The Chinese government said today (Tuesday) that it had agreed with the Vatican to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years.
U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait last weekend, almost a week after China held massive military exercises around Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its
India and China have agreed to a pact on military patrols along their disputed border in the Himalayas after a long-running standoff between the two countries that
Britain’s foreign secretary raised concerns about China’s support of Russia in its war against Ukraine, urging his Chinese counterpart to prevent Chinese firms from supplying to Russia’s military in
South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the administrative capital, Pretoria, in a move that’s seen as appeasing ally China. The
The Chinese Consulate in Myanmar’s second-largest city has been slightly damaged by an explosive device, but there were no casualties, the military, independent media and a
China will expand the amount of financing available for housing projects on a “white list” to 4 trillion yuan ($562 billion), officials said yesterday in Beijing’s latest moves
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is making his first trip to China in office this week in an attempt to reset the U.K.’s ties with Beijing and
President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to a province facing Taiwan following military exercises that mobilized China’s navy, air force, missile force and land troops to simulate a
Hong Kong’s leader announced a cut in liquor taxes yesterday, in a bid to revive the Asian financial hub’s reputation as a travel destination with a
The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought is coming to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang,
Hong Kong’s oldest zoo is seeking answers in a monkey medical mystery after nine animals died in two days, including three members of a critically endangered
China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands yesterday, simulating
Premier Li Qiang is the most prominent leader attending this week’s meeting in Pakistan of a regional security grouping that was founded by Russia and China
China agreed yesterday to assist Vietnam on cross-border railway development and take steps to expand agricultural imports from its smaller neighbor, Vietnam’s official media said. Premier
The remains of Wu Bangguo, former chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, will be cremated in Beijing today. Wu, who died in Beijing
The Chinese government is looking at additional ways to boost the economy, Finance Minister Lan Fo’an said this weekend, but he stopped short of unveiling a
Taiwan celebrated its “National” yesterday against the background of threats from China, which claims the self-governing island as its own territory. Yesterday’s commemorations included military
China’s economic planning agency outlined details of measures aimed at boosting the economy, but refrained from major spending initiatives. The piecemeal nature of the plans
Chinese drinkers may pay more for Remy Martin and other European brandies after the government announced provisional tariffs of 30.6% to 39% on those liquors yesterday, four
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