The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday thanked fighter pilots who scrambled against China's air force during its drills around the island and pledged to keep strengthening the armed forces, as Beijing's military activities around the island ebbed. China began the exercises, including simulated precision strikes with bombers and missile forces,…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet visiting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Beijing as the leaders seek to boost ties between two of the world's largest developing nations

China sanctioned a United States lawmaker Thursday for his visit to Taiwan, saying he violated the “One China” principle that says Beijing has sovereignty over the island

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday thanked fighter pilots who scrambled against China's air force during its drills around the island and pledged to keep strengthening the armed forces, as Beijing's military activity in the vicinity ebbed.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has praised the Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) on his trip to China, saying it "frees emerging countries from submission to traditional financial institutions". The NDB was created by the BRICS group and is headed by his predecessor Dilma Rousseff. Meanwhile in Washington,…

Emmanuel Macron’s pronouncements that Europe should avoid “getting caught up in crises that are not ours,” on his return from visiting Xi Jinping in Beijing, has set off a furore in transatlantic policy circles louder than Chinese battle drills in the Straits of Taiwan. Europe, he said, should not automatically…

China's skies are filled with floating sand and dust clouds which are forcing residents to stay indoors and cancel outdoor activities, with some resorting to face masks

The economies of China and Germany are hugely intertwined. The dilemma is how to position Germany in the emerging geopolitical tensions with Beijing.

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a technical delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia to reopen the embassy in Riyadh. After more than seven years of severed relations, the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers met in Beijing during the first official meeting between the two countries top diplomatic officials.…

China is not participating in a United Nations project to survey Asian wet markets and other facilities at high risk of spreading infectious diseases from wild animals to humans, despite long-running talks with Beijing, a UN official told Reuters.