China says reached 'resolution' with India on contested border issues

China said today it had reached a "resolution" with India over issues related to their disputed border, after New Delhi said it had struck a deal with Beijing for military patrols along the frontier
22 October 2024, 07:30 AM

China tested two missiles during war games: Taiwan

China test-fired two missiles during a day of military drills around Taiwan, a Taiwanese security official said, adding they were directed inland and not at the self-ruled island.
17 October 2024, 18:00 PM

China ends day of ‘warning’ drills around Taiwan

China ended a day of military drills around Taiwan yesterday in which it deployed fighter jets and warships in what Beijing said was a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces on the self-ruled island.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Man kills 3, wounds 15 in Shanghai supermarket stabbing

A man killed three people and wounded 15 in a knife attack at a supermarket in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, police said Tuesday
1 October 2024, 02:27 AM

Taiwan on alert after detecting China missile firing

Taiwan said yesterday it was on heightened alert after detecting “multiple waves” of missile firings in inland China, days after Beijing test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

China launches missile into Pacific in rare test

China said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile yesterday, firing it into the Pacific Ocean in its first such exercise in decades.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM

China ‘number one’ source of cyberattacks: Taiwan

Taiwan’s defence minister yesterday accused China of being the “number one country conducting daily cyberattacks” against the democratic island and denied allegations about Taipei-backed hackers targeting Beijing.
24 September 2024, 18:00 PM

6 dead, 7 injured in central China bridge crash

Six people died after a car lost control and slammed into bikes and other vehicles on a bridge in central China's Hunan province early Monday morning, police said.
23 September 2024, 04:26 AM

Chinese navy sails between Japanese islands near Taiwan

A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan for the first time, Japan’s military said yesterday, in the latest move by Beijing to anger the close US ally.
18 September 2024, 18:00 PM

China says it tailed US aircraft

The Chinese military tailed a US aircraft that was passing through the politically sensitive Taiwan Strait yesterday, Beijing’s army said, vowing to “resolutely defend national sovereignty”.
17 September 2024, 18:00 PM

China, Russia chide West

Chinese and Russian defence officials took swipes at the West at a military diplomacy forum in Beijing on Friday, with China courting the Global South and Russia saying the United States was shifting military conflicts to the Asia-Pacific. 
13 September 2024, 18:00 PM

China signs finance co-op deal with debt distressed Maldives

China’s central bank on Friday said it had signed an agreement with the Maldivian authorities to strengthen trade and investment, as the debt-distressed Indian Ocean nation strives to avoid default.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM

China consumer prices edge up to six-month high in August

Chinese consumer inflation ticked up slightly in August to a six-month high, official data showed Monday, but the reading missed expectations and did little to soothe worries about sluggish spending in the world's number two economy
9 September 2024, 04:56 AM

China tells US it presents ‘opportunity’ not ‘threat’: ministry

Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen told his US counterpart on Saturday that a modern China was an economic “opportunity” not a “threat” to the United States, the ministry said.
7 September 2024, 18:00 PM

China school bus crashes into crowd, kills 11 including students

A school bus ploughed into a crowd of people outside a middle school in eastern China on Tuesday, killing 11 people including five students, state media reported
3 September 2024, 04:04 AM

China, the Philippines trade blame in latest South China Sea clash

China and the Philippines accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks.
31 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Pacific bloc drops Taiwan to placate China anger

A joint declaration by Pacific leaders was reissued yesterday morning with mentions of Taiwan removed after China slammed an earlier version as a “mistake” that “must be corrected”.
31 August 2024, 18:00 PM

China lashes Pacific bloc over Taiwan ‘mistake’

China lashed out at a declaration by Pacific Island leaders that upheld decades of engagement with Taiwan on Friday, branding it a “mistake” that “must be corrected”.
30 August 2024, 18:00 PM

China says ‘willing to engage’ with UN rights body on Xinjiang

China said Wednesday it was “willing to engage” with the UN Human Rights Office over its northwestern region of Xinjiang but rejected efforts to “smear” its policies there.
28 August 2024, 18:00 PM

China, Philippines clash in disputed waters

The Philippines and China clashed in disputed waters of the South China Sea yesterday over what Manila said was a resupply mission for fishermen, the latest in a series of sea and air confrontations in the strategic waterway.
25 August 2024, 18:00 PM