China is considering new export controls on artificial-intelligence technologies in a bid to safeguard the strategically critical industry amid intensifying competition.

China warned the European Union not to underestimate Beijing’s determination to defend its interests, dismissing claims that the bloc’s pressure yielded concessions in recent automotive trade talks.

European trade commissioner Maroš Sefčovič met with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing last week.

The rise of seabed mining will add new complexity to the South China Sea disputes.

The emerging industry has the potential to serve the U.S. military while providing Taiwan with an arsenal that it sees as essential to its survival.

China’s internal risks are now the world’s risks.

After getting China to accept limits to its car exports, the European Union is already eyeing follow-up action in other industries — setting up their next trade clash.

Beijing’s concession on hybrid vehicles shows how much it needs the European market

Military communication channels become bargaining chips precisely when a crisis makes them indispensable.

China is the North's largest trading partner and a lifeline against the sanctions Pyongyang faces.

China’s exports grew last month at the fastest pace in almost any month since the end of the global financial crisis.

A report by weapons experts at Conflict Armament Research shows how the Yemeni militant group is developing medium-range weapons independently of Iran.

The long-delayed New ‌Yalu River Bridge linking China and North Korea will open on Thursday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, signalling a renewed push to boost trade despite Pyongy...

Japan is expected to be watching closely after Beijing said the “realistic” exercises are “not directed against any specific country or target.”

As China’s power and self-confidence grows, it’s becoming much more active in projecting power by establishing military bases abroad. The latest is at Ban Keun Airport near Vientiane, where China has ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is presiding over a dangerous spiral of debt that is strangling the economy at home and damaging trade partners around the world.

Young people are watching their bright futures disappear as the country’s job losses pile up and the milestones of adulthood slip further away.

China's spending on interest payments accounts for 19% of the central government’s general public budget and skyrocketed 341% between 2013 and 2025.

The nation is nearing high-income status, a clash with its image as a champion of the Global South.

Am heutigen Donnerstag und am Freitag verhandelt die EU in Peking mit China über dessen Exportwelle. Chinesische Produkte sind auch deshalb so billig, weil mehr als 300 Millionen Chinesen ohne feste V...

White House press secretary worked at a leading Chinese law firm and learned enough of the language to occasionally surprise people.

Beijing is pursuing big technological advances while shunning painful policy measures needed to fix the broader economy.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te called on democracies in the region to unite against threats to stability, as the island faces pressure from Beijing and concerns that US President Donald Trump’s rapp...

President Lai Ching-te ⁠said in a National Day speech that his country is boosting defense spending to 'deter war' with China. It comes after US President Donald Trump asked Taiwan to pay for US prote...

Chinese academics and media have laid the groundwork for Beijing to claim the Batanes Islands, where U.S. troops frequently train.

EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic said that the two regions reached a shared understanding in compliance with World Trade Organization rules that China would reduce its hybrid and plug-in hybrid exports.

Analysis of 223 vessels finds that Chinese research ships spend an unusually large share of time near subsea infrastructure on the high seas. The findings call for stronger allied monitoring, coordina...

PBOC denies yuan kept artificially weak during EU trade chief's Beijing trip

The European Union is striking a more assertive approach to China as it heads into two days of negotiations in Beijing aimed at avoiding an economically damaging trade war.

China’s push to manufacture more at home has widened its trade imbalance with Europe, intensifying pressure on European industries and policymakers to take action.

Am heutigen Donnerstag und am Freitag verhandelt die EU in Peking mit China über dessen Exportwelle. Chinesische Produkte sind auch deshalb so billig, weil mehr als 300 Millionen Chinesen ohne feste V...

Light attack aircraft and military vehicles have arrived at the new China-Laos joint training facility announced last Tuesday, according to ​satellite images reviewed by Reuters.

Germany and France are urging the European Union to adopt new powers that could sever China or other countries from its single market, as the bloc’s two biggest economies adopt a more confrontational ...

France and Germany have proposed that the European Union reinforce its economy by enacting a new rapid-action measure to strike back against countries that harm it, with China the most likely focus of...

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As citizens embrace the technology for entertainment, relationships and even farming advice, the government is stepping up efforts to set limits.

A woman accused of spying for China on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's son and his family was arrested Sunday in the United States, US and Taiwanese officials said.

Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China’s 73-year-old leader.

The Trump administration has been taking steps to turn China's dependence ​on US aviation suppliers into leverage for trade negotiations, according to people familiar with the matter.

Amid global tumult, the two countries alliance is not the only unlikely pairing.

Data shows primary and preschool enrolments each fell by 10 per cent last year, leaving classrooms empty while the elderly population grows.

China is mulling additional fiscal policies to reach its growth target for 2026, according to the country’s finance minister, as the world’s No. 2 economy contends with a slowdown.

The Chinese military opened a new logistics base at an airport in Laos, expanding the People’s Liberation Army’s overseas presence as it seeks to operate farther from home.

British universities are being urged to sever ties with China General Technology Research Institute which is linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).

Mahan Air, which Washington sanctioned in 2011 for ferrying weapons and operatives for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is still landing in China. On September 23, hours after the U.S. Treasury ...

China must "respond firmly" if the EU introduces restrictions on Chinese businesses or products, the Commerce Ministry said, according to a CNBC translation.

How the EU and UK can respond to Chinese technological supremacy

CSIS experts assess the outcomes of the Trump-Xi White House summit in September 2026 and what it means for the future of U.S.-China relations.