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Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
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China says North Korea's Kim pledged commitment to denuclearization
BEIJING/SEOUL North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pledged his commitment to denuclearization and to meet U.S. officials, China said on Wednesday after his meeting with President Xi Jinping, who promised China would uphold friendship with its isolated neighbor. | Video
Nordkoreas Machthaber sagt in China atomare Abrüstung zu
Peking/Seoul Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong Un hat bei einem Treffen mit Chinas Präsident Xi Jinping in Peking eine atomare Abrüstung in Aussicht gestellt.
North Korea's Kim seen building global status in trip to China
SEOUL/BEIJING Accompanied by his wife, greeted by honor guards, and entertained at banquets, Kim Jong Un made his international debut as North Korea's leader by being wined and dined in the capital of the world's most populous country.
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visits China - Bloomberg
BEIJING North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has visited China, Bloomberg reported on Monday citing three unnamed sources, in what would be his first known overseas trip since taking power in 2011 and ahead of a potential summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. | Video
Exclusive: U.S. warship sails near disputed South China Sea island, officials say
WASHINGTON/BEIJING A U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a "freedom of navigation" operation on Friday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built by China in the South China Sea, U.S. officials told Reuters. | Video
China should prepare for military action over Taiwan: Chinese paper
BEIJING China should prepare for military action over self-ruled Taiwan and pressure Washington over cooperation on North Korea after the United States passed a law to boost ties with Taiwan, a widely read Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday.
China blames U.S. for staggering trade surplus as tariffs loom
BEIJING/SHANGHAI China blamed U.S. export restrictions for its record trade surplus with the United States, but expressed hope that a solution can be found to settle trade issues between the world's two biggest economies as U.S. tariffs loom. | Video
Xi warns Taiwan will face 'punishment of history' for separatism
BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping told self-ruled Taiwan on Tuesday that it would face the "punishment of history" for any attempt at separatism, offering his strongest warning yet to the island claimed by China as its sacred territory. | Video
China propaganda kicks into overdrive as 'helmsman' Xi re-anointed president
BEIJING With pictures of ecstatic citizens standing in applause, happily tearful legislators and even a social media game, China's propaganda drive has kicked into high gear following Xi Jinping's unanimous reappointment as president.
Senior graft-buster appointed head of China's new anti-corruption body
BEIJING China's largely rubber-stamp parliament on Sunday appointed a senior graft-buster as head of the country's controversial new anti-corruption body, though real power will remain as always with the ruling Communist Party.
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