A China-born American seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years, an advocacy group advising the family said Tuesday, a revelation that came a couple of months before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit the U.

China should keep engaging in good-faith diplomacy and use International Organisation for Mediation to help ease tensions, analysts say A decade after the Hague's South China Sea ruling, Beijing should continue engaging in good-faith diplomacy and explore international mediation,