China
Brics summit begins; UN chief expected to meet Russian president.
Updated 23 Oct, 2024 10:29am
Touts gathering as diplomatic triumph to challenge Western “hegemony”; Modi praises “special and privileged strategic partnership” with Russia.
Published 22 Oct, 2024 04:06pm
Politburo aims to target a 5pc growth which analysts term "optimistic".
Published 26 Sep, 2024 03:39pm
China's central bank chief says that the bank will cut a slew of rates in a bid to boost growth.
Published 24 Sep, 2024 11:28am
Patrols intended to "further maintain the order of operations in relevant waters and protect safety of fishermen's lives", says Chinese spokesperson.
Published 18 Feb, 2024 01:07pm
Iranian FM claims attack on Pakistan's soil targeted "terrorist group", says "we've talked with Pakistani officials several times".
Updated 17 Jan, 2024 10:36pm
It is the first time since 2011 that such a heavy rainfall warning has been issued, according to local media.
Published 30 Jul, 2023 08:45pm
Biden said relations have deteriorated in the months following his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit.
Published 21 May, 2023 05:50pm
Expulsions follow outcry in Canada over claims that Chinese spies had planned to target MP Michael Chong and his family in Hong Kong.
Published 09 May, 2023 12:50pm
Qin Gang encourages "steps to resume peace talks" in separate phone calls with Israeli and Palestinian diplomats.
Published 18 Apr, 2023 11:39am
Areas in China that required no visas before the pandemic will revert to visa-free entry, the foreign ministry said.
Published 14 Mar, 2023 02:18pm
"Xi enjoys a pretty strong position at the top of the party that makes him virtually unchallengeable," says Professor Alfred Muluan Wu.
Published 03 Mar, 2023 01:36pm
Senior US officials have said in recent months that China appears to be speeding up its timeframe to seize control of Taiwan.
Published 29 Jan, 2023 06:18am
Beijing’s figures are believed to only represent a fraction of the true toll.
Published 26 Jan, 2023 11:33am
Airfinity, an independent forecasting firm, predicts daily Covid deaths in China will peak at 36,000 over Lunar New Year holiday.
Published 22 Jan, 2023 01:52pm
China reported five new Covid-19 deaths for Tuesday bringing the official death toll to 5,258, very low by global standards.
Published 04 Jan, 2023 11:36am
The aircraft is China’s attempt to make a jetliner with mass commercial potential, which would lessen reliance on foreign technology.
Published 30 Sep, 2022 01:55pm
“The motherland must be reunified and will inevitably be reunified,” says a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office.
Published 21 Sep, 2022 03:25pm
US secretary says presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are expected to speak again in coming weeks.
Updated 09 Jul, 2022 06:35pm
A Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft is set to blast off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.
Updated 05 Jun, 2022 10:23am
People’s Liberation Army says the patrol was “a necessary action against US-Taiwan collusion”.
Updated 02 Jun, 2022 08:24am
On March 21, the airplane nosedived into a mountainside, disintegrating on impact and killing all 132 people on board.
Updated 03 Apr, 2022 09:16am
The US president thanked the Chinese government for the "beautiful welcome".
Published 09 Nov, 2017 12:28am
The ceremonial niceties on Obama's arrival were marred by an undiplomatic shouting incident on the tarmac.
Published 03 Sep, 2016 06:31pm
Governments need to rethink their approach if a rise in sea level and other natural calamities are to be avoided
Published 11 Oct, 2015 06:48am
Andrew Small examines the history of the unusual relationship between China and Pakistan
Published 21 Jun, 2015 07:01am
