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.
The presence of the (...)
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 (...)
TikTok said a potential ban on its app in the US would "trample the free speech" of 170 million Americans.
The US House of Representatives voted on Saturday to ban TikTok if the app's owner does not cut its ties with China.
The legislation was part (...)
The top three finishers of the Beijing half marathon have been stripped of their medals following an investigation into the controversial result.
It was alleged that the three African athletes deliberately allowed China's star runner He Jie to win (...)
Ren Wenbing is reluctant to leave the hollowed-out brick shell which was once a thriving factory in China's manufacturing hub of Dongguan.
"All the workers feel astonished," says the 54-year-old as he points out where he once assembled furniture and (...)
In the Solomon Islands, the night before an election is known as Devil's Night.
Political candidates offer bribes — handing out everything from cash to sacks of rice and Chinese-made solar panels to secure votes last minute.
Vote-buying has been a (...)
NEOM — NEOM has launched the China leg of its global 'Discover NEOM' tour in Beijing and Shanghai, aimed at presenting investment and collaboration opportunities within its futuristic development projects.
The events, held in partnership with the (...)
China's economy grew stronger than expected at the start of this year, mainly thanks to robust growth in high-tech manufacturing.
Gross domestic product grew by 5.3% in the first quarter from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of (...)
China said it noted Iran's statement that the actions against Israel were an "exercise of the right of self-defense" during a phone call between the foreign ministers of the two nations on Monday, and did not condemn the weekend strikes.
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