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At 90, the Dalai Lama braces for final showdown with Beijing Reincarnation
For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet's struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese Communist Party rule, sustaining the cause from exile even as an increasingly powerful Beijing has become ever more (...)

04 - 07 - 2025
Dalai Lama vows he won't be the last leader of Tibetan Buddhism
The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China's Communist Party over Tibet's future. Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader made (...)

02 - 07 - 2025
One of Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy parties disbands
On the wall of the League of Social Democrats office, the Chinese characters for freedom are spelt out with court admission slips. Members of the party take turns speaking into a microphone connected to a loudspeaker. They stand in front of a banner (...)

30 - 06 - 2025
China says Trump's Harvard ban will 'tarnish' US image
The Trump administration's move to bar Harvard University from enrolling international students has ricocheted across China, with officials and commentators seeing it through one lens: the growing rivalry between Washington and Beijing. "China has (...)

23 - 05 - 2025
Bullying only leads to self-isolation, Xi says day after US-China tariff truce
Chinese leader Xi Jinping says "bullying" and "hegemonism" will only backfire, in a veiled reference to the United States just a day after a temporary truce was agreed in the trade war between the world's two largest economies. Xi chose to deliver (...)

13 - 05 - 2025
Hong Kong police arrest family of pro-democracy activist, reports say
Police in Hong Kong have arrested the father and brother of US-based pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok for allegedly helping with her finances, according to media reports. It is the first time the relatives of an "absconder" have been charged under (...)

02 - 05 - 2025
Trump's trade war olive branch met with derision and mistrust inside China
US President Donald Trump has delighted global investors with the possibility of a reduction in tariffs on Chinese imports. But his apparent willingness to de-escalate America's trade war with the world's second-biggest economy has been brushed off (...)

24 - 04 - 2025
Pakistani astronaut will become first foreign national to enter Chinese space station
A Pakistani astronaut will become the first foreign national aboard China's Tiangong space station, as Beijing steps up space diplomacy amid a burgeoning battle with the United States for supremacy in orbit. The mission of the Pakistani astronaut – (...)

24 - 04 - 2025
Car plows into crowd outside school in eastern China, injuring multiple people
Multiple people, including children, were injured after a car plowed through a crowd outside a school in eastern China on Tuesday, according to a report from a state-controlled broadcaster. The car knocked down pedestrians and students outside the (...)

23 - 04 - 2025
Trump says China tariffs will 'come down substantially,' hinting at potential U-turn
US President Donald Trump has signaled a potential U-turn on his trade war with China, saying the high tariffs on Chinese goods will "come down substantially, but it won't be zero." Trump's remarks, made at a White House news event Tuesday, appear (...)

23 - 04 - 2025
Beijing warns countries against colluding with US to restrict trade with China
Beijing has warned its trading partners against succumbing to US pressure to isolate China in President Donald Trump's tariff war, as part of its carrot-and-stick approach to win over countries caught between the world's two largest (...)

21 - 04 - 2025
China has a powerful card to play in its fight against Trump's trade war
Less than a year into Donald Trump's first trade war with China, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a high-profile visit to an unassuming factory in Ganzhou, an industrial city nestled among rolling hills in the country's southeast. Touring its (...)

16 - 04 - 2025
The world's tallest bridge will open in China this summer
Move over, Golden Gate and Sydney Harbour. China is set to open the world's tallest bridge in June, the latest feat of engineering from the infrastructure-focused country. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is currently nearing the end of construction (...)

16 - 04 - 2025
China posts unexpectedly strong economic growth before tariffs bite
China has posted unexpectedly strong economic growth in the first three months of 2025, before the full force of US President Donald Trump's tariffs took effect. Growth in its gross domestic product (GDP) hit 5.4% in the first quarter, the National (...)

16 - 04 - 2025
Tariff uncertainty engulfs annual trade show in Hong Kong
An annual global trade fair has kicked off in Hong Kong with no shortage of fanfare – featuring robots flexing, dazzling new products and excited crowds packing the convention halls. But uncertainty over how the US-China tariff war may pan out cast (...)

14 - 04 - 2025
Asian markets plunge as Trump's global tariff turmoil deepens
Asian markets plunged on Monday, deepening a global stocks rout triggered by US President Donald Trump's trade war and China's forceful response to unexpectedly high tariffs. Japan's benchmark Nikkei fell by more than 8% shortly after opening, while (...)

07 - 04 - 2025
China retaliates against Trump's trade war with 34% reciprocal tariffs on US goods
China said on Friday it will impose reciprocal 34% tariffs on all imports from the United States from April 10, making good on a promise to strike back after US President Donald Trump escalated a global trade war. On Wednesday, Trump unveiled an (...)

04 - 04 - 2025
China-bound United flight turns around after pilot forgets passport
A United Airlines Boeing 787 jetliner flying from Los Angeles to Shanghai had to turn around last weekend after it was discovered one of the pilots had taken off without a passport, the airline told CNN in a statement. Flight UA 198 departed LAX at (...)

25 - 03 - 2025
China hits out at 'threats of force' on Iran as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal
China, Iran and Russia called for diplomacy over "pressure and threats" and an end to "all illegal unilateral sanctions" following talks on Tehran's nuclear program on Friday in Beijing, Chinese state media said. The meeting, attended by the three (...)

14 - 03 - 2025
China defies Trump's trade war by setting ambitious 5% growth target
China has set an ambitious target of "around 5%" growth for 2025, in a defiant show of confidence as it braces for the fallout from escalating American tariffs on its export-driven economy. The target "underscores our resolve to meet difficulties (...)

05 - 03 - 2025
Hong Kong billionaire to sell Panama Canal ports to US firm
A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock. The sale comes after weeks of complaining by President Donald Trump that the canal is under Chinese (...)

05 - 03 - 2025
Hong Kong's main opposition party announces plan to dissolve
The leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party have announced plans to dissolve what was once the city's largest opposition group. Members will soon vote on the final decision on whether to shut down the 31-year-old party, chairman Lo Kin-hei said. The (...)

21 - 02 - 2025
Hong Kong launches naming contest for twin panda cubs
Panda fever has swept through Hong Kong as residents compete to name the city's first locally born giant panda twins, who celebrated their six-month milestone on Saturday. The naming contest, officially launched at a ceremony at Ocean Park, was (...)

15 - 02 - 2025
Iran is rearming its missile program, Western sources say
The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran's military missile program has anchored outside the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Thursday, ship tracking data shows. It could (...)

14 - 02 - 2025
Chinese film stirs national pride, rakes in $1bn in days
An animated film about a boy who battles demons with his magical powers has become China's highest-grossing film ever and a source of national pride. Ne Zha 2, based on a Chinese mythological character, has raked in more than 8 billion yuan ($1.1bn; (...)

10 - 02 - 2025
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