Consumer inflation on the mainland reached its highest in 34 months in December while producer deflation eased, data from the National Statistics Bureau (NBS) showed on Friday. The consumer price index rose 0.8 percent in December from a year earlie...

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez met with China's ambassador to the South American country, Lan Hu, she said in a post on Telegram on Thursday. "We value China's firm and consistent stance in strongly condemning the serious violation of i...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit China from January 13 to 17, his office announced on Wednesday, signaling a thaw in relations. The trip, the first to China by a Canadian leader since 2017, aims to "strengthen cooperation in the areas ...

Cambodia said on Wednesday it had extradited three people to China, including an individual named Chen Zhi, after a joint investigation into transnational crime amid international probes into sprawling "scam centres". An interior ministry statement ...

China's economic growth in 2026 is expected to be driven mainly by resilient exports, manufacturing, and infrastructure, Standard Chartered economists said on Wednesday. But the bank's analysts, who had revised their GDP growth forecast for the nati...

Executive Council convenor Regina Ip has urged new-term lawmakers to co-operate with the government while acting as a watchdog. Ip, who is also the New People's Party chairwoman, on Saturday said a legislature that did not keep the administration i...

Hong Kong might be able to return to an operating account surplus earlier than expected, due to stamp duty gains from stock trading, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Saturday, while pointing to significant infrastructure expenses, such as for th...

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn on Saturday said that more than 10,000 new pieces of mesh netting were currently undergoing laboratory testing and would be distributed to building contractors next week for use if they pass muster. The gov...

The government on Saturday said it had no plans to use the site of November's Tai Po fire at Wang Fuk Court for residential use. Speaking on a radio programme, Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong - who heads the task force on emergency accommoda...

More than 49,000 patients had their medical fee waiver applications approved as of Wednesday, 3.5 times higher than the tally for the previous year, health authorities said on Friday. This follows the introduction of new public healthcare service f...

The leaders of South Korea and China wrapped up a summit this week with both underlining support for one of Beijing’s diplomatic priorities but making no tangible progress on North Korea, Seoul’s main concern. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung...

Five years after she lost her left arm and leg in a car crash, a Chinese influencer started a shoe-cleaning business that provides jobs for disabled people. Weng Xinyi has continued to move people with her optimistic life attitude. The 30-year-old’...

Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centres. The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challen...

Hundreds of eager shoppers flocked to Fortnum & Mason on Saturday for discounted products before the British luxury department store closes, with staff stopping the queue two hours after opening. By 2pm, the Post observed a queue of around 100 people...

A Hong Kong primary school opposite the scene of the deadly Tai Po fire is expected to take over another campus by the end of June, its principal has said, with pupils set to begin classes for the coming academic year at the new premises. Parents of ...

"Borrow a boat to sail in the sea -- we will find more ways to use the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative," he said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday discussed bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula on phone, pledging close contact by various means to promptly exchange views on major issues of common con...

Agricultural products have been exempted duty by the FTA , but most Thai rice sold in China ' s supermarkets is imported through regular channels , without taking advantage of the FTA , she said .

Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.

Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.

The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.