With the Chinese economy facing massive challenges, there have been concerns over its growth potential, at least in the immediate future.
Yet a key exception is emerging in the form of domestic tourism.
Last week's five-day public holiday to mark (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Hungary on Wednesday, marking the end of his five-day European tour.
His visit is set to solidify numerous agreements with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, further strengthening China's regional economic (...)
Australia has accused a Chinese fighter jet of firing flares into the path of a naval helicopter last weekend over international waters of the Yellow Sea, an action that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blasted as "completely unacceptable."
The (...)
A knife attack at a hospital in south-west China has left at least two people dead and 21 others injured.
The stabbing happened at 11:37 local time (03:37 GMT) at Zhenxiong People's Hospital in Yunnan province, the police said.
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Mount Everest isn't the only peak in the world experiencing overcrowding.
Earlier this week, groups of travelers climbing Yandang Mountain in eastern China were stuck partway up a cliff, clinging to a rope along a fixed climbing route, for more than (...)
China's President Xi Jinping has said his country is willing to work with France toward a global "cessation of war" during the upcoming Paris Olympics.
At a press conference in Paris, Xi said China has been playing an "active role in achieving (...)
BEIJING — Saudi Minister of Municipal, Rural Affairs, and Housing Majed Al-Hogail recently concluded an impactful visit to Beijing, where he met with significant stakeholders in China's construction and housing sectors. His discussions with Ni Hong, (...)
Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands have selected a pro-China candidate as their prime minister, in an indication the Pacific nation will remain a close Beijing ally.
Jeremiah Manele won the prime minister vote on Thursday, beating his opponent Matthew (...)
New rules that tighten Chinese government restrictions on the country's internet companies have come into effect Wednesday, raising concerns about how they will be applied.
The expanded State Secrets Law compels firms — including social media giants (...)
Nineteen people have died after a slice of a mountainside highway collapsed in China's Guangdong province, following days of heavy rain.
Thirty others were taken to hospital after a 17.9m (58 feet) stretch of the Meilong expressway crumbled at 02:10 (...)
At least five people were killed and 33 injured in a tornado Saturday that struck Guangzhou, a city of 19 million people in southern China, according to Chinese state media.
Authorities say 141 factory buildings were damaged but no residential (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the US and China should be "partners rather than adversaries" as he met with top American diplomat Antony Blinken in Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People on Friday.
The meeting, which took place on the final (...)
TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling the business after the US passed a law to force it to sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in America.
"ByteDance doesn't have any plans to sell TikTok," the (...)
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations resolution that proposed a ban on the use of nuclear weapons in outer space amid US intelligence-backed concerns that Moscow is trying to develop a nuclear device capable of destroying satellites.
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A Chinese student in the US has been sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a female Chinese student who put up pro-democracy fliers on campus.
The fliers, put up at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in late 2022, read: (...)
The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislation into law on Wednesday.
The Senate on Tuesday evening backed the (...)
US President Joe Biden's apparent suggestion his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals during World War II has sparked uproar in Papua New Guinea, casting a shadow on US relations with the Pacific nation and meeting a firm response from its (...)
The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.
It gives TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, nine months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States.
The bill will now be handed (...)
European Union officials have raided the offices of a Chinese company as part of a probe into subsidies, exposing rising tensions between the bloc and one of its biggest trading partners.
The European Commission said Tuesday that it carried out (...)
US President Joe Biden has signed a $95bn (£76bn) package of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
"It's going to make America safer, it's going to make the world safer," he said after signing the bill into law.
The president said the US would "right (...)
China has accused the United States of "stoking military confrontation" with the recent deployment of a powerful missile launcher capable of firing weapons with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers to exercises in the Philippines.
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Authorities have evacuated nearly 60,000 people from their homes in Guangdong, as days of heavy rain caused massive flooding in China's most populous province.
Eleven people have gone missing, while no casualties have been reported so far.
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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party has won a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, cementing his grip on power.
Provisional results show the People's National Congress (PNC) won 66 seats in the 93-member house.
Analysts view the (...)
In a slick video marking National Security Education Day, China's top spy agency has a stern message for Chinese people: foreign spies are everywhere.
As ominous music plays, a broad-faced, beady-eyed man disguises himself as a street fashion (...)
German authorities say they have arrested three people on suspicion of spying for China.
The main suspect, named as Thomas R, is accused of spying for the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).
Prosecutors allege his network operated a front (...)