A new methane-powered rocket developed by China's LandSpace Technology launched six satellites into orbit on Saturday, doubling down on a cheap, cleaner fuel that the private startup hopes will help it develop reusable rockets. The Zhuque-2E Y2 carr...

US chipmaker Nvidia is planning to build a research and development centre in Shanghai, the Financial Times reported on Friday, as tighter export restrictions imposed by Washington threaten sales in the key Chinese market. The tougher US controls in...

Australia's trade minister has said that the re-elected government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants to "do more business with China". Australia will resist pressure from the United States to impose tariffs on imports from China and would ins...

The new American ambassador to China, former US senator and business executive David Perdue, arrived in Beijing on Thursday amid a temporary break in the Sino-US tariff war. “It is an honor to represent President Trump as the US ambassador to Chin...

South Korean authorities on Thursday said Chinese and US officials have met on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) session of trade representatives. Korea's Industry and Trade Ministry said Chinese trade envoy Li Che...

Surging renewable energy meant China's carbon emissions fell in the first quarter of 2025 despite rapidly rising power demands, a key milestone in the country's energy transition, analysis from a think tank showed on Thursday. China plans to peak ca...

Colombia formally agreed on Wednesday to join China's vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China has surpassed the United States as the biggest trading partner of Brazil, Peru, Chile and other Latin American nations, and two-thirds of countries ther...

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said China and Chile should enhance their comprehensive strategic partnership, during a meeting with his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric. Xi said the two countries should deepen cooperation in fields including agr...

China and the United States are lifting sweeping tariffs on each others' goods for 90 days on Wednesday after a temporary ceasefire in a brutal trade war that roiled global markets and international supply chains. Washington and Beijing had agreed t...

China and Brazil on Tuesday signed 20 cooperation documents during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's state visit to China. He also held talks with President Xi Jinping. In a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the two...

The United States said it is slashing the low value "de minimis" tariff on Chinese shipments, including those from Hong Kong and Macau, from 120 percent to 54 percent, according to a White House executive order, as part of the efforts to further de-e...

China told the United States on Tuesday to "stop smearing and shifting blame" on the causes of its fentanyl crisis, condemning Washington's "unreasonable" tariffs imposed over the issue. China and the US on Monday announced a deal to drastically red...

China will commit credit lines amounting to 66 billion yuan to Latin American countries to support development, President Xi Jinping said when addressing a summit of Latin American and Caribbean officials in Beijing on Tuesday. The commitment came i...

A senior Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong and Macau affairs has called on enterprises in the two cities to defend the nation's interests with "fighting spirit" amid sanctions and suppression. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Af...

The State Council Information Office on Tuesday unveiled an emblem commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Highlighting a striking yellow...

US President Donald Trump on Monday said an agreement to drastically reduce tit-for-tat tariffs with China for 90 days was a "total reset", and claimed that a call with President Xi Jinping could soon follow. After the first talks between Washington...

A local economist has struck a cautious note after markets rallied on Monday, buoyed by the latest trade agreement reached by China and the US to pause tariffs for 90 days. Senior economist at French investment bank Natixis, Xu Jianwei, said that th...

China and the United States have agreed to roll back most of their recent tariffs for 90 days, according to a joint statement following two days of economic and trade meeting in Geneva. Vice Premier He Lifeng had been in talks with US Treasury Secre...

Beijing on Monday welcomed Latin American and Caribbean leaders and officials, as it pushes for a united front against US President Donald Trump's recent maelstrom of tariffs. China has stepped up economic and political cooperation with Latin Americ...

A mainland-based academic on Monday said President Xi Jinping's trip to Russia to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and observe last week's Victory Day celebrations was intended to cement already close ties between Moscow and Beijing. Spea...