Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said any attempts to thwart reunification is doomed to fail. His comments came as the People's Liberation Army began military drills codenamed "Justice Mission 2025" around Taiwan. "The Taiwan issue is the core o...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Monday conducted wide-ranging drills codenamed "Justice Mission 2025" around Taiwan in a warning to separatist forces. Shi Yi, spokesperson for the theater command, said it was di...

Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia kicked off two days of talks in China on Sunday as Beijing seeks to strengthen its role in mediating the two countries’ border dispute, a day after they signed a new ceasefire. The ceasefire agreement signe...

Hong Kong’s sole deputy to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), Starry Lee, said local businesses should familiarise themselves with the newly revised Foreign Trade Law. The revision was adopted by the country's top legisla...

Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 0.1 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2025, extending the growth streak that began in August, official data showed on Saturday. Industrial firms with an annual main business revenue of...

The Hong Kong Tourism Board on Monday said the countdown event in the runup to the New Year would remain attractive to revellers despite the cancellation of the customary blockbuster fireworks display over Victoria Harbour out of respect for the Wang...

A trade union has opened a dedicated lounge for delivery workers to take a break. The facility, located at the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions’ vocational training centre in To Kwa Wan, can accommodate parking for around 20 motor...

The MTR said it would be stepping up its train services virtually throughout its entire network to meet holiday demand during the New Year. On New Year’s Eve, eight local railway and seven light rail lines will operate overnight, with more frequen...

Visitors have lavished high praise on the newly opened section of the East Coast Boardwalk. With the opening of the 1.1-kilometre eastern section of the boardwalk on Monday, people out for a little recreation can walk or jog from Kennedy Town to Sha...

The eastern section of the East Coast Boardwalk in North Point opened on Monday, with the completion of its final kilometre allowing for an unbroken run from Kennedy Town to Shau Kei Wan along Hong Kong Island’s 13‑kilometre harbourfront. Harbou...

Hong Kong police will close roads in Central starting from 2pm on New Year’s Eve ahead of a countdown event at the Chater Road pedestrian zone, featuring music and light shows to replace fireworks displays after the deadly inferno in Tai Po. Mason ...

Business boomed at a street snack stall in China in a touching show of support for its owner whose son had died from cancer, leaving the man with three small children to look after. Video clips of long queues in front of a tanghulu stall near the Sha...

In a library in the Philippines, dice rattle on the surface of a board before coming to a stop, putting one of its players straight into the path of a powerful typhoon. The teenagers huddled around the table leap into action, shouting instructions an...

The United States on Monday announced a US$2 billion pledge for UN humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration continued to slash US foreign assistance and warn United Nations agencies to “adapt, shrink or die” in a time of new ...

Hong Kong’s exports posted their sharpest increase in 22 months, rising 18.8 per cent in November from a year earlier, driven by strong demand for electrical equipment, machinery and appliances, according to data released on Monday. The value of go...

"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.