President Xi Jinping has urged sustained efforts to expand and strengthen advanced manufacturing to provide strong support for advancing Chinese modernisation. He made the remarks in a recent instruction, which was conveyed at a national conference ...

Huawei Technologies will launch two new artificial-intelligence semiconductors in 2027, rotating chairman David Wang said on Thursday, as the tech giant builds up its AI computing business and seeks to challenge US chipmaker Nvidia. Huawei plans to ...

China encourages Iran and the United States to remain rational, exercise restraint, return to the Islamabad memorandum and "engage in substantive consultations," Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday. "We urge...

China opened the Pinglu Canal on Wednesday, giving its landlocked southwest a shortcut to the coast and overseas markets, particularly those in Asean, the country's largest trading partner. Built at a cost of 72.7 billion yuan, the 134.2-kilometre c...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he would meet Vice Premier He Lifeng this weekend for talks including on Iran sanctions, days before both countries' top leaders are due to convene. Bessent told a hearing of the House Financi...

Hong Kong’s overall manpower shortage is expected to narrow slightly to about 130,000 by 2028, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference to explain initiatives in the city’s first five-year plan ...

World No 18 Alexandra Eala from the Philippines – who clinched her maiden WTA Tour title at the Washington Open – is set to headline a 32-player singles draw at the upcoming Hong Kong Tennis Open. The WTA 250 tournament, which boasts a total pri...

The Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) has named basketball player Ivan Yang and wushu athlete Lydia Sham as the SAR’s flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Saturday. In a statem...

Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday said the government must keep financial sustainability and the reasonable allocation of resources in mind when formulating policy. In announcing his Policy Address the day before, Lee outlined 11 measures to boos...

A 51-year-old man has been arrested over the murder of his 53-year-old wife, who was found with multiple stab wounds in their Heng Fa Chuen flat on Wednesday. Officers said the woman was found dead at the flat on Shing Tai Road, and that her husband...

Taiwan has quietly acknowledged donating a coastguard vessel to the Philippines, potentially adding to Manila’s maritime patrol capacity amid its long-running stand-off with Beijing in the South China Sea. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration said...

A diagnosed paedophile who sexually abused 11 girls over 33 years, with the acts ranging from molestation to rape, was sentenced by a Singapore court on Thursday to 21 years’ jail. The victims were as young as five, and included his daughter, grand...

US President Donald Trump has urged Beijing to take “more aggressive action” to curb the export of drug precursor chemicals, days ahead of his planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It also comes a week after security agencies from the...

Authorities in Malaysia have seized several more Israel-bound shipments at one of the country’s biggest ports, according to people familiar with the matter, an apparently new level of scrutiny in a nation where anti-Israeli sentiment runs high. Thr...

Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr has won a burst of online support among Filipinos who see him as one of Manila’s most outspoken senior officials against China, with some already asking whether it could give him enough political mo...

"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.