The nation's senior leaders on Friday vowed to stabilise the domestic economy with "fully prepared emergency plans" to ward off drastically evolving external uncertainties, as tariff tensions between Beijing and Washington persist. The comments came...

US President Donald Trump has defied international norms on the nascent field of deep-sea mining, signing an executive order expanding the practice for rare earth minerals in domestic and international waters. White House aides say the initiative c...

The three astronauts on board the Shenzhou-20 have successfully docked with the Tiangong space station, according to state media. The three-man crew blasted off on Thursday and will spend six months on the space station. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kon...

China's Liu Yan and South Korea's Ryu Hae-ran each fired a seven-under par 65 to share the lead in Thursday's storm-suspended opening round of the LPGA Chevron Championship. Both Asian standouts had bogey-free starts for 18 holes at Carlton Woods in...

The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft – atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket – blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Thursday, sending astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie to space. Xinhua news agency, citin...

China said on Thursday there have been no discussions with the United States over tariffs despite indications from Washington that there would be some easing in tensions. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump appeared to indicate that he ...

China and Kenya said on Thursday they oppose "new hegemonic tactics" such as illegal unilateral sanctions, tariff barriers and technological blockades. The declaration came in a joint statement issued during Kenyan President William Ruto's current v...

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Thursday that the Chang'e-8 lunar probe is scheduled for launch around 2029 and will carry payloads from 11 countries and regions and one international organisation as part of international coope...

Boeing's Chinese customers are refusing delivery of new planes built for them due to tariffs, the planemaker has confirmed, as a third Boeing jet started returning to the United States on Thursday. "Due to the tariffs, many of our customers in China...

US President Donald Trump played up prospects of a "fair deal" on trade with China overnight but his top officials offered few details of how Washington might de-escalate its damaging tariff war with Beijing. Trump said his country would have a "fai...

China's actions to address climate change will not slow down despite global political developments, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday. Xi made the remarks while delivering a speech via video link at the Leaders Meeting on Climate and the Just T...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Wednesday he had exchanges with six Hangzhou start-ups and welcomed them to expand in Hong Kong. On the second day of his visit to Zhejiang province, Lee went to the Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City Urban Exhibition Hal...

President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday tariffs hurt the multilateral trading system as he hosted his Azerbaijani counterpart for talks in Beijing. Xi told Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that trade wars "undermine the legitimate rights and intere...

China announced on Wednesday that a veteran astronaut will lead two crew members on their first flight to the Tiangong space station, the latest milestone in the country's race to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-20 mission is...

A tricky operation to remove a second sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has been completed, the site operator said on Wednesday. Dangerously high radiation levels mean that removing melted fuel and oth...

The national space agency said on Wednesday astronauts from Hong Kong and Macau are on track to make their inaugural space flight as early as next year in a first for the two special administrative regions. The update came close to a year after the ...

The world's largest auto industry expo opens its doors on Wednesday in Shanghai, showcasing the new electric world order even as mounting trade barriers risk dampening China's global ambitions. With nearly 1,000 exhibitors present, foreign carmakers...

At the Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, well-dressed social media influencers swarmed a lineup of sleek electric vehicles from Chinese automaker Xpeng, among the buzziest brands in the world’s premier EV market. Xpeng had come to the cruise-ship t...

The Foreign Ministry expressed condolences on Tuesday following the death of Pope Francis. "In recent years, China and the Vatican have maintained constructive contact and carried out friendly exchanges," ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said. "China ...

The world's biggest auto show opens on Wednesday in Shanghai, with foreign carmakers raring to show they can compete against the ultra-competitive Chinese firms that dominate the sector's new electric frontier. As the petrol engine's primacy stutter...