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A French senate delegation will visit Taiwan next week despite ­repeated objections from Beijing, including warnings by the ­Chinese ambassador to France that the trip would 'needlessly disrupt' relations between [...]

The United States and Chinese militaries have concluded two days of high-level talks, with ­Beijing calling on Washington to resolve 'serious issues' to ­improve defence ties. The talks were held [...]

China's development financing has more than doubled that of the United States or any other major power, but if it wants to remain competitive its belt and road projects must [...]

Two American citizens returned home at the weekend after three years of being barred from leaving China, coinciding with a deal to resolve tech executive Meng Wanzhou's US fraud case. [...]

Beijing would be more amenable to a summit with Washington and a potential visit by the US ­commerce secretary, Chinese analysts said, as the Biden ­administration worked through China's list [...]

The trade war between the United States and China failed to prompt American businesses to leave the Chinese market, with costs from tariffs instead passed to consumers, new research found. [...]

China moved closer to cracking the top 10 in the latest Global ­Innovation Index, with outstanding marks in hi-tech exports and patents. However, its overall score was held back by [...]

As the United States deepens its security focus on the Indo-Pacific region, it has concentrated on keeping its underwater edge over rivals such as China. This includes its plans to [...]

China is unlikely to be accepted into a Pacific Rim trade deal in the short term, but its bid to join helps position it as embracing cooperation and opening up, [...]

Covid-19 cases climbed again in Fujian, the southeastern province battling the country's latest ­outbreak, as local authorities stepped up travel restrictions and suspended mass activities ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival. [...]

The countdown has begun and the signs are everywhere. In Xian, the ancient Silk Road city in northwestern China, just days remain until the start of the National Games, an [...]

China is not taking any chances with Covid-19 as it prepares for the National Games - a critical test for next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing. The host city Xian, [...]

Two British naval patrol vessels are bound for the Asia-Pacific on what could be a five-year mission, as London turns more of its attention to the region amid strained relations [...]

China could make bold pledges to cut carbon emissions and fossil fuel projects during talks with US climate envoy John Kerry, who was due in Tianjin last night. Kerry will [...]

Cooperation between China and the US on Afghanistan and moves to improve ties between Beijing and Washington may be complicated by Beijing's list of demands on Washington, analysts said. In [...]

A Hong Kong newspaper has been forced to register its US ­subsidiaries as foreign agents, based on a Department of Justice assessment of its overseas ties. The order means Sing [...]

China stepped up its pre-emptive defence against a forthcoming US intelligence report on Covid-19's origins, and accused US media of rejecting its attempts to counter the theory that the coronavirus [...]

China said it would step up digital cooperation and investments in Africa, as Beijing seeks to deepen its influence on the continent alongside its pledges for trade, infrastructure and Covid-19 [...]

China began a series of naval ­exercises yesterday, ahead of a high-profile joint drill between the United States and other members of the strategic Quad alliance off the coast of [...]

The United States has resumed granting visas to mainland ­students before the coming ­autumn ­semester after the ­Covid-19 pandemic caused a lull in visa approvals. Official data from the US [...]

A primary school head teacher in Hubei province has been ­detained on suspicion of child molestation, after several women reported him to the police. Police in Gongan county, ­Hubei province, [...]

China has stepped up defences on its border with Afghanistan against terrorist threats, given the turmoil after Kabul's sudden fall to the Taliban. But the narrow Afghan-Chinese frontier is not [...]

Top diplomats from the United States, China, Russia and several other nations have held urgent talks on Afghanistan's uncertain future after Kabul fell to the ­Taliban, with Beijing calling for [...]

The nearly two-decade war in ­Afghanistan has come to a ­dramatic end in the same way it began - under Taliban rule. The Islamic militant group faced little resistance as [...]

Pakistan has blamed India and ­Afghanistan for a bus blast last month that killed nine Chinese nationals, prompting a call by ­Beijing that no one should use ­terrorism for geopolitical [...]

A Chinese court has upheld the death penalty handed to Robert Lloyd ­Schellenberg, rejecting the Canadian's appeal against the sentence after he was convicted of drug smuggling in 2018. The [...]

United States retailer associations have argued that US tariffs on ­Chinese products are hurting business, in a plea to ­President Joe Biden's administration to resume trade talks with China. Seven [...]

A group of mainland think tanks has accused the United States of being the worst in the world at handling the pandemic and ­revived Covid-19 origin conspiracy theories as Beijing [...]

Some of the world's most ­advanced warships - and possibly China's carrier killer missiles - will be just some of the firepower ­deployed in the western Pacific Ocean this month [...]

The United States has launched a large-scale, all-domain military exercise in the Indo-Pacific region with Britain, Australia and Japan - the first of its kind in more than four decades [...]

Chinese cyberespionage groups have been targeting major ­telecoms providers across ­Southeast Asia, according to a new report, following accusations from the US and other countries that China hacked into Microsoft [...]

The shutdown of a nuclear reactor at a power plant in the mainland's south could signal extra caution over a cutting-edge system that its developers plan to roll out in [...]

The spread of the highly infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 has shown no sign of slowing down on the mainalnd with a case emerging in flood-hit Zhengzhou. The National Health [...]

The European Union is ­considering a review of its strategy towards China in the coming months, with growing cracks in the relationship since the ­suspension of their landmark ­investment deal [...]

Beijing's hardline stance during senior-level talks with the US may seek to set constraints on ­American actions in the region, analysts say, but will not change how other countries are [...]

Beijing's move to set out demands for Washington in high-level talks suggests it is taking a more pragmatic approach to handling tense relations with its rival, according to analysts. They [...]

China's new ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, is heading to Washington, ending ­speculation over who will be handed the difficult task of trying to ease fractious relations ­between [...]

Five years ago, Beijing blithely ­dismissed an international ­tribunal's landmark ruling that found its sweeping claims in the South China Sea had no legal basis. Then-foreign vice-minister Liu Zhenmin said [...]

Chinese athletes arriving in Tokyo wearing masks and protective goggles amid the pandemic sum up the challenges athletes have faced in just being able to compete in the Olympic Games, [...]

The Pakistani Taliban could be responsible for last week's bus attack in the country that killed 13 people including nine Chinese nationals, security analysts said. Both Pakistan and China have [...]

China has vowed to retaliate against American sanctions on seven mainland officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs, whilethe city's leader Carrie LamCheng Yuet-ngor dismissed ­Washington's accusation of ­Beijing eroding [...]

China is sending its largest­delegation to the Tokyo Olympics, where it will be looking to take the lead in the battle for gold. This year's Summer Olympics, which will run [...]

The United States and China are jostling to secure the upper hand before their leaders meet for a high-stakes summit. While Beijing had initially ­appealed for dialogue and a ­'reset' [...]

Five years after an international ruling dismissed most of Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, it has slammed the decision as a 'waste of paper' while Washington has reaffirmed [...]

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will attend the Beijing Winter Olympics in Februarynext year, breaking ranks with other EU members ahead of an expected non-binding resolution in the European Parliamentcalling [...]