China has urged the United States to stop "politicising trade and economic issues" and vowed to take unspecified "necessary measures" after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it had temporarily stopped accepting parcels from mainland C...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) said on Tuesday it was temporarily suspending inbound parcels from mainland China and Hong Kong, shortly after President Donald Trump's imposition of fresh tariffs targeting Beijing. The halt will take place "...

Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices, a top official said Wednesday. The DeepSeek chatbot - developed by a China-based startup - has astounded industry insiders and upended financial markets since it was released last month. Bu...

China on Tuesday announced countermeasures after higher US tariffs on Chinese goods took effect. Beijing said it would slap tariffs of 15 percent on imports of coal and liquefied natural gas products from the US, and 10 percent on imports of crude o...

A United Nations Security Council meeting in two weeks could be a "very good opportunity" for Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to meet, China's UN envoy said on Monday, stressing the need for cooperation because "so much...

A political commentator said China’s move to file a complaint with the World Trade Organisation over the Trump administration's tariff threats aims to create a contrast to the US's practice of dealing with things. US President Donald Trump had ann...

Actress Barbie Hsu, who was hugely popular across Asia for her leading role in the 2001 television drama "Meteor Garden", died from a respiratory illness, media reported Monday. She was 48. Hsu passed away after developing pneumonia during a family ...

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge saw a surge in travellers over Lunar New Year, officials say, with the number passing through the Zhuhai port hitting a record high on Friday. Border inspection authorities said 156,000 inbound and outbound passenge...

China said on Sunday that it "firmly opposes" new tariffs imposed on Beijing by US President Donald Trump, vowing to take "corresponding countermeasures to resolutely safeguard our own rights and interests". Unveiling sweeping measures against major...

Shenzhen authorities are investigating an explosion near the Man Kam To control point on Saturday night. Officials say they believe an oxygen tank on a lorry ruptured shortly past 7:30 in the evening, causing an explosion and a fire that was caught...

The nation saw a surge in domestic trips on Friday as most people continued to travel to tourist attractions and visit their family on the 18th day of the 40-day Spring Festival. Around 11.8 million railways trips are expected to be made on Friday ...

President Xi Jinping on Monday said the country has made solid progress in advancing Chinese modernisation amid "complex and challenging" situations over the past twelve months. Speaking at a high-level reception ahead of the Lunar New Year, the Pre...

Official data on Monday showed that China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector came in at 49.1 in January, down from 50.1 in December. That's below the 50-mark separating growth from contraction. The PMI for Chin...

Train stations and airports across China saw the biggest peak in travellers on Saturday ahead of the Lunar New Year, as millions of people returned home to spend the holidays with their families in an annual migration that is expected to be a record....

Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio by telephone on Friday, saying both sides should find the right way to get along in the new era. This is the first known contact between the two top diplomats since Don...

US President Donald Trump said his conversation with President Xi Jinping last week was friendly, and he thought he could reach a trade deal with China. The leaders of the world's two biggest economies discussed issues including TikTok, trade and Ta...

China announced plans on Thursday to channel hundreds of billions of yuan annually into shares from state-owned insurers, in the country's latest effort to support its domestic equity markets. Authorities will in the first half of this year call on ...

China on Wednesday vowed to defend its national interests after US President Donald Trump said that a 10 percent duty on Chinese imports could come as soon as February 1. "We have always believed that there are no winners in a trade war or a tariff ...

Panama has complained to the United Nations over US President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal, even as it launched an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator of two ports on the inter-oceanic waterway. In a letter to UN Sec...

US President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday to hit the European Union with tariffs, adding that a 10 percent duty on Chinese imports could also come as soon as February 1. Trump voiced his latest tariff threats in remarks to reporters at the White ...