China's trade with Asean member countries exceeded US$1 trillion for the first time last year, Vice Minister of Commerce Yan Dong said on Tuesday. The value of bilateral trade reached US$1.05 trillion, up 7.4 percent. China has remained Asean's lar...

The nation has issued guidelines to regulate Chinese automakers' competitive practices and strengthen corporate compliance overseas, aiming to promote the sound and orderly global expansion of the country's auto industry. The 20 guidelines provide g...

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said multipolarity, independent development paths and the democratisation of international ties represent the right path forward, and called for the authority of the United Nations to be reinvigorated. He made the com...

Restoring road access to the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port remains the top priority as rescue efforts continue in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, a local official said on Tuesday. Nearly 700 personnel are involved in the effort to reopen the...

China's installed photovoltaic power capacity surpassed coal-fired power capacity for the first time, making solar the country's largest power source by installed capacity, the National Energy Administration said on Tuesday. Installed solar power...

This year's National Day fireworks display will feature various patterns of the sun, as it marks the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The 23-minute show will be divided into eight segments, involving over 30,000 f...

Former activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty in court on Wednesday to the charge of collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security. The prosecution told the High Court that Wong and Nathan Law had reached an...

The City University of Hong Kong on Wednesday said it would take disciplinary action following reports of inappropriate behaviour that allegedly occurred during its orientation camp. The university was responding to a video clip circulating online t...

Medical sector lawmaker David Lam on Wednesday accused several medical centres of fraud for claiming to offer a vaccine that prevents multiple cancers without supporting clinical data. The Department of Health said in an earlier statement that it wa...

The ICAC has launched a new set of integrity assurance standards for government computer systems, featuring 12 core control measures designed to enhance system security and track irregular activity. Starting in July, government bureaus and departmen...

A former assistant warden at a care home run by Hong Kong’s largest NGO for people with intellectual disabilities has been convicted of raping a female resident five times two years ago. A High Court jury of five men and two women on Wednesday foun...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was born 25 years ago as a modest mechanism for managing borders between China, Russia and four Central Asian states. At its anniversary summit in Bishkek this week, it looks more consequential – and hard...

Indonesia on Wednesday said the government was ascertaining reports that eight of its citizens who applied for civilian jobs allegedly ended up fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and...

A Boeing 747-8 operated by Air China reportedly suffered a fuel leak at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport early on Monday, forcing cancellation of the flight. No injuries were reported in or around the aircraft, which was expected to...

Vietnam faces heightened security in the South China Sea amid reports of construction works in the Paracels archipelago – which Beijing calls Xisha Islands – with analysts saying that the latest developments could alter the strategic balance in t...

"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.