Lao Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane will pay an official visit to China from Wednesday to Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning announced on Monday.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other issues during his annual meeting with the press. Here are some of the key topics covered during his Friday press conference.

By Ryan Woo, Ethan Wang and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing will "resolutely counter" U.S. pressure on tariffs and the fentanyl issue, China's foreign minister said on Friday, adding that major powers "should not bully the weak",