A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday, Beijing's state broadcaster said

China’s foreign minister has hit out at the “extreme selfishness” of tariffs, hinting at the steep levies imposed on Beijing by US President Donald Trump.

China said yesterday the door was “wide open” for trade talks with Washington, a day after US President Donald Trump signalled the possibility of a “substantial” lowering of tariffs on Beijing.

The fierce trade war between the world's top two economies has rattled markets and raised fears of a global recession

China yesterday accused Washington of abusing tariffs and warned countries against striking a broader economic deal with the United States at its expense, ratcheting up its rhetoric in a spiralling trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.

China and the three neighboring countries of Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia reached consensuses in a wide range of areas including politics and economic cooperation, as evidenced by the signing of a total of more than 100 cooperation documents

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned Global South nations that “unilateral bullying” was hurting a rules-based world, as Beijing kept up the diplomatic pressure on US President Donald Trump to roll back his punitive trade tariffs.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called for Asian nations to unite in resisting geopolitical confrontation, unilateralism and protectionism, as he aims to consolidate ties with some of China’s closest neighbours amid a deterioration of relations with the US.

China yesterday called on the United States to "completely cancel" its reciprocal tariffs after Washington announced exemptions for consumer electronics and key chipmaking equipment.

Beijing yesterday increased its tariffs on US imports to 125 percent, hitting back against US President Donald Trump’s decision to hike duties on Chinese goods to 145 percent and raising the stakes in a trade war that threatens to up-end global supply chains.

Twenty people have died in a fire at a nursing home in northern China’s Hebei province, Beijing’s state news agency Xinhua said yesterday.

Trump's latest salvo of tariffs came into force Wednesday, hitting China the hardest and bringing levies against the world's second-largest economy to 104%

China yesterday vowed to “fight to the end” after US President Donald Trump threatened to further ramp up tariffs, but the EU warned against escalating a trade war as hard-hit global markets steadied.

Threats and pressure are not the right way to deal with China, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said yesterday after describing US President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” as bullying.

China announced 34 percent tariffs on US imports yesterday, the first major economy to fire back against President Donald Trump’s new levies in an escalating global trade war that sent markets deep into the red.

Trump unveiled particularly stinging tariffs of 34 percent on China

China’s military said it had begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan to “serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese independence”, calling Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-Te a “parasite”.

"They said they would import so many mangoes that Bangladesh might face a shortage"

China yesterday urged an end to “illegal” sanctions on Iran as it hosted Iranian and Russian diplomats for talks Beijing hopes will restart long-stalled negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear programme.

China yesterday called for a “diplomatic” resolution to the Iran nuclear issue as it prepared to host diplomats from Tehran and Moscow for talks.