FOCAC illustrates China’s vision and aspirations for Global South

Leaders from over 50 African countries are descending on Beijing for the upcoming 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the largest diplomatic gathering

Bus crashes into students and parents, killing 11 and injuring 13, police say

A bus crashed into a group of students and their parents at a school in eastern China early yesterday, killing 11 people and injuring 13, police said. The students

Summit erases mention of Taiwan after Chinese anger, fracturing a shaky accord

Turmoil over China’s push for influence in the South Pacific has overshadowed the region’s most important diplomatic summit after a Pacific island leader apparently pledged to erase

Investigators to rule on further detention of former leader candidate amid graft probe

Taiwan investigators are expected to rule on the further detention of a former leader candidate amid graft allegations that have sparked minor street protests by his supporters. Ko

Xi meets with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan in a bid to improve ties

President Xi Jinping met with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan yesterday  in Beijing, on a visit with the stated aim of keeping communications open between

Top Chinese general tells Sullivan: US must stop colluding with Taiwan

A top Chinese military officer, in a rare meeting with a visiting American official, demanded yesterday that the United States stop “collusion” with Taiwan, the self-governing island that

Court convicts two journalists in a landmark sedition case

A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet yesterday, in a sedition case that is widely seen as a barometer for the

China and the US will plan a Biden-Xi call in the coming weeks, the White House says

Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, the White House said

Dalai Lama returns to Indian headquarters after knee replacement surgery in the US

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, returned to his headquarters in Dharamshala, northern India yesterday after undergoing a knee replacement surgery in New York.

US national security adviser visits Beijing in a bid to manage strained relations

A top White House official has arrived in China for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Biden’s term in office. Jake

Philippine defense chief calls for ‘stronger censure’ over China’s actions

The Philippine defense chief said yesterday that China is “the biggest disruptor” of peace in Southeast Asia and called for stronger international censure over its “aggression

China is conducting military patrols near Myanmar border

China’s military is carrying out armed patrols near the Myanmar border this week, where the government is concerned about potential fallout from fierce fighting in a civil

Taiwan drills with anti-amphibious landing missiles

Taiwan drilled yesterday with anti-amphibious landing missiles as part of strategy to remain mobile and deadly in an attempt to deter any military action from China. Troops fired tube-launched,

China opposes US sanctions on firms over alleged ties to Russia’s war efforts

China yesteday expressed its opposition to the latest U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies over their alleged ties to Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying it will adopt necessary

Philippines says flares fired from a Chinese island base threatened its fisheries plane

A Philippine fisheries bureau plane was threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island base while conducting a routine patrol in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said

Xi urges advancing socialism with Chinese characteristics

President Xi Jinping lauded the “outstanding contributions” of late leader Deng Xiaoping and urged advancing socialism with Chinese characteristics initiated by Deng, as the country marked Deng’s

PwC loses largest China client in wake of Evergrande storm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has lost its largest client in the Chinese mainland amid a wave of client departures triggered by a regulatory probe into the auditing

One woman’s custody battle highlights the challenges facing same-sex couples

It’s been more than four years since Zhang Peiyi last saw her son, one of two children from her former marriage. Denied custody of both

European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China

The Chinese Commerce Ministry said yesterday that it would launch an investigation into subsidies given by the European Union and EU member countries for dairy products

Day after Putin’s visit, Azerbaijan applies to join Russia and China in the BRICS alliance

A zerbaijan formally applied to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to

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