China and Ireland seek stronger ties during Premier Li Qiang’s visit

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

Chinese, French funded nickel hub stoking deforestation on Indonesia island: report

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

Population falls for second straight year, births drop after end of one-child policy

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 starts publishing youth jobless data again, with a new method

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

Premier Li Qiang is visiting Ireland for talks on China’s relations with Europe

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

Evacuation underway for stranded tourists after multiple avalanches trap 1,000 people

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

Beijing blasts Marcos for congratulating Taiwan election winner

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.

Nauru switches diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China

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, activist who pushed for democracy, dies at 83

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

Former chairman of state-owned bank China Everbright arrested over suspected corruption

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 strongly opposed by China wins leader’s election

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

DPP must accept it will not be able to impede the inevitable trend of national reunification

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

War of words after vote highlights the intractable divide over the island’s fate

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

KMT’s top candidate promises to boost island’s defense, restart talks with Beijing

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

Taiwan’s election is shaped by economic realities, not just Beijing’s threats to use force

Beijing's threats to use force to claim self-governed Taiwan aren’t just about missiles and warships. Hard economic realities will be at play as voters head

China says it will launch its next lunar explorer in the first half of this year

China’s space agency said yesterday that its latest lunar explorer had arrived at the launch site in preparation for a mission to the moon in the

US Navy sailor sentenced to two years in prison for accepting bribes from Chinese officer

A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to just over two years in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese intelligence officer. Wenheng

China and US military officers resume talks as agreed by Xi and Biden

U.S. and Chinese military officers have resumed talks that were frozen after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in the summer of 2022, a development U.S.

Defense Ministry mistranslates an alert, erroneously saying Beijing launched a missile

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry mistranslated an alert into English on Tuesday, saying China had launched a missile instead of a satellite and urging caution days before the

Candidate Lai says he is willing to reopen talks with China

Taiwan's leading candidate William Lai said yesterday he hopes for a reopening of dialogue with China following almost eight years of Beijing’s near-complete refusal to communicate with

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