Chinese foreign minister to visit Myanmar, India this week

<p>Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Myanmar and India from May 2-5, China's Foreign Ministry said today.</p><p>Qin will be in India for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation grouping, the ministry added in a brief statement.</p>
2 May 2023, 08:04 AM

Jack Ma takes up visiting professor post in Japan

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma on Monday took up a visiting professor position at a Japanese university, another new academic role for the founder of tech giant Alibaba
1 May 2023, 12:05 PM

Biden, Yoon warn N Korea of nuclear response

US President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea it would face a nuclear response and the “end” of the leadership there if Pyongyang uses its own arsenal.
27 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Defence ministers of India, China hold talks in New Delhi

Defence Ministers of India and China today held talks in New Delhi as the two leaders had “frank” discussions about the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh
27 April 2023, 15:28 PM

China pushes largest expansion of nuke arsenal

China is pushing ahead with the largest-ever expansion of its nuclear arsenal, modernising the atomic deterrent with an eye on any future conflicts with the United States, experts say.
26 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Regional stability, discussed

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir, who is in China on a four-day official visit, called on the commander of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday.
26 April 2023, 18:00 PM

UK ‘clinging to the past’: China

China yesterday slammed a speech by Britain’s foreign secretary that warned Beijing against any attack on Taiwan and raised human rights concerns, accusing London of “clinging to the past”.
26 April 2023, 18:00 PM

29 killed in Beijing hospital fire

The death toll in a fire that ripped through a hospital in China's capital Beijing has risen to 29, a city official said Wednesday
19 April 2023, 05:21 AM

China ready to facilitate ME peace

China’s foreign minister told his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks, state media Xinhua reported yesterday.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Xi says China must strengthen training for ‘actual combat’

China’s President Xi Jinping called on the country’s armed forces to “strengthen military training oriented towards actual combat”, state media reported yesterday, after Beijing conducted military drills intended to intimidate Taiwan.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Chinese aircraft, ships remain around Taiwan

Chinese warplanes and navy ships were still in the waters around Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said yesterday after the end of three days of war games, as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen criticised Beijing for its “irresponsible” behaviour.
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM

China ends Taiwan drills

China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan yesterday saying they had tested integrated military capabilities under actual combat conditions, having practised precision strikes and blockading the island that Beijing views as its own.
10 April 2023, 18:00 PM

China-Taiwan relations

As China launches three days of military drills around Taiwan, AFP looks at the history of relations between the self-ruled island and Beijing:
8 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Angry China starts 3-day military drills

Seventy-one Chinese military aircraft crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait yesterday as China began drills around Taiwan in anger at President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the US House of Representatives.
8 April 2023, 18:00 PM

China sends warships, aircraft around Taiwan

China sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day yesterday and said the island remains its “inseparable part”, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
7 April 2023, 18:00 PM

China imposes further sanctions on Taiwan's US representative

China has imposed further sanctions on Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the United States, prohibiting her and family members from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, state media reported today..The sanctions, announced by China's Taiwan Affairs Office, also prohibit
7 April 2023, 03:52 AM

India, China spar over visas for their journalists

India and China broke into fresh diplomatic sparring yesterday, accusing each other of creating visa hassles for their journalists posted in New Delhi and Beijing. The exchange came days after India objected to China renaming or “standardizing” names of
6 April 2023, 18:00 PM

China deploys warships near Taiwan

China deployed warships through waters around Taiwan yesterday as it vowed a “firm and forceful” response to the island’s president meeting US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
6 April 2023, 18:00 PM

China has ‘major role’ to play: Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that China had a “major role” to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, as he kicked off a three-day visit to Beijing.
5 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Don’t meet Taiwan president

China yesterday warned US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy not to “repeat disastrous past mistakes” by meeting Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, saying it would not help regional peace and stability, only unite the Chinese people against a common enemy.
4 April 2023, 18:00 PM