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...

China Coast Guard personnel had retrieved 17 Filipino crew members from a shipwreck in the South China Sea as of 12.30pm, the People's Liberation Army Southern Theatre Command said on Friday. Fourteen of those rescued are in stable condition and one...

China's high-quality development via high-level opening-up will provide more opportunities for co-operation with Brazil, President Xi Jinping said on Friday. He made the remarks during a phone call with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva....

TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, has finalised a deal to establish a majority American-owned joint venture that will secure US data, to avoid a ban by Washington on the short video app used by more than 200 million Americans. The deal is a milesto...

A Chinese envoy said on Wednesday that Japan is not qualified at all for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Japanese militarism has not been thoroughly reckoned with and its right-wing forces are pushing for remilitarisation, s...

Def Jam, the influential US record label, will launch a division in the "capital of Chinese hip-hop" Chengdu, its parent company Universal Music announced late on Tuesday, in a vote of confidence for China's music scene. The New York-based label wor...

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for solid efforts to secure a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, ma...

China never deliberately pursued a trade surplus and is willing to be "the world's market", Vice Premier He Lifeng told the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Tuesday. "We are not only willing to be the world's factory, but also, more eagerly, to be the ...

The British government has given approval for China to build its largest embassy in Europe in London. Local Government Secretary Steve Reed formally approved plans for the building on the site of the two-century-old Royal Mint Court near the Tower o...

China has demanded that Afghanistan do more to protect Chinese citizens after a bombing at a restaurant in Kabul killed at least seven people, including a Chinese man. Speaking at a regular press briefing on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo J...

China has received an invitation from the United States to join US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace for Gaza", Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday. Guo did not specify whether Beijing would accept the invitation. The board...

The death toll has risen to nine from a blast at a steel plant in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with one other person still unaccounted for as rescue efforts continue, local authorities said on Tuesday. The explosion took place at 3.03pm on Sund...

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Tuesday released a package of measures to spur private investment and consumption, including a special guarantee programme for corporate lending and interest subsidies for personal consumption loans. This special gua...

China's birth rate fell last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed on Monday. A total of 7.92 million births were recorded in 2025, officials said, a rate of 5.63 births per thousand people. It marked the lowest birth rate since ...

Helping the SAR to get in line with the country's 15th Five-Year Plan on a proactive basis and mainland enterprises to go global will be the focus of the 19th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) when it starts at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centr...

The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship, carrying no astronauts, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 9.34am on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). An on-site in...

China's gross domestic product grew five percent in 2025, meeting the annual target, official data showed on Monday, hitting 140 trillion yuan as the world's second-largest economy maintained its resilience during the year despite external and intern...

An explosion at a factory in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday killed two people, left five others missing and sent 66 to hospitals, according to local authorities. The blast occurred at around 3pm at a plate plant of Baogang United Steel i...