The Group of Seven countries on Wednesday stepped up pressure on China during their three-day foreign ministerial talks in London, urging Beijing to address concerns over its alleged human rights abuses and tensions in the Taiwan Strait. Calling China a "major power and economy with advanced technological capability," the G-7 foreign ministers called on Beijing in their communique to "assume and fulfil obligations and responsibilities commensurate with its global economic role." "We will work collectively to foster global economic resilience in the face of arbitrary, coercive economic policies and practices," ... (full story)