Western countries used a U.N.-backed review of China’s human rights record yesterday to press Beijing to do more to allow freedom of expression, protect the rights of ethnic
A landslide in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province early yesterday buried 47 people, killing at least two, and forced the evacuation of 200 more amid freezing temperatures
Taiwan said yesterday that six Chinese balloons either flew over the island or through airspace just north of it, while Chinese warplanes and navy ships were
Taiwan’s top representative in Washington has a message for both the island’s Chinese adversaries and its American friends: Don’t worry that Taiwan’s new leader will worsen relations
US and Chinese officials have completed the third meeting of a working group established to cooperate on financial issues, in a step that continues the trend set by
Ireland’s prime minister extended a warm welcome to visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang yesterday , saying his country wanted a “strong and constructive relationship” with China despite
A nickel processing hub in eastern Indonesia, financed by Chinese and French entities, is contributing to deforestation and pollution in the area, a report by US-based NGO
China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped
China published youth unemployment data yesterday for the first time since the jobless rate hit a record high in June last year, using a new method
Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Ireland yesterday for talks with the Irish leader on China’s relations with the European Union and other global and
Rescuers evacuated tourists yesterday from a remote skiing area in northwestern China where dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for
China's Foreign Ministry summoned the Philippine ambassador yesterday and denounced President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s congratulatory message to the winner of Taiwan’s leader election, Lai Ching-te.
The Pacific Island nation of Nauru said yesterday that it is switching diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, a move that reduces the dwindling number of Taiwan’s
Shih Ming-teh, a democracy activist who helped lead Taiwan from authoritarianism to democracy and a former chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, died yesterday, his family
The former chairman of state-owned Chinese bank China Everbright Group has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and bribery, prosecutors said in a statement yesterday, amid
Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s major election on Saturday, a result that will determine the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s contentious relations with China
Immediately following his election win, Lai Ching-te of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party said maintaining cross-Strait peace and stability would be his mission as Taiwan’s new leader. He also
A war of words erupted the day after Taiwan’s executive and parliamentary elections, with Taiwan yesterday accusing Beijing of making “fallacious comments” and China criticizing the
One of Taiwan’s leading opposition party candidates in tomorrow’s major election has promised to boost the island’s defense capabilities while restarting dialogue with Beijing, which claims the
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