Christopher Bodeen, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Protesters gather near a flights information board during a protest at the Hong Kong International Airport, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. One of the world's busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters crowded into the main terminal Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Hong Kong airport shuts down amid pro-democracy protest

by Yanan Wang Associated Press, and Christopher Bodeen Associated PressAugust 12, 2019

HONG KONG — One of the world’s busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators crowded into Hong Kong’s main terminal Monday, while the central government in Beijing issued an ominous characterization of the…

Protesters wearing masks gather near the Legislative Council as they continuing protest against the unpopular extradition bill in Hong Kong, Monday, June 17, 2019. A member of Hong Kong's Executive Council says the city's leader plans to apologize again over her handling of a highly unpopular extradition bill. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Protesters demand that Hong Kong leader resign

by Christopher Bodeen Associated Press, and Tassanee Vejpongsa Associated PressJune 17, 2019

In this image taken from a video footage run by China's CCTV, Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg attends his retrial at the Dalian Intermediate People's Court in Dalian, northeastern China's Liaoning province on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. A Chinese court sentenced the Canadian man to death Monday in a sudden retrial in a drug smuggling case that is likely to escalate tensions between the countries over the arrest of a top Chinese technology executive. (CCTV via AP)

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China-Canada tensions escalate with death sentence

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, and Christopher Bodeen Associated PressJanuary 14, 2019

A sedan which is believed to carry North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves a train station with a convoy in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a four-day trip to China, the North's state media reported Tuesday, in what's likely an effort by Kim to coordinate with his only major ally ahead of a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that could happen early this year. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Kim Jong Un travels to China ahead of possible US summit

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressJanuary 8, 2019

In this April 12, 2018 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, speaks after he reviewed the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in the South China Sea. China has announced live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan. The announcement by authorities in the coastal province of Fujian on Thursday was accompanied by a statement that the navy was ending a three-day exercise in the South China one day early. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

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China plans Taiwan Strait live-fire exercises amid tensions

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressApril 12, 2018

FILE- In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., waits to speak during a meeting of the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Sen. Warren says chaos in the Trump administration is harming its ability to formulate coherent policy toward North Korea’s nuclear program and other important issues in Asia. Vacancies in the foreign service are undermining Washington’s ability to advance U.S interests, Warren told reporters in Beijing on Saturday, March 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Sen. Warren says ‘chaos’ harming Asia policy

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressApril 1, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping casts his vote for an amendment to China's constitution that will abolish term limits on the presidency and enable him to rule indefinitely, during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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China’s Xi Jinping gets expanded mandate, may rule for life

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressMarch 11, 2018

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a joint press conference with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Friday.

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Chinese foreign minister: No winners if Korea war breaks out

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressApril 14, 2017

U.S. State of Secretary Rex Tillerson, left, chats with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 19, 2017. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

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Tillerson lauds China-US contacts in meeting with leader Xi

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressMarch 19, 2017

In this undated photo released by the U.S. Navy Visual News Service, the USNS Bowditch, a T-AGS 60 Class Oceanographic Survey Ship, sails in open water. The USNS Bowditch, a civilian U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship, was recovering two drones on Thursday when a Chinese navy ship approached and sent out a small boat that took one of the drones, said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman. He said the Chinese navy ship acknowledged radio messages from the Bowditch, but did not respond to demands the craft be returned. (CHINFO, Navy Visual News via AP)

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China says it will give drone back, but Trump says ‘keep it’

by Christopher Bodeen Associated PressDecember 18, 2016