Taiwan's newly-appointed defence minister said on Wednesday that Taipei has strengthened deployments in the disputed South China Sea and that the United States has approved the export of sensitive technology to equip Taiwan's new submarine fleet. Sp...

China warned the European Union on Tuesday against planned EU sanctions for human rights violations, saying Beijing would not yield if Brussels interfered in its internal affairs. EU ambassadors are expected on Wednesday to give the go-ahead for san...

The encrypted messaging app Signal, recommended by Tesla's Elon Musk, appeared to have been blocked on the mainland on Tuesday, closing off one of the last US social media platforms still freely available in the country. Users of the free app, which...

The Biden administration has told China that normalising relations with Australia is a precondition to Washington taking any substantial step towards improving relations with Beijing, a senior US official said on Tuesday. In an interview with The Sy...

Activity by the US Navy in its campaign to challenge China's efforts to restrict transit in the South China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait increased sharply over the past two years. According to US Navy data, war ships maneuvered close to artificial i...

Beijing will give United Nations peacekeeping troops 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine, the Chinese diplomatic mission to the UN said on Monday, bolstering the 200,000 doses already pledged by India to protect 100,000 soldiers and police officers ...

A driver employed by China's largest ride-hailing firm, Didi Chuxing, killed a passenger by ramming his car into the man after a quarrel, the firm said in a post on social media on Monday. Police in the southeastern city of Fuzhou said the driver ha...

China’s capital and a wide swath of the country's north were enveloped on Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. Skyscrapers in the centre of Beijing appeared to drop from sight amid the dust...

RTHK sources say a number of top Beijing officials will attend a seminar on changes to Hong Kong's electoral system to be held at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Monday. It's understood that three deputy directors of the Hong Ko...

A hotel that bills itself as the world's first "polar bear hotel" has opened in China's far northeastern Heilongjiang province, drawing both guests and criticism for its central feature: live polar bears. The Polar Bear Hotel, part of the Harbin Pol...

Journalists at Macau’s largest broadcaster, TDM, have demanded a meeting with the station’s management, after they were ordered to stop putting out news and opinions that aren't in tune with the authorities, including on matters relating to Hong ...

China will "soon" hold its first trial for Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who have been held in China since late 2018 and who were formally charged with espionage in June 2020, the Global Times reported, citing an unnamed source. The t...

Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday defended the government's target for more than 6 percent economic growth this year, saying it is "not low", and policies would not be dramatically loosened to chase higher growth. The target was well below analysts exp...

China is complaining anew about recent reporting by the BBC, days after summoning the British ambassador to Beijing to register displeasure over a recent article she penned defending press freedom. The Chinese Embassy in London posted a statement o...

Beijing on Wednesday accused a top US commander of attempting to "hype up" the threat of an invasion of Taiwan to inflate Washington's defence spend and justify its own military chicanery in Asia. The US' top military officer in Asia-Pacific, Admira...

Microsoft-owned social network LinkedIn has halted new member sign-ups for its service in China while it reviews its compliance with local laws, the company said in a statement. The careers-focused site has had a Chinese-language presence since 2014...

China summoned Britain's ambassador in Beijing on Tuesday to lodge "stern representations" over an "inappropriate" article she wrote defending recent international media coverage on China, the foreign ministry said. Caroline Wilson's article in Chin...

Russia and China agreed on Tuesday to build a lunar space station, as Moscow seeks to modernise its extraterrestrial might and catch up with the United States in the space race. Russia, which sent the first man into space during the Soviet Union, ha...

The mainland has launched a health certificate programme for Chinese international travellers, leading the world in plans for so-called virus passports. The digital certificate, which shows a user's vaccination status and virus test results, is avai...

China's aviation regulator is looking into an alleged mid-air dispute between crew members on a recent Donghai Airlines domestic flight, vowing severe punishment for any action that endangered flight safety. Donghai Airlines said it had immediately ...