China on Tuesday said it opposed "illegal" US sanctions on Iranian airlines, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened potential measures in a televised interview. Bessent told CNBC that "all the Iranian airlines will be shut down arou...

China on Tuesday released the 2026 list of the country's top 500 private enterprises, with 110 companies reporting operating revenue of over 100 billion yuan, underscoring robust growth in the country's private sector. JD.com, Alibaba (China) and He...

The Alibaba Group plans to train a new artificial intelligence model with between five trillion and 10 trillion parameters, chief executive Eddie Wu said on Tuesday, as the Chinese technology giant outlined ⁠a sweeping strategy encompassing AI mode...

China and Europe should not fight trade wars because the pair are comprehensive strategic partners, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his German counterpart in a call, according to a statement from Beijing. Wang told German Foreign Minister Johann Wadep...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to set the dates for an upcoming Party plenum in October. The meeting decided to ...

A ⁠fire that broke out at a textile factory in Foshan, Guangdong, on Sunday killed eight people and injured one, state media ⁠said on Monday. The fire ⁠broke out at ⁠3.12pm in a two-storey building inside ⁠an industrial park and was extin...

President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States from Wednesday to Friday at the invitation of his US counterpart, Donald Trump, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman announced on Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said ...

The government is set to unveil which mainland city it is going to partner with to develop Hong Kong's first "Green Energy Corridor" during a maritime conference in November, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Monday. The SAR i...

Chinese and US teams on Sunday held candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges during consultations on economic and trade issues in New York. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the meetings with Vice Premier He Lifeng were "very successful", ...

South Korea held off Japan 67-57 to win the men's basketball final at the 2026 Asian Games on Sunday, while China finished fourth after losing 79-70 to Iran in the bronze-medal match. Japan built a 16-12 advantage in the first quarter, but South Kor...

Thirteen-year-old prodigy Yu Zidi announced herself at the Asian Games in stunning style with gold in a record time on Sunday as the nation dominated swimming's opening day in Tokyo. Olympic champion Pan Zhanle also topped the podium as China won si...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong would expand its renminbi-denominated bond market as part of efforts to strengthen its role as a safe, reliable offshore platform that fully aligns with international rules. Writing in his weekl...

Top Beijing and SAR officials on Sunday paid their final respects at a funeral for the city's first chief executive, Tung Chee‑hwa, who died earlier this month. Shi Taifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Centra...

The 20th Asian Games officially got underway on Saturday with a dazzling opening ceremony in the Japanese city of Nagoya, kicking off the continent's largest sporting event in spectacular style. Japan's Emperor and Empress were given a respectful re...

When President Xi Jinping lands at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday, his counterpart, Donald Trump, plans to be there to greet him, senior US administration officials said. That’s a rarity– Trump typically meets foreign le...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, on Friday said the government would explore more ways in which the renminbi could be used to handle payments. This, he added, was a "natural" process to promote the use of the natio...

Commemorative activities have been held across the country on the 95th anniversary of the September 18 Incident which marked the start of Japan's 14-year invasion of China. During the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression wh...

Mainland authorities on Friday said that direct economic losses incurred from natural disasters in August amounted to 36.03 billion yuan, with Typhoon Dolphin causing the most damage. The Ministry of Emergency Management counted 595 people who had d...

Chairman of HSBC Asia‑Pacific, Peter Wong, says Hong Kong should "spare no effort" in promoting the internationalisation of the renminbi. Speaking on RTHK's "On Broadcast Drive", he said Hong Kong's key advantage is being China's only internationa...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday held a phone conversation on high-level interactions between the two countries, a week before a planned summit between their leaders. The foreign minister said Beijing and Wa...