Speed skater Ning Zhongyan and short track speed skater Zhang Chutong will serve as China's flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese delegation announced on Wednesday. Ning, 26, won three golds ...

CK Hutchison said its subsidiary Panama Ports Company (PPC) has started international arbitration proceedings against Panama after the country's top court annulled a concession allowing it to operate ports at the Panama Canal. "The board strongly di...

President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday China and Uruguay should boost cooperation in various areas, including trade and infrastructure construction, in talks with visiting Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi in Beijing. According to Xinhua News Agency, X...

China on Monday executed four leading members of Myanmar-based scam syndicates. They were members of the Bai family criminal group based in northern Myanmar, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court said in a statement. The four had been sentenced ...

A total of 19 people received jail terms ranging from six years and six months to two years on Monday for their roles in a fire that killed 29 and injured 42 at a Beijing hospital in 2023. The Fengtai District People's Court in Beijing announced fir...

The Spring Festival travel rush began in China on Monday as the country ushered in its largest annual population migration. A total of 9.5 billion passenger trips are expected this year, which will be a historic high, according to Xinhua News Agency...

Alibaba said on Monday it would spend three billion yuan to attract users to its Qwen AI app during the Lunar New Year holiday, heating up a race between China's largest tech firms. The pledge by Alibaba, which triples the spending promised earlier ...

China's top diplomat Wang Yi met with Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, in Beijing on Sunday. Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of t...

China's manufacturing sector showed resilience in January, achieving steady factory output and continued growth in the high-tech sector despite a dip in overall activities, official data revealed on Saturday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for...

China said on Friday it would take "necessary measures" to protect the interests of Chinese companies after a ruling by Panama's top court annulled a concession allowing a subsidiary of CK Hutchison to operate ports at the strategic Panama Canal. Fo...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that the UK has a "huge amount to offer" China, and his "very warm" meetings with Chinese leaders provided "just the level of engagement that we hoped for". Starmer told a meeting of the UK-China ...

President Xi Jinping and visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed on Thursday in Beijing that the two countries should develop a long-term and consistent comprehensive strategic partnership. During their meeting, Xi said as the world toda...

Apple on Thursday said it saw record-high earnings in the final three months of last year, with iPhone sales surging in Greater China. The tech giant reported profit of US$42.1 billion on revenue of US$143.8 billion in the recently-ended quarter. T...

China on Thursday executed 11 gang members operating in northern Myanmar, including key figures in telecom fraud rings, Xinhua News Agency reported. The 11 were sentenced to death in September 2025 by a court in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province for crim...

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Thursday revealed penalties for gambling and match-fixing as 73 individuals, including former CFA president Chen Xuyuan and former national team coach Li Tie, have been banned for life from all football-relat...

Mainland authorities on Thursday said passenger trips during the Spring Festival travel rush are expected to hit a record 9.5 billion. The 40-day period, known as Chun Yun, starts on Monday. National Development and Reform Commission Deputy Direc...

President Xi Jinping told Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer their countries must strengthen ties to counter geopolitical headwinds, as the leaders met in Beijing on Thursday. This is the first visit to China by a UK prime minister since 2018 and...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in China on Wednesday to kick off a four-day visit aimed at fostering ties and expanding opportunities for British companies in the world's second-largest economy. There are "opportunities" to deepen bilateral ...

A think tank on Wednesday said government departments should divide their workload more effectively to facilitate communication with mainland enterprises hoping to go global through Hong Kong. According to Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), more than...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit China from Wednesday to Saturday. The Foreign Ministry said he will pay an official visit to China at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang. Starmer is set to meet President Xi Jinping and other top leade...