A Chinese-born political adviser yesterday lost his challenge in Australia’s highest court against laws banning covert foreign interference in domestic politics. John Zhang Shi Sheng also lost his High Court challenge
China's ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media. Liu Xiaoming, who recently stepped down as China's ambassador
Taiwan and Singapore are reimposing pandemic restrictions as the return of a small number of virus cases challenges what have been some of the most successful places at containing and snuffing out
The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed today (Tuesday), adding to economic challenges for Chinese leaders
China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal’s side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported yesterday. A team
China’s government defended its handling of a rocket booster that burned up over the Indian Ocean and said yesterday it was unfairly being held to different standards than the U.S.
As China moves closer to rolling out the world’s first major sovereign digital currency, speculation over the global implications has reached a fever pitch. Historian Niall Ferguson is calling the digital
China’s Sinopharm Group Co. won World Health Organization backing for its Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for a wider rollout of the shot in countries scrambling for immunizations. The WHO listed the vaccine
The European Union and India agreed Saturday to restart negotiations on a bilateral free trade deal, eight years after their first attempt failed and as both sides seek alternatives to
Remains of a huge Chinese rocket have landed in the Indian Ocean amid global concern the country’s space program lost control of a giant chunk of debris. Pieces of the Long
The top U.S general for Africa is warning that a growing threat from China may come not just from the waters of the Pacific, but from the Atlantic as well. U.S.
China yesterday suspended an economic dialogue with Australia, stepping up a pressure campaign that began over Australian support for a probe of the coronavirus and has disrupted exports to the
Farmers in Argentina are pouncing on a trade feud between grain rival Australia and voracious crop buyer China. Argentine growers are set to expand barley plantings by 28% this year after
The Philippines said China’s unilateral fishing ban in the South China Sea doesn’t apply to areas within the Southeast Asian nation, in yet another sign of tension between the two
As Singapore’s government assesses any potential change to a planned travel bubble with Hong Kong following a spike in local virus cases, families on both sides of the South China Sea are
The European Union started delivering EU-funded coronavirus vaccines to the Balkans, a region that wants to join the 27-nation bloc but where China and Russia have already been making political
China’s U.N. ambassador urged stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup, warning that further violence could lead to a chaotic situation “and
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will participate in a U.N. Security Council meeting Friday chaired by China’s foreign minister on strengthening global cooperation and the key role of the
China’s population grew last year, the government said yesterday, following a news report a once-a-decade census might have found a decline, possibly adding to downward pressure on economic growth. The National
President Joe Biden spent most of his speech to Congress yesterday focused on America’s domestic priorities, from taxes to health care. But sprinkled throughout were references to China, underscoring
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