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The slowdown is posing perhaps the most sustained challenge to President Xi Jinping's agenda in over a decade in power. He now faces a tangle of difficult choices. In Xi [...]

The slowdown is posing perhaps the most sustained challenge to President Xi Jinping’s agenda in over a decade in power. He now faces a tangle of difficult choices. In Xi [...]

An outspoken critic of Beijing, Lai Ching-te aims to reassure voters and Washington that he will be a safe pair of hands if elected. Vice President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan [...]

Byline: Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien Day by day, the People's Liberation Army is turning up the pressure, deploying an ever-wider array of planes and ships. China has been [...]

Byline: Chris Buckley Xi Jinping, China's leader, set out to clean up the military a decade ago. But now his crown jewel, the missile force, is under a shadow. As [...]

Byline: Chris Buckley The Chinese leader's replacement of two commanders has fanned speculation about corruption or failings in the force that manages China's nuclear missiles. In the years since China's [...]

Byline: Chris Buckley Landslides and flash flooding have threatened outer districts of the city, and more than 52,000 residents were evacuated from their homes, the authorities said. Fierce rain and [...]

Byline: Lisa Friedman, Chris Buckley and Keith Bradsher John Kerry, President Biden's climate envoy, emerges from talks in Beijing without a new agreement. But just talking is progress, he said. [...]

John Kerry, President Biden's climate envoy, emerges from talks in Beijing without a new agreement. But just talking is progress, he said. Chinese leaders rebuffed attempts by John Kerry, President [...]

Byline: Chris Buckley and David Pierson Qin Gang has not made a public appearance in three weeks. The Communist Party's habitual secrecy around top officials has fueled speculation over the [...]

Qin Gang has not made a public appearance in three weeks. The Communist Party's habitual secrecy around top officials has fueled speculation over the reasons for his absence. After China's [...]

As an envoy the to the pro-democracy protesters, Mr. Yan, who was also Mao's interpreter, tried to find a peaceful way out of the crisis. Yan Mingfu, the son of [...]

As an envoy the to the pro-democracy protesters, Mr. Yan, who was also Mao’s interpreter, tried to find a peaceful way out of the crisis. Yan Mingfu, the son of [...]

China has endorsed steps taken by Russia to ensure stability in the country after the brief insurrection by Wagner paramilitary forces, both governments said on Sunday. “The Chinese side expressed [...]

The deadly blast, in the northwestern city of Yinchuan, was blamed on a gas leak, and it is likely to prompt closer scrutiny of restaurants that feature gas grills. A [...]

The deadly blast, in the northwestern city of Yinchuan, was blamed on a gas leak, and it is likely to prompt closer scrutiny of restaurants that feature gas grills. A [...]

Byline: Chris Buckley and Paul Sonne The shows of bonhomie between the two leaders reflect the bond between Russia and China, which could become more fraught as Russian dependence deepens. [...]

The shows of bonhomie between the two leaders reflect the bond between Russia and China, which could become more fraught as Russian dependence deepens. Birthday best wishes rarely come freighted [...]

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia sent his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a congratulatory telegram for the Chinese leader’s 70th birthday on Thursday, further cementing the image of a personal [...]

China's defense minister says the best way to avoid accidental conflict is for countries outside the region, like the United States, to leave and ''mind your own business.'' Senior military [...]

Speeches by two top officials illustrated the depth of concern over the rift between the nations. China called it provocation. The United States pressed Beijing on two fronts this weekend, [...]

Speeches by two top officials illustrated the depth of concern over the rift between the nations. China called it provocation. The United States pressed Beijing on two fronts this weekend, [...]

He said ''risky intercepts'' by Chinese planes in international airspace would not deter the United States and allies from patrolling, and he restated U.S. support for Taiwan. The United States [...]

Byline: Chris Buckley The authorities say that cases are up, and one doctor estimates that there could soon be 65 million cases a week. But China appears determined to move [...]

The authorities say that cases are up, and one doctor estimates that there could soon be 65 million cases a week. But China appears determined to move on. In December, [...]

Byline: David Pierson and Chris Buckley Beijing and Moscow are holding visits this week as alarm grows in China that Western countries backing Ukraine are turning their attention to Asia. [...]

Beijing and Moscow are holding visits this week as alarm grows in China that Western countries backing Ukraine are turning their attention to Asia. When Russian troops poured into Ukraine [...]

When Russian troops poured into Ukraine over a year ago, many experts https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/world/asia/china-russia-ukraine.html for China, with the United States distracted again by a war far from Asia. Now, Beijing is [...]

China issued a sharp denunciation of the Group of 7 summit on Saturday, warning leaders of democratic powers gathered in Hiroshima, Japan, against pressing Beijing about Taiwan, economic coercion and [...]

Liz Truss, the former British prime minister, met Taiwan's leader, who has sought to push back against China's efforts to isolate the island democracy. On a controversial trip to Taiwan, [...]

Liz Truss, the former British prime minister, met Taiwan’s leader, who has sought to push back against China’s efforts to isolate the island democracy. On a controversial trip to Taiwan, [...]

China’s most senior diplomat to visit Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began has finished talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials, with no apparent breakthrough in Beijing’s efforts to [...]

The activist Yang Maodong said he had only wanted China to ''fully realize authentic freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law.'' A court in southern China has sentenced one [...]

The activist Yang Maodong said he had only wanted China to “fully realize authentic freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law.” A court in southern China has sentenced one [...]

Byline: Daisuke Wakabayashi, Chris Buckley and Keith Bradsher Fears are growing that the Communist Party's increasing focus on control over information about markets and companies is behind the questioning of [...]

Fears are growing that the Communist Party's increasing focus on control over information about markets and companies is behind the questioning of firms. With China's pandemic restrictions dismantled and its [...]

Byline: David E. Sanger, William J. Broad and Chris Buckley WASHINGTON - On the Chinese coast, just 135 miles from Taiwan, Beijing is preparing to start a new reactor the [...]

WASHINGTON -- On the Chinese coast, just 135 miles from Taiwan, Beijing is preparing to start a new reactor the Pentagon sees as delivering fuel for a vast expansion of [...]

The blaze appears to be the deadliest in the past two decades in the city, even though firefighters seemed to extinguish it quickly. At least 21 people died after a [...]

The blaze appears to be the deadliest in the past two decades in the city, even though firefighters seemed to extinguish it quickly. At least 21 people died after a [...]

China sent record numbers of military aircraft, as well as naval ships and an aircraft carrier, near Taiwan on Monday in the final day of military exercises choreographed to raise [...]

China sent record numbers of military aircraft, as well as naval ships and an aircraft carrier, near Taiwan on Monday in the final day of military exercises choreographed to raise [...]

Taiwan's president visited the United States this past week and met with the House speaker, angering Beijing, which had threatened consequences. China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan [...]

Taiwan’s president visited the United States this past week and met with the House speaker, angering Beijing, which had threatened consequences. China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan [...]

For Beijing, showing displeasure too openly carries risks, particularly of harming the chances for its preferred party in Taiwan's coming presidential election. China fired off a volley of condemnations on [...]

Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the most senior elected official to meet with a Taiwanese president on American soil since the United States established diplomatic relations with Beijing. SIMI VALLEY, Calif.-- [...]