The State Council on Monday announced the appointment of Yuan Gujie as deputy director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong. Liu Guangyuan, meanwhile, has stepped down from the post. Yuan served in various positions before this current appoi...

China's manufacturing sector expanded faster than expected in May, although the pace of growth slowed on a monthly basis, according to a private survey of export-oriented firms. The RatingDog China General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (P...

China issued sweeping new rules on Monday tightening control of overseas deals that involve Chinese investors, technology, data and national security, a month after Beijing ordered Meta to unwind its acquisition of AI startup Manus. The rules, publi...

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will visit China this week, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The two countries will hold the 11th China-UK Strategic Dialogue during Cooper's visit from Monday to Wednesday. She'll meet with Foreign Minis...

Technology minister Sun Dong on Sunday said the government was in talks with mainland authorities to arrange a real-time chat between Hong Kong students and Shenzhou-23 astronauts in space, including the city's first-ever payload specialist Lai Ka-yi...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and visiting Foreign Minister Wang Yi have vowed to deepen bilateral ties and uphold multilateralism. Carney voiced Canada's willingness to work with China to maintain close high-level exchanges, deepen cooperatio...

The Shenzhou-21 crew on Friday returned to Earth safely after spending a national record of 210 days in orbit aboard the Tiangong space station. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-22 spaceship – carrying astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongz...

Sixty-four Chinese nationals detained by the Philippine authorities were released on Thursday evening, and six other Chinese nationals are undergoing release procedures, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Friday. ...

Thirteen people were confirmed dead and three others injured after an overloaded passenger van rear-ended a semi-trailer truck in Henan province early on Thursday, according to officials there. The crash took place at around 2.40am on an expressway ...

A study has found that there has been a severe mismatch between supply and demand in the job market in the Greater Bay Area last year, with overall employee turnover rates hitting 11 percent among enterprises in the region. The study was jointly co...

China's Shenzhou-21 and Shenzhou-23 astronaut crews held a handover ceremony on Thursday, during which the Shenzhou-21 crew transferred the keys of the country's space station to the latter. The Shenzhou-21 crew has now completed all planned tasks. ...

Hong Kong has overtaken Switzerland as the world's largest cross-border wealth hub for the first time, fuelled by capital inflows from the mainland as well as a fundraising boom in the city, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday he hoped parties in the Iran conflict can stay committed to pursuing a ceasefire and continue to meet each other halfway. Iran said on Tuesday the United States had violated the ceasefire after the US conduct...

Swiss investment bank UBS on Tuesday said the overseas expansion model of mainland companies had entered its "2.0 phase" as more enterprises shift to localise operations and supply chains in international markets. In releasing its report, "Asia and ...

China on Tuesday urged "parties concerned" to observe the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East war, after US forces attacked missile sites in southern Iran as well as boats trying to lay mines. "We urge the parties concerned to fulfil their ceasefir...

Telecom giant China Mobile International (CMI) has announced plans to boost investment in Central Asia over the coming years, citing exponential economic growth and rapid digital transformation in the region. “At the current level, I would say it'...

The head of a private equity firm who's part of Chief Executive John Lee's upcoming delegation to Central Asia says he'll be looking to further connect Middle Eastern investors with local businesses. Cliff Zhang, the CEO and co-founder of Templewate...

President Xi Jinping called for greater cooperation with Serbia on artificial intelligence, energy, and infrastructure during talks with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic on Monday. Vucic is the latest in a string of foreign leaders to visit ...

President Xi Jinping on Monday told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif he appreciates Pakistan's constructive role in mediating peace in the Middle East. Xi said China prioritises ties with Pakistan in neighbourhood diplomacy and called Sharif ...

Huawei Technologies expects to design high-end chips by 2031 with transistor density equivalent to 1.4-nanometre processes despite US sanctions that have made it hard for China to build the world's most advanced chips. The projection, made by Huawei...