The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Announcement comes as Washington has increasingly sought to shore up influence in the Pacific to counter China.

Canada-China relations hit a new low amid tit-for-tat diplomat expulsions linked to alleged Chinese interference.

Markets reflect the economic and geopolitical landscapes, and while China’s economy may be recovering, tensions between Washington, DC, and Beijing have caused investors to shun Chinese stocks. The FXI is an ETF product that holds Chinese large-cap stocks that trade on the U.S. and international equity exchanges.

Beijing is positioning itself to increase its global power at the end of the Ukraine war. But the question right now for China’s president Xi Jinping is which scenario is most likely to happen, what role China can play, and what each outcome will mean for China.

BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed accusations that boats belonging to a Chinese maritime militia had deliberately approached an area of the South China Sea where the navies of Indian and Asean countries were holding drills.

China’s foreign minister says his country has no intention of benefiting from the war in Ukraine and hopes for further talks on a peace plan Beijing proposed earlier this year

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday that Beijing would maintain lines of communication with all parties to the war in Ukraine, including Germany, in seeking a ceasefire.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday Canada will not be intimidated by retaliation from China after Beijing expelled a Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat response to Ottawa's decision to expel a Chinese diplomat on Monday.

Ex-PM, who is trying to revive career, says she will ‘show solidarity’ with Taiwan after Nancy Pelosi visit sparked furore

The former Prime Minister risks creating a diplomatic headache for Rishi Sunak when she flies to the Far East next week to deliver a speech showing solidarity with the breakaway island, which China has vowed to retake - by force if necessary - by 2050

The former prime minister said Beijing was showing ‘increasingly aggressive behaviour’ towards Taipei City.