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China hits out at G7 over joint statement which criticised Beijing’s ‘economic coercion’

A Chinese comedian was severely punished on Wednesday for making a joke about the People’s Liberation Army and his production company fined roughly two million dollars. This incident demonstrates that Chinese censors are now turning their attention to the small but growing world of stand-up comedy in China, which until…

The annual elite networking, diplomatic and lobbying event took place in splendid seclusion behind closed doors in Lisbon

Here's what we know (and don't know) about China's mysterious space plane, which just landed after nine months in orbit on a secret mission.

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are being joined by their counterparts from other countries during their summit in Hiroshima, Japan

Western officials are becoming increasingly vocal about Beijing’s use of trade restrictions in political disputes.

Japanese PM Kishida has expanded the G7’s guest list as he seeks to boost ties with middle-power countries.

‘A growing China that plays by international rules would be of global interest’

On the back of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Emmanuel Macron will become the first French president to make an official trip to Mongolia – a landlocked nation between China and Russia.