Paraguay’s president visits Taiwan as pressure from China grows

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña arrived in Taiwan yesterday for his first visit to the self-ruled island. Paraguay is the only remaining country in South America

China says ties with US remain stable despite ‘disruptions’

U.S. Senator Steve Daines is greeted by Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, yesterday China’s top diplomat said yesterday that ties with the U.S. have

China is stepping up its Iran war diplomacy ahead of Trump’s summit with Xi

Foreign Minister Wang Yi talks to his Iranian Counterpart Abbas Araghchi (left) during the bilateral meeting in Beijing, yesterday China’s diplomatic role in the Iran

Explosion at a fireworks plant kills at least 26 people and injures dozens of others

Firefighters work to out the fire after an explosion at a fireworks plant in Guandu Town of Liuyang, Hunan Province, in the early hours of yesterday A

Lai says state visits are ‘basic right’ after trip he says Beijing tried to block

Taiwan’s leader Lai Ching-te said yesterday it was a basic right for countries to hold state visits, as he returned from his three-day trip to the

Taiwanese town embraces a slow pace of life through a snail race

Snail race in Fenglin The Taiwanese town of Fenglin has grown a reputation as a place where life moves slowly and people can catch their

Lai lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance

Taiwan's leader Lai Ching-te said he arrived in the African nation of Eswatini over the weekend, days after his government was forced to push back the

Efforts to boost holiday spending gain traction

Tourists seen in Dunhuang, Gansu province As the five-day Labor Day holiday begins today, local authorities across China are revving up efforts to ignite spending — issuing

Politics Minister of agriculture ousted and replaced

Ousted Han Jun China has removed Han Jun as the most senior Communist Party official at the Ministry of Agriculture, marking the second leadership change

China’s inflation flickers, but IMF wants proof it will last

Krishna Srinivasan China is showing early signs of inflation returning, but the recovery remains tentative and uneven, according to the International Monetary Fund, with officials cautioning that

Mining is poisoning Mekong River, that starts in China, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’

Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and

New policy to strengthen rights for new occupations

China has taken a major step toward regulating the rapidly expanding gig economy by unveiling a comprehensive policy targeting “involution-style” competition and practices that infringe upon

Heavy flooding in southern city forces evacuations and leaves vehicles submerged

Heavy flooding from torrential rain left cars submerged and forced the evacuation of more than 200 residents in a southern Chinese city, state media reported

China blocks Meta from acquiring AI startup Manus

China yesterday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused

Court sentences ex-Tokyo Electron staff to 10 years in TSMC trade secrets case

A court in Taiwan sentenced a former employee of Japanese computer chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron to 10 years in prison yesterday in a landmark case over

DeepSeek rolls out a long-anticipated update of its AI model 

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook world markets last year, launched preview versions of its latest major update Friday as the AI rivalry

US imposes sanctions on a China-based oil refinery and 40 shippers over Iranian oil 

President Donald Trump’s administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian

UK Biobank data listings in China trigger probe, no personal identifiers exposed

The UK government has confirmed that health data linked to 500,000 volunteers in the UK Biobank was briefly advertised for sale on a Chinese e-commerce platform, prompting

Regulators fine PwC $166M over China Evergrande audit

PwC, one of the world’s biggest accounting firms, is paying HK$1.3 billion ($166 million) in fines and compensation in Hong Kong over its audit work

Taiwan leader postpones Africa visit, accuses Beijing of ‘pressure’

Taiwan’s leader postponed a visit to Africa this week when three countries withdrew permission for him to fly over their territories after pressure from China,

Funding focus moving away from journal fees

Faced with rising processing charges for international journal articles, China is advancing reforms in its scientific research evaluation system, aiming to channel more funding into actual

Government seeks to seize millions from jailed activist Jimmy Lai

The Hong Kong government is seeking to confiscate millions of dollars in funds and corporate shares it says are linked to crimes committed by jailed former

Grieving, traumatized survivors return to their homes five months after deadly fire

Residents of Wang Fuk Court return to their flats and retrieve belongings five months after a deadly fire in Hong Kong yesterday Keung Mak knew what

China exceeds land recovery targets, sets 2030 goals

China will accelerate efforts to fully remediate abandoned historical mines during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, building on the remarkable progress made in mine rehabilitation

A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record 

Runners take pictures of a humanoid robot in the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, yesterday A humanoid robot that won

Economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war 

Foreign visitors try out the AI-powered glasses by iFLYTEK at the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou,in southern China’s Guangdong province, last week China’s economy accelerated in

Group says China raises pressure on underground Catholics to join official church

Xishiku’s Catholic Church Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all

China exporters shrug off Iran war as trade engine holds firm

The Canton Fair in Guangzhou (April 15 to May 5) is showcasing a record 32,000 exhibitors across the 1.55 million-square-meter venue Chinese exporters gathering at the

Xi calls China-Russia ties ‘precious’ in current international context

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (second left) and President Xi Jinping hold a talk at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, yesterday Chinese

Vietnam’s new leader meets Xi on his first overseas trip

Vietnam’s President To Lam, center, arrives in Beijing on Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on Beijing and Hanoi to prioritize advancing infrastructure

Hockey coach admits using a false Covid-19 vaccine certificate to enter China for Olympics

Swiss ice hockey coach Patrick Fischer has admitted he used a certificate falsely claiming he’d been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get around China’s travel restrictions

Xi and Sánchez say China and Spain should help safeguard multilateralism

President Xi Jinping and Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, yesterday The leaders of China

Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan pleads guilty to a set of charges including fraud

The founder of the debt-ridden real estate developer China Evergrande pleaded guilty to a series of charges, including illegal absorption of public deposits, fraud and

Sánchez returns to China as Spain seeks deeper ties amid Iran war tensions

Xiaomi founder Lei Jun (left) and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez meet at the Xiaomi headquarters in Beijing, yesterday Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is in China

China expands nuclear power capacity

China has experienced remarkable growth in nuclear power capacity and electricity output since 2012 while maintaining a notably strong record in nuclear and radiation safety, according to the

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