Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Washington to view Beijing objectively and formulate its policy with the goal of peaceful coexistence, in a high-level meeting with his US counterpart in Malaysia on Friday. The top diplomat and US Secretary of State ...

China is willing to play a constructive role in promoting dialogue and de-escalation between Thailand and Cambodia over their recent border tensions, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. He hoped both sides would handle the matter through dialogue and con...

The United States has demanded South Korea join efforts to curb China in trade talks as the countries discuss cooperation in shipbuilding, a senior official from Seoul's trade ministry said on Friday. It is asking Seoul to join measures to curb Chin...

The levels of 25 rivers in southwestern China exceeded safe levels on Thursday, state media said, after more than 10,000 people were evacuated as the remnants of former typhoon Danas converged with East Asian monsoon rains. Extreme rainfall and seve...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has spoken about closer cooperation between China and Southeast Asian nations at an Asean foreign ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur. The talks brought together all 10 Asean members as well as China, Japan, South Korea, Russ...

China said on Thursday that "arbitrary" tariffs such as the 50 percent levy on copper announced by US President Donald Trump on national security grounds "serve no party's interests". "We have always opposed the overstretching of the concept of nati...

China's national observatory issued a yellow alert on Thursday, warning of downpours in some regions of the country. From 2pm on Thursday to 2pm on Friday, heavy rains and rainstorms are forecast to hit parts of the provincial-level regions of Fujia...

An industry body in China warned against illegal fundraising risks involving stablecoins amid a market frenzy over cryptocurrencies and digital assets. The Beijing Internet Finance Association said in a statement late on Wednesday that some unscrupu...

The nation unveiled new measures on Wednesday to stabilise employment, including expanded social insurance subsidies, special loans and targeted support for young people looking for jobs. Local governments in some regions will raise unemployment ins...

Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday that China and Egypt, as important members of the Global South, should further strengthen strategic coordination to safeguard their common interests. Li made the remarks upon arrival in the Egyptian capital for an ...

The Ministry of Commerce announced on Wednesday that it has added eight entities from China's Taiwan region to the export control list. These companies have deliberately cooperated with the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, a spokesperson for...

Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heatwaves, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said on Wednesday. Globally, this past June was the third war...

China is accelerating its record-breaking renewable energy drive with 1.5 times more wind and solar installations this year than last – three-quarters of global capacity under construction, a report said on Wednesday. It is a global leader in rene...

China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, was up 0.1 percent year on year in June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. The reading was an improvement on the 0.1 percent fall seen in May and beat the 0.1 ...

Organisers of the upcoming National Games said on Tuesday that the governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau have reached a consensus on how to co-host the Games in November. The head of the Games' organising committee, Huang Mingzhong, said of...

China's central bank said on Tuesday more mainland-based institutions would be allowed to invest offshore through the Bond Connect scheme, with authorities planning to open it up to non-banking investors. The scheme enables onshore investors to acce...

President Xi Jinping has called on young students to strive to be the backbone of the nation, build a strong country and contribute to world peace, according to Xinhua News Agency. Xi, who's also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Cen...

Floods triggered by torrential rains tore down a Himalayan mountain valley between China and Nepal on Tuesday, with at least eight killed and 31 missing. The wall of water also swept away one of the main bridges linking Nepal and China over the Bhot...

Premier Li Qiang says China stands ready to work with the international community to get the world economy back on track at an early date. Li made the remarks on Monday when meeting with World Trade Organization (WTO) director general Ngozi Okonjo-I...

The national observatory renewed yellow alerts on Tuesday, warning of high temperatures and rainstorms in several regions of the country. During the daytime, parts of regions between the Yellow and Huaihe rivers, the Jianghan Plain, areas south of t...