Chinese Premier to Meet Obama in New York: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet with US President Barack Obama during his visit to the United Nations in New York this week.
Wen will also attend the UN meeting on the Millennium Development Goals and the general debate at the 65th session of the General Assembly.
China-Japan Dispute Escalates over Detention of Captain: China has again urged Japan to immediately set free the Chinese trawler captain who was detained two weeks ago near the Diaoyu Islands, saying the detention is "a protruding obstacle" to Sino-Japanese ties.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu urged Japan "to take concrete actions to remove the obstacle."
Two Japan Coast Guard patrol ships and the Chinese fishing boat collided in waters off the Diaoyu Islands. China claims that Japan's detention of Zhan Qixiong, the trawler's captain, is illegal.
Jiang reiterated that the Diaoyu Islands were Chinese territory since ancient times.
[Editor's Update: On Sunday Beijing severed high-level contacts and called off a visit by Japanese youth. Tokyo urged China to remain calm and to avoid escalating the conflict.
Today Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshito Sengoku, has said all officials "should be careful not to arouse narrow-minded extreme nationalism".]
In another sign of tension, China despatched marine surveillance ships "to enhance law enforcement activities" and safeguard its marine rights and interests.
China Urges Peaceful Solution on Iran Nuclear Issue: China remained committed to solving the Iranian nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiation, Hu Xiaodi, China's permanent representative and ambassador to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Vienna, h.
As a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran had the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy, but also should fulfill the corresponding obligation under the NPT, Hu said
He added that China hoped Iran would implement International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and U.N. Security Council resolutions and strengthen cooperation with the IAEA, so the international community could have greater confidence in the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.
Transparency in Government Budgets: The Chinese government will ensure more transparent official budgets from this year, Premier Wen Jiabao has promised.
The government should release information about all public spending, spending on infrastructure, the administrative expenses budge,t and its implementation, Wen said in the speech.
It had been common for local governments to record much more revenue than budgeted, and the surplus was not supervised by people's congresses. The so-called "extra-budgetary funds" include revenues to local governments from land deals.
Chinese Military Open to More International Co-operation: China's armed forces are ready to expand communication and cooperation with their counterparts worldwide in order to promote global peace, Zeng Wenyong, an officer with the Chinese Defense Ministry, said.
The colonel made the remarks as a 34-member honor guard unit from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) joined troops from15 other countries for a military parade in Mexico City to mark the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence.
The PLA has sent out 10,000 personnel each year to participate in international peace-keeping, medical aid, and other missions, Zeng said.
SCO Military Exercises to Target Regional Terrorism: Troops from the members of the Shanghani Cooperation Organization --- China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan --- have carried out a large-scale, anti-terror drill.
The two-week Peace Mission 2010 exercise involves about 5,000 troops is scheduled for Sept 9 to 25. It is the seventh one under the SCO flag.
Defense ministers of the five nations will oversee a final exercise on Thursday.
EU to Unveil Goals on China: European Union leaders have discussed the EU's long-awaited strategic goals toward China and other emerging economies.
The summit was held amid the bloc's appointment of a new head of mission in China on Wednesday and approval a Free Trade Agreement with South Korea.
At the beginning of this month, the EU's foreign envoy, Catherine Ashton, spent a week in China in discussion with Chinese counterparts.
Cross-border Economic Zone with Vietnam: China is working on diversifying the cooperation model with Vietnam in border areas and is committed to the construction of a cross-border economic zone.
Ma Biao, Chairman of Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, made the remarks during a six-day visit to Vietnam for trade and culture promotion.
UN Official Lauds China on Climate Change: The United Nations' climate chief, Christiana Figueres, has hailed China's efforts to improve the prospects of a climate summit in Mexico later this year by hosting a crucial round of talks in Tianjin in October.
Negotiators from 194 nations will gather in Cancun, Mexico, in November to try to build on the Copenhagen Accord of December 2009 for a legall- binding treaty limiting global emissions of greenhouse gases.
China Pushes for Energy Cooperation and Innovations China will adopt a more open attitude toward international science and technology cooperation and exchanges in energy conservation and emissions reduction, an official has declared
"We plan to work with other countries to establish a global technological cooperative platform for energy, resources and environment," Zhang Laiwu, vice-minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said at a press conference organized by the State Council Information Office.
China has signed 104 science and technology cooperative agreements, including the China-European Union Science and Technology Partnership Agreement, with 97 countries.
Economic Zones Suffer "Ecological Damage": Five crucial economic zones in 15 provinces are suffering environmental deterioration and ecological degradation due to the expansion of industrial projects, the Ministry of Environmental Protection warned on Wednesday.
These five regions contribute 22 percent of China economic growth each year, with heavy industries in petrochemicals, energy, metallurgy, and equipment manufacturing.