President Barack Obama’s pledge to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons won praise Monday from China and key developing countries, and spurred hope that Washington’s policy shift and new U.S.-Russian cooperation will end a long deadlock on glob

Mexican officials angry about China’s decision to quarantine more than 70 Mexicans over swine flu fears sent a plane Monday to the communist country to bring its citizens back home. China sent its own plane to retrieve Chinese nationals stranded in Mexico

Signs of increasing energy demand in China, the world’s second largest consumer, pushed oil up to near $54 a barrel Monday, but concerns over the state of the economic recovery and the spread of the swine flu continue to hold prices in check.

Signs of increasing energy demand in China, the world’s second largest consumer, pushed oil up to near $54 a barrel Monday, but concerns over the state of the economic recovery and the spread of the swine flu continue to hold prices in check.

Mexico chartered a plane on Monday to China to bring home 70 of its citizens who were seized at the airport and quarantined, declaring that the swine flu epidemic was no reason for “repressive and discriminatory measures.”

Robust investment backed by stimulus spending will likely help China’s economy to expand 7 percent in the second quarter, showing the economy may be rebounding from the financial crisis, a government-affiliated think tank said in a report published Monday

Gao Hongbo was announced as the latest coach of China’s troubled national soccer team on Monday.

China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected accusations by President Barack Obama that China is among nations that regularly harass and detain journalists.

Asian stock markets soared Monday, led by gains of 5 percent or more in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and India, amid upbeat economic signs from China and the United States. European markets opened higher, too.

A Foreign Relations Department official says Mexico will send a plane to China to bring back citizens after the Asian country quarantined more than 70 Mexican travelers in its fight against swine flu.