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Before it became the “outdoor barbecue capital” for budget-conscious young Chinese travellers, Zibo was a little-known, rusting industrial centre struggling to keep up with the country’s rapidly changing economy. The [...]

After graduating from university at the height of the pandemic in 2021, Lu Zi landed an enviable job with an e-commerce giant. A year later, she had given it all [...]

The science-fiction film The Wandering Earth – about Chinese heroes saving the planet from an exploding sun – was a smash hit on the mainland when it was released in [...]

After China abandoned almost three years of stringent Covid-19 containment measures that had isolated the country and severely limited the movement of its people, the tourism industry has begun lurching [...]

When Beijing resident Li Yang returned to her home province of Henan during the National Day holiday in early October, she did not expect the short trip would turn into [...]

Wang Shuxin is one of many young Chinese seeking to revive traditional aesthetics and reflect their patriotism through shopping choices. The 20-year-old will mix an embroidered top in the style [...]

Two Chinese military aircraft ­carrying emergency supplies arrived in Tonga yesterday ­morning, a foreign ministry spokesman said, after a volcanic eruption and tsunami devastated the Pacific nation. Beijing has also [...]

China has agreed to host a visit to Xinjiang by United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet “in the first half of the year after the Beijing Winter Olympics”, according to [...]

China has protested at a US move to pull out consular staff and their families to avoid pandemic controls in the zero-Covid nation, saying US diplomats risk leaving the “safest [...]

China and the United States are in talks to prepare for a potential crunch meeting between top diplomat Yang Jiechi and US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on core national [...]

China has agreed to grant visas to 46 US officials for next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, and reiterated its call for Washington to stop politicising the event, a source [...]

China and Iran have announced plans for cooperation in areas such as energy and infrastructure as they officially launched a 25-year cooperation agreement. Foreign Minister Wang Yi also told his [...]

As France takes over the EU’s rotating presidency, it should lead the European Union towards “correct understanding” and practical cooperation with China, senior Chinese officials say. That message was delivered [...]

Zhang Ming, until recently the ambassador to the European Union, is the new secretary general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, one of the world’s largest political and economic groupings. The [...]

The US will send officials to China to provide “consular and diplomatic security services” for American athletes, according to the US Department of State which said the move did not [...]

A senior US official has again stressed the need for China to agree to arms control talks with the United States, amid its increasing concerns over Beijing’s expanding nuclear arsenal. [...]

Lu Kang, a rising star among the new generation of diplomats, is slated to become China’s ambassador to Indonesia, according to sources familiar with the situation. The former foreign ministry [...]

Domestic foreign policy analysts are divided over whether US President Joe Biden’s approach to China is more predictable or conciliatory than that of his predecessor Donald Trump, but they are [...]

China’s senior diplomat hit back at the United States yesterday over pressure on Central American nations not to switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing, saying more countries would make the [...]

The carefully developed goodwill between China and Japan is at risk, with Beijing threatening to “reconsider” bilateral relations with Tokyo over former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s recent comments in [...]

China is expected to join a US-led tug of war with oil producers in a rare example of cooperation between the two countries. The political impact of rising energy costs [...]

China and the US are preparing for a meeting between their top military officials amid rising ­tensions over Taiwan and an arms race involving hypersonic weapons. Following last month’s virtual [...]

China will not scale back its investment in Africa, a diplomat has said ahead of a ministerial forum with the continent next week. Beijing has become one of Africa’s largest [...]

Beijing has urged Washington to stop further official contacts with Taiwanese officials, after representatives from the United States and the island held their second annual economic dialogue earlier this week. [...]

Beijing will release more names of those it views as criminally liable for supporting “Taiwan independence”, as part of its declared mission to ratchet up pressure on such enterprises and [...]

China has formally downgraded its diplomatic relations with ­Lithuania after the opening of ade facto embassy by Taiwan in the Baltic state, the foreign ministry announced yesterday. Beijing reduced its [...]

The recent virtual summit ­between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping has not dispelled ­concerns among Indo-Pacific ­nations that tensions between the US and China will continue to rise. The [...]

The United States has asked China to release oil reserves to help stabilise ­soaring international crude oil prices as part of ­discussions on economic cooperation between the two countries. Washington [...]

President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Joe Biden are expected to use a limited ­window of opportunity to ease tensions when they hold their ­virtual summit this week. In [...]

China 'stands ready to work with the United States' to bring ­relations back on the right track, President Xi Jinping has said, days ahead of a scheduled virtual meeting with [...]

The climate phenomenon known as La Nina brought early snow amid plunging temperatures across the country's north on the weekend. Large parts of the country, ­including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and [...]

China welcomes Iran's decision to return to negotiations on a ­nuclear agreement but the US must take remedial action first, according to Foreign Minister Wang Yi. In a phone call [...]

China's education ministry has warned of what it called a rise in 'harassment and interrogations' of Chinese students in the United States. In a notice issued on Tuesday, the ministry [...]

Beijing has said a US investigation into an incident involving a ­nuclear submarine in the South China Sea last month has not eased its concerns over America's military activities in [...]

Beijing has questioned the US commitment to ­addressing ­climate change as world leaders gathered for a United Nations summit on the environment in Glasgow, Scotland. 'I wanted to point out [...]

Foreign minister Wang Yi has again urged the United States to ease ­sanctions against the ­Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to help the country overcome a looming humanitarian crisis. He was speaking during [...]

Foreign Minister Wang Yi will hold talks with a delegation of the interim Afghan Taliban ­government during his visit to ­Qatar this week, in the first ­high-level engagement since the [...]

President Xi Jinping saidinternational rules and order should not be dictated by a single power or one bloc in a speechyesterday to mark five decades since China's seat at the [...]

Beijing has said Singapore ­'welcomes and supports' its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for ­Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) following a phone call between the two nations' leaders. The [...]

Europe's diplomatic reengagement with China continued ­yesterday as Xi Jinping spoke with European Council President Charles Michel. The afternoon call took place amid speculation that Xi will not travel to [...]

President Xi Jinping spoke to ­outgoing German Chancellor ­Angela Merkel yesterday, bidding her farewell and emphasising the solidity of Beijing-Berlin relations as China tries to steady its ties with Europe. [...]

More than six months after their flare-up in Alaska, top Chinese and American foreign policy ­advisers made a low-key start to talks in Switzerland yesterday as they look for ways [...]

Washington would continue its ­'carrot and stick' approach to trade with China, analysts said after a top US trade official ­unveiled the White House's ­long-awaited policy on the issue. US [...]

China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, will hold talks with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Switzerland this week, according to sources familiar with details of the meeting. The talks [...]

As the nation showed off its most advanced stealth fighters fitted with home-grown engines at its biggest air show, a military commander invited a US counterpart to meet 'in the [...]

Self-sufficiency is one of the key themes at the country's biggest air show, which opened in southern Zhuhai city yesterday after a ­pandemic-induced delay. Among the exhibitors is ­Commercial Aircraft [...]

In late January, soon after Joe ­Biden entered the White House, Vice-President Wang ­Qishan had a long conversation with an American guest in Beijing. John Thornton, a Wall Street veteran [...]

As official US-China exchanges slowed amid rising tensions, a Wall Street veteran visited Beijing for talks with a top leader - acting as a powerful backchannel for the two nations, [...]

The Aukus defence pact between the US, Britain and Australia is likely to drive China into stepping up its efforts to ­enhance its anti-submarine ­warfare capabilities, military ­analysts have said. [...]

President Xi Jinping has calledon ­countries around the worldto ­oppose 'hegemony anddivision', a day after the United States launched a security alliance seen as countering Beijing. In a virtual address [...]