China said on Friday it would take "necessary measures" to protect the interests of Chinese companies after a ruling by Panama's top court annulled a concession allowing a subsidiary of CK Hutchison to operate ports at the strategic Panama Canal. Fo...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that the UK has a "huge amount to offer" China, and his "very warm" meetings with Chinese leaders provided "just the level of engagement that we hoped for". Starmer told a meeting of the UK-China ...

President Xi Jinping and visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed on Thursday in Beijing that the two countries should develop a long-term and consistent comprehensive strategic partnership. During their meeting, Xi said as the world toda...

Apple on Thursday said it saw record-high earnings in the final three months of last year, with iPhone sales surging in Greater China. The tech giant reported profit of US$42.1 billion on revenue of US$143.8 billion in the recently-ended quarter. T...

China on Thursday executed 11 gang members operating in northern Myanmar, including key figures in telecom fraud rings, Xinhua News Agency reported. The 11 were sentenced to death in September 2025 by a court in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province for crim...

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Thursday revealed penalties for gambling and match-fixing as 73 individuals, including former CFA president Chen Xuyuan and former national team coach Li Tie, have been banned for life from all football-relat...

Mainland authorities on Thursday said passenger trips during the Spring Festival travel rush are expected to hit a record 9.5 billion. The 40-day period, known as Chun Yun, starts on Monday. National Development and Reform Commission Deputy Direc...

President Xi Jinping told Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer their countries must strengthen ties to counter geopolitical headwinds, as the leaders met in Beijing on Thursday. This is the first visit to China by a UK prime minister since 2018 and...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in China on Wednesday to kick off a four-day visit aimed at fostering ties and expanding opportunities for British companies in the world's second-largest economy. There are "opportunities" to deepen bilateral ...

A think tank on Wednesday said government departments should divide their workload more effectively to facilitate communication with mainland enterprises hoping to go global through Hong Kong. According to Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), more than...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit China from Wednesday to Saturday. The Foreign Ministry said he will pay an official visit to China at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang. Starmer is set to meet President Xi Jinping and other top leade...

President Xi Jinping said China and Europe are partners, not adversaries, in his meeting with visiting Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Beijing on Tuesday. Xi said cooperation between China and Europe outweighs competition, and their common gr...

China on Monday said a preliminary trade deal with Canada was not directed at any third party. Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun also told a regular media briefing that arrangements made between the two countries to properly address their econom...

The new president and chair of the board of directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Zou Jiayi, on Monday said there is huge collaboration potential between the Beijing-headquartered bank and Hong Kong. Speaking at a panel duri...

The Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail network is expanding its reach into the mainland, with 16 new direct destinations added from Monday, according to the MTR Corporation. The expansion spans parts of eastern China, Chaoshan in Guangdong, as...

The deputy governor of the People's Bank of China (PBoC), Zou Lan, on Monday said China would promote greater financial market connectivity between the mainland and Hong Kong. Speaking at the 19th Asian Financial Forum, Zou said the PBoC ⁠would su...

Hong Kong has signed an agreement with the Shanghai Gold Exchange in a bid to strengthen collaboration between the two gold markets. Speaking at the Asian Financial Forum on Monday, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui s...

The defence ministry on Saturday announced that senior military officials Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli have been investigated for suspected serious discipline and law violations. Zhang is a member of the Communist Party of China's Political Bureau an...

A new cold wave is forecast to sweep through central and eastern China from Sunday to Tuesday, bringing snow, rain and a drop in temperatures, the National Meteorological Center said on Saturday. That will see light to moderate snowfalls in regions ...

The US military has released a priority-shifting National Defence Strategy that chastised the country's allies in urging them to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration’s focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphe...