China's oil demand is forecast to plateau between 2025 and 2030, a research group linked to state oil major CNPC said on Thursday, as the rise of electric vehicles slashes demand for gasoline and diesel. Most of China's incremental demand for oil th...

The Ministry of Commerce said China has always opposed unilateral tariff hikes and urged Mexico to correct its wrong practices of unilateralism and protectionism. The remarks were made in response to a media query regarding the Mexican Congress's ap...

Mexican lawmakers have backed a measure to raise tariffs on goods from China and other countries that do not have trade agreements with Mexico, despite strong pushback from Beijing. The move, spearheaded by President Claudia Sheinbaum and approved b...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday upgraded its growth forecast for China for this year to five percent, up slightly from the previous 4.8 percent predicted in October, despite ongoing trade frictions. But the global financial insti...

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew at a faster pace in November, driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Wednesday. The nation's CPI rose 0.7 percent year on year in November, accelerating from October'...

The Trade Development Council said on Thursday it expects Hong Kong exports to see an annual growth of between 8 and 9 percent next year, citing strong demand for artificial intelligence-related electronic goods. In the council's poll in this quart...

Almost half of companies in the SAR have a positive outlook regarding business conditions in the next 12 months, a survey by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) suggests. The poll of 236 professionals from business services, wholesale...

Hong Kong is expected to get a HK$35 million boost to its economy as horse racing fans from around the world join this week's International Races Week. The event that began on Monday has attracted about 1,400 overseas visitors on racing tours from ...

Hong Kong will start accepting sports dispute resolution cases in the first quarter of next year under the government's two-year pilot scheme. At the scheme's launch ceremony on Thursday, Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung said dispute reso...

The city's top commercial banks are keeping their interest rates unchanged in spite of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's move to reduce the base interest rate by 25 basis points to 4 percent on Thursday. HSBC and Bank of China (Hong Kong) announced...

A Chinese man has sought help from a mobile game to restore the virtual house his late wife built so that he can continue remembering her, moving many people online. The Beijing man posted under the handle @chuwengeileyan on November 26 that the virt...

China has pledged to bolster its economy, primarily on the back of domestic demand, and build a robust domestic market to counter external challenges, after a high-level meeting setting the tone for next year’s economic policy. Following the centra...

The abstract imagery and expressive colours of the late Chinese-French artist Zao Wou-Ki take centre stage in Hong Kong, as the M+ museum presents Asia’s first and largest retrospective of his print works – including lithographs and intaglios –...

An exhibition based on the works of the celebrated Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has been postponed as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate. Studio Ghibli, the Oscar-winning anime st...

Seoul police have arrested a South Korean man who poured boiling water on his Thai partner’s face while she was sleeping in the hopes of disfiguring her so that she would not leave him for other men. Police from the Uijeongbu station in Gyeonggi pr...

"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.