China's exports topped forecasts for November, buoyed by a boost from a tariff truce with the United States, according to the General Administration of Customs on Monday. Outbound shipments grew 5.9 percent year on year, beating a 3.8 percent foreca...

Vice Premier He Lifeng had an "in-depth and constructive" video call with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Friday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Both sides agreed to promote the stable development of b...

An ancient dam, pandas and ping-pong: French leader Emmanuel Macron concluded his fourth state visit to China on Friday, striking a more relaxed note in Chengdu after discussions on Ukraine and trade with President Xi Jinping a day earlier. Far from...

President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday agreed to enhance political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and advance the reform and improvement of global gove...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said on Thursday the government would "modernise" its copyright-related rules as it rolled out new schemes as part of measures to tap into the booming intellectual property (IP) economy aro...

Hong Kong’s largest labour group has called the defeat of two incumbent lawmakers in the Legislative Council elections a regret, noting there are "gains and losses" in this year's polls. The Federation of Trade Unions, which fielded 16 candidates...

Regina Ip on Monday said her New People's Party is satisfied with its performance in the Legislative Council elections, despite its number of seats falling by half. The party fielded eight candidates, but of these only three incumbents secured vict...

The DAB has hailed the 2025 Legislative Council election a success after securing 20 seats, even as the party's total votes fell, a result it attributed to this year's fierce competition. The party, which fielded 26 candidates, gained one more seat ...

Hong Kong's political analysts said on Monday the election had ushered in a more "inclusive" and "diversified" Legislative Council despite challenges posed by a changing global landscape. The comments came as more than 1.3 million people cast ballot...

A senior member of a leading national think tank said on Monday the 40 newcomers in the Legislative Council would need to get up to speed quickly and be ready for a heavy workload. Lau Siu-kai, a consultant to the Chinese Association of Hong Kong an...

Emmanuel Macron has warned Beijing that Europe would be forced to retaliate with “strong measures” against Chinese goods – including punitive tariffs modelled after US policy – if a trade imbalance between the two sides remains unaddressed we...

Renowned Chinese poet Yu Xiuhua has made headlines by saying that the menopause was a happy thing and writing a poem in its praise. Yu, 49, from a village in central China’s Hubei province, achieved overnight fame in 2014 for her talented writing. ...

New, younger faces have won slightly fewer than half of the 90 seats in Hong Kong’s second “patriots-only” Legislative Council, and their immediate task will be to tackle the aftermath of the deadly Tai Po fire and implement systemic reforms. T...

China’s open-source artificial intelligence models accounted for nearly 30 per cent of total global use of the technology, while Chinese-language prompts ranked second in token volume behind English, according to a report. This year’s surge in op...

US President Donald Trump’s new global security road map has dropped any reference to denuclearising North Korea as a goal, fuelling speculation that Washington may be angling to boost the chances of a diplomatic breakthrough with Pyongyang in 2026...

"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.