The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Beijing will slap tariffs of up to 42.7% on EU dairy products, citing unfair subsidies and escalating a tit-for-tat trade dispute triggered by EU action on Chinese electric vehicles.

Firms agree deals with Beijing-based Baidu to take self-driving cabs to UK capital

The U.S. government has granted an arms package worth $11.15 billion to Taiwan in a move that is bound to fuel the tensions in U.S.-Taiwan-China relations.

When leaders of “the Quad” last met in September 2024, host and then-President Joe Biden declared the partnership between the United States, India, Australia and Japan to be “more strategically aligned than ever before.”

Proponents argue the agreement would provide an alternative to Beijing's export controls and Washington's tariff policies. Critics warn it would weaken environmental regulations and damage the EU's agricultural sector.

While Beijing’s clean-air campaign was driven by a one-party governance system that enforced sweeping measures, India’s democratic political structure is far more fragmented. But even then, experts tell Stuti Mishra, there are lessons India can draw from China’s war on air pollution

Dust storms regularly affect northern China, including its capital Beijing. In recent years, Chinese scientists and officials have traced the source of the dust storms to its neighbour Mongolia.

The UK, Australia, New Zealand, the EU and Taiwan have all condemned Lai’s conviction, while Donald Trump says he is saddened by the Hong Kong court’s verdict and that he has raised the case with Xi

The year 2025 has not been a great one for U.S.-Chinese relations. Tit-for-tat tariffs and the scramble over rare earth elements has dampened economic relations between the world’s two leading economies. Meanwhile, territorial disputes between China and American allies in the Indo-Pacific region have further deepened the intensifying military rivalry.