The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Japan calls on China to remove buoy near disputed islands

Japan and China have been in a long-running dispute over the Senkaku islands that Beijing calls the Diaoyu.

Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2023

Syria's Assad to head to China as Beijing boosts its reach in the Middle East

The office of Syria's President Bashar Assad says he will head to China later this week in his first visit to Beijing since his country’s conflict started 12 years

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

China tells foreign consulates in Hong Kong to provide personal data of all local staff

China’s Foreign Ministry has asked all foreign consulates in Hong Kong to provide the personal details of their locally employed staff, as Beijing tightens its control over the semi-autonomous city

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Blinken meets Chinese VP as US-China contacts increase ahead of possible summit

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with China's Vice President Han Zheng on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly as the Biden administration and Beijing step up high-level contacts ahead of what could be a leader-level summit this fall

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Taiwan urges China to stop ‘continuous military harassment’

Appeal comes as 103 Chinese military aircraft and nine navy ships detected around the self-ruled island.

Al Jazeera · Sep 18, 2023

Top US and Chinese diplomats meet in Malta to smooth strained relations

‘Candid, substantive and constructive’ talks were held as a possible prelude to a Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting in November

The Guardian - US · Sep 17, 2023

‘He’s had a bad summer’: Xi faces calls to loosen grip as China’s crises mount

Floods, economic headwinds and disappearing ministers aside, experts say the Chinese leader’s iron grip on power may be his biggest problem

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023

Foreign Secretary refuses to confirm if he raised ‘Chinese spy’ arrest with officials in Beijing

The researcher who was arrested in March has denied claims that he is an alleged Chinese spy

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2023

Questions swirl around Xi’s motives after a second top minister disappears in China

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for more than two weeks. The disappearance of this top official close to President Xi Jinping comes two months after that of now-former foreign affairs minister Qin Gang, and follows the dismissal of a pair of influential military generals.…

France 24 · Sep 16, 2023

China sees ‘Cold War mentality’ in US-Vietnam pact, Vietnamese disagree

Pulled in opposite directions by Washington and Beijing, everyday Vietnamese people say staying neutral is best.

Al Jazeera · Sep 16, 2023