymnastics performance on Sunday, and excluded something old: missiles.
China’s Leader, Hogging Spotlight, Elbows Communist Titan Aside
In a significant propaganda shift, Xi Jinping’s rise has come at the expense of Deng Xiaoping, long hailed as the architect of China’s prosperity.
China Seeks Allies as Trump’s Trade War Mounts. It Won’t Be Easy.
President Xi Jinping kicks off a Shanghai event showing a growing Chinese appetite to buy from the rest of the world. Even critics of the U.S. have doubts.