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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 1100 GMT, Sept. 14

Xinhua, September 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

China is Argentina's "preeminent trade and financial partner" nowadays, an Argentine expert on international relations has said.

Mariano Turzi, a professor of international relations and the director of the Asia Department at the University of Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, made the comment in an editorial with the prestigious daily Clarin on Monday.

"China not only represents a preeminent trade and financial partner, (but also) will increasingly be an international player around which internal political players will position themselves," wrote Turzi. (Iran-China-Partner)

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has challenged China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over "excessive government support" for domestic grain production, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman announced Tuesday.

The USTR's office claimed that China's "market price support" for rice, wheat, and corn in 2015 was estimated to be nearly 100 billion U.S. dollars above the limits that China committed to when it joined the WTO in 2001.

That pushed up Chinese grain prices "above market levels" and created "artificial government incentives" for Chinese farmers to increase production, and thus affected the ability of U.S. farmers to compete around the world, the USTR's office alleged in a statement. (U.S.-China-Grain Support)

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BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi exchanged views Tuesday with his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, on the situation of the Korean peninsula.

In a telephone conversation, Wang noted that China has clearly expressed its opposition to the recent nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

China endorsed the necessary response to the DPRK's nuclear test by the UN Security Council and called on all sides to remain calm, exercise restraint and refrain from further actions that would heighten tension, Wang said. (China-DPRK-Nuclear Test)

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NEW DELHI -- China and India held a fresh round of arms control consultation in New Delhi Tuesday.

The consultation was co-chaired by Wang Qun, Director-General of Arms Control Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and Amandeep Singh Gill, Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. (India-China-Arms Control) Endi