China says Iranian oil tanker wreck located 1/17/2018 4:18:59 PM The Sanchi, which was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, ran into a cargo ship off China earlier this month BEIJING (AFP) 17 January 2018 -- The wreck of an Iranian oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship off China this month has been located, Beijing said Wednesday, but gave no new details about the environmental impact of the disaster. The Sanchi, which was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, ran into Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter the CF Crystal on January 6, sparking a fire that Chinese rescue ships struggled to extinguish. It sank on Sunday after a new and massive fire erupted, sending a cloud of black smoke as high as a kilometre above the East China Sea. The bodies of only three of the 32 crew members -- 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis -- have been found. On Monday Chinese ships scrambled to clean-up a massive oil spill amid fears of dev...

U.S. Congress urged to require Chinese journalists to register as agents 11/15/2017 8:46:36 AM The US Capitol building WASHINGTON (Reuters)NOV. 15, 2017  - A report to the U.S. Congress released on Wednesday accused Chinese state media entities of involvement in spying and propaganda and said their staff in the United States should be required to register as foreign agents. The annual report of the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission said that while China had tightened restrictions on domestic and foreign media, Chinese state media had rapidly expanded overseas. The commission, created by Congress in 2000 to monitor national security implications of U.S.-China trade relations, said China’s state media expansion was part of a broader effort to exert greater control over how China is depicted globally, as well as to gather information. The report highlighted the rapid growth of the Xinhua news agency and noted that it had offices at the...

Trump says U.S. upholds and sticks to 'one China' policy: Xinhua+VIDEO 11/9/2017 8:39:14 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinas Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017 BEIJING (Reuters) Nov. 9, 2017  - The United States government upholds and sticks to the “one China” policy, U.S. President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday during talks in Beijing, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported. As president-elect, Trump broke with protocol and accepted a congratulatory phone call from the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in December, angering China, which claims the self-ruled island as integral Chinese territory.