Saudi Justice Minister Walid Al-Samaani and Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Paul Lam have signed a memorandum of understanding on judicial cooperation. This agreement, signed during their recent meeting, focuses on enhancing legal frameworks and (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
A Portuguese man has become the first European citizen jailed under the China-imposed National Security Law in Hong Kong, a law widely criticized by rights groups.
Joseph John, also known as Wong Kin-chung, holds dual Portuguese and Hong Kong (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping held rare talks on Wednesday with a former president of Taiwan who supports closer ties with China, a highly unusual meeting just weeks before the democratic island swears in a new leader Beijing openly loathes.
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Hong Kong authorities have made the city's largest ever gold smuggling bust, seizing 146kg of the precious metal disguised as machine parts.
The haul is estimated to be worth more than $10m (£8m) and was intercepted last month on route to Japan.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping met more than a dozen US CEOs and academics on Wednesday as Beijing renewed efforts to woo back foreign investors and mend strained relations with the United States.
Foreign direct investment in China has slumped in recent (...)
A deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore. A bridge in southern China sliced in half. Parts of a bridge cutting through the hull of a massive ship in Argentina.
These events all happened within the first three months of this year — and all after (...)
A former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery, according to the country's state media.
In January, he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes totaling 81 million yuan ($11.2m; (...)
Beijing has lashed out at the United States and the United Kingdom for imposing sanctions over alleged Chinese government-backed cyberattacks, calling the Western allies' move an act of "political manipulation."
The US and the UK announced Monday a (...)
The alleged murder of a 13-year-old boy by his classmates in rural northern China has shocked the nation, igniting heated debates about school bullying, juvenile crime and the plight of tens of millions of children raised in the absence of their (...)
All but one of the 100 cities with the world's worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide.
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Lionel Messi's Hong Kong fans who bought tickets to a friendly that he skipped at the last minute will get a 50% refund, the match organizer said.
Messi's absence from the game in February, which he blamed on an injury, sent Chinse fans seething for (...)
Warships from China, Russia and Iran have held live-fire exercises in a key Middle Eastern waterway this week as the three partners put on a show of force in the volatile region, according to reports in state-run media.
The drills near the Gulf of (...)
China has described a potential TikTok ban as "an act of bullying" that would backfire on America.
The comments, made by China's foreign ministry on Wednesday, came hours before a House of Representatives vote on legislation that would force (...)
A deadly suspected gas explosion ripped through a residential neighborhood in northern China on Wednesday, leaving a scene of devastation.
The powerful blast occurred just before 8 a.m. at a ground-floor restaurant in a residential area of Sanhe (...)
Hong Kong's government unveiled a new suite of powerful national security laws on Friday that critics and foreign governments warn could deepen the ongoing crackdown in the city and further undermine its reputation as an international business (...)
China's biggest private property developer Country Garden is facing a liquidation petition, which has been filed in Hong Kong by a creditor.
Country Garden failed to repay HK$1.6bn ($204.5m; £161.2m), according to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (...)
Chinese companies are doing something rarely seen since the 1970s: setting up their own volunteer armies. At least 16 major Chinese firms, including a privately-owned dairy giant, have established fighting forces over the past year, according to a (...)
China is increasing patrols in waters near a group of frontline islands controlled by Taiwan, as tensions rise after two Chinese fishermen drowned during a pursuit by Taiwan's coast guard who accused them of trespassing.
China's coast guard said (...)
Travel across China ramped up in recent days as millions boarded trains and planes and braved heavily trafficked roads in what officials have estimated will be a record 9 billion trips surrounding the Lunar New Year on Saturday.
Train stations, (...)
Bao Fan, a star Chinese tech banker who disappeared a year ago amid Beijing's anti-corruption crackdown, has formally resigned from the firm he founded, the company said.
China Renaissance announced in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on (...)
China has executed a couple for throwing two toddlers out of a high-rise apartment window, in a case that provoked nationwide outrage.
The man and his girlfriend were found guilty of killing the children from his first marriage by staging an (...)
China has expelled a leading rocket scientist from its top political advisory body, the latest sign of a widening purge in the Chinese military's missile force and aerospace contractors.
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) (...)
Hong Kong on Tuesday formally began the process of enacting a controversial homegrown national security law in a move that could have deep ramifications for the city's status as a global financial hub.
The proposed legislation will cover offenses (...)