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China’s top anti-espionage agency has warned about foreign agents gathering intelligence on the country’s rare earths reserve, citing national security concerns. In an article on its WeChat account yesterday, the [...]

Hotels in the country have been told not to turn away foreign guests by using a lack of ­government-issued credentials as an excuse, according to a joint department notice. The [...]

State media have warned that job interviews conducted by artificial intelligence (AI) could worsen gender and age discrimination and violate labour laws as the country seeks to leverage the technology [...]

Beijing has fleshed out the national coastguard’s powers to detain foreigners suspected of illegally crossing borders, rolling out regulations that stipulate suspects can be held for up to 60 days [...]

As Beijing struggles to find the right stimulus for economic growth, a beverage company found a short-term solution – to capitalise on the public’s anger towards Japan over the discharge [...]

Several senior officials have been touring the country, offering some clues as to what will be top of the agenda at a major policy meeting that will set out China’s [...]

A former senior executive at China’s largest vaccine maker, who led the development of the country’s first inactivated Covid-19 shot, has been dismissed from the national legislature. Yang Xiaoming was [...]

Taiwan’s president-elect William Lai Ching-te has called for party-to-party talks with Beijing just weeks before his inauguration, at a time of souring cross-strait ties. Lai, of the independence- leaning Democratic [...]

A top commander from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has pledged to take “firm countermeasures” against “unjust provocation” over maritime disputes amid elevated tensions in the South China Sea. Speaking [...]

The latest film by Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki has received a mixed response in China, with some accusing the animation master of “insufficient reflection” over Japan’s war history as ties [...]

A former senior economic planner has been appointed to a major role on a top financial policy body in a sign of Vice-Premier He Lifeng’s growing influence. Yan Pengcheng, who [...]

There is “no problem that cannot be talked through”, President Xi Jinping told Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing yesterday, in historic talks marking the first time the top mainland leadership had [...]

Former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou called on younger ­generations to learn from the past to “resolve disputes peacefully” during a visit yesterday to a museum in Beijing marking the second [...]

Domestic travel and spending on the mainland during last week’s extended Ching Ming Festival rose by more than 10 per cent from pre-­pandemic levels, with consumption continuing to be a [...]

The earthquake that shook Taiwan yesterday also caused major disruptions to public ­transport on the mainland, with several coastal provinces ­reporting tremors that prompted suspensions and major delays to rail [...]

President Xi Jinping has promoted the PLA’s security chief to the rank of general, a departure from recent practice that comes amid a purge of corrupt military leaders. Wang Renhua, [...]

China’s top counter-espionage agency has warned that overseas entities have obtained commercial and state secrets under the guise of consulting as Beijing pushes to alert professionals to risks amid a [...]

Beijing has said it will closely monitor live-fire drills by the Taiwanese military for signs of “provocations” amid heightened cross-strait tensions. Taiwan is planning a series of offshore live-fire military [...]

A number of senior sports officials have been jailed for corruption, including a former chairman of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) who was given a life sentence. The sentences are [...]

The deadly shooting at a Moscow concert hall over the weekend has triggered a public debate in China over how the country can balance security measures with the need to [...]

Reporters with state media were forcibly removed by local authorities from a deadly blast scene near Beijing on Wednesday, raising a rare controversy over the country’s press restrictions. A journalist [...]

One of the country’s leading academics has called for more access to non-sensitive scientific data, such as meteorological information, to support research and development. Scientists encounter “a lot of difficulties” [...]

The start of China’s annual legislative session yesterday was closely watched – not just for Premier Li Qiang’s address but for any clues it offered about the dynamics between leaders. [...]

Top police, prosecutors and judges have vowed to enforce tougher new penalties against people who offer bribes – a new front in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive. Under amendments to [...]

The top official responsible for managing state secrets has pledged to strengthen information protection for all areas concerning national security alongside a campaign to make the public aware of their [...]

The mainland China coastguard has pledged to regularly patrol the waters near Quemoy, a Taiwan-controlled group of islands also known as Kinmen. This comes days after Beijing condemned Taiwan over [...]

A senior prosecutor with the Supreme People’s Procuratorate has vowed to ramp up a crackdown on financial crimes as Beijing pledges strengthened supervision of transactions to prevent and resolve risks. [...]

For the first time, the nation’s top intelligence agency has laid out 10 matters subject to its scrutiny – mainly concerning national security, state secrets and violating the country’s updated [...]

Ethnic affairs officials have been asked to boost efforts to promote the integration of the country’s ethnic minority groups in the new year. The meeting brought together senior ethnic affairs [...]

A special set of commemorative stamps was issued to mark the centenary of the death of Karl Marx in 1983. In 2018, for the 200th anniversary of the birth of [...]

President Xi Jinping has urged China’s diplomatic envoys to stay on the alert and not submit to Western power as they defend national interests overseas. Addressing diplomats gathered in Beijing [...]

State media has highlighted President Xi Jinping’s leading role in the reform process, as the Communist Party marks the start of China’s economic revival more than four decades ago. In [...]

Beijing’s security authorities have kicked off a national inspection to crack down on theft of data from geographic information systems, warning these data leaks pose a threat to national security. [...]

Beijing has slammed “pro- independence forces” in Taiwan for sowing chaos in the Asia-Pacific region, while once again warning of the rising risk of war if the island’s ruling Democratic [...]

Premier Li Qiang’s new role as the head of the Central Finance Commission, the top planner for the country’s financial system, has made him the first official to head a [...]

China’s spy agency has warned of the risks posed by artificial ­intelligence (AI), especially those that could threaten national security. The Ministry of State Security said the rapid development and [...]

The Communist Party is most likely to convene a key gathering to decide the country’s development strategy in December – the earliest possible slot for the much-anticipated but long-delayed meeting [...]

Beijing has hit back at Ottawa over a mid-air encounter between a Canadian aircraft and PLA fighter jets over the South China Sea late last month, describing the Canadian action [...]

The country’s top judge has pledged to crack down on terrorism and cross-border crime to help protect the Belt and Road Initiative, calling for more judicial cooperation with other countries [...]

China yesterday began the legislative process of revising its state secrets law for the first time in a decade amid rising geopolitical tensions with the United States and its allies. [...]

For the first time, China has sent its top security official to Germany for a meeting as Beijing pledges deeper cooperation with Berlin. Chen Wenqing, a Politburo member and Communist [...]

Authorities in Yunnan province will set up a restricted zone near the Myanmar border in an attempt to prevent human trafficking by telecoms fraud gangs that target Chinese nationals. From [...]

Beijing should be cautious of blind spots as it pursues its ­security objectives and be more mindful of the impact of its ­policies on society’s most ­vulnerable, an academic with [...]

The US-China relationship should not be defined as a rivalry but as a long-distance race that aims to “achieve development together”, according to a Chinese international relations expert. Rong Ying, [...]

The country’s police chief has called on world powers to strengthen cooperation on public security, as Beijing seeks to expand its influence in global governance. Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong [...]

Beijing is seeking to create a legal basis for police to collect ­biological information in cases involving minor offences, which would vastly expand a controversial practice currently used only in [...]

Wang Huning, the head of Beijing’s top political advisory body, has called for efforts to fight Taiwan separatists and external intervention as he was selected to head an organisation tasked [...]

President Xi Jinping has called for greater efforts to revitalise the country’s former industrial heartland and bread basket in the northeast as part of his drive to make the country [...]