The Latest Breaking News from China

The U.S. State Department has announced sanctions on an unknown number of current and former Thai officials for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghur men to China despite worries that they could be jailed or even face death there

China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year. This decline has prompted Chen Songxi, a Chinese national political adviser, to propose lowering the legal marriage age from 22 to 18.

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have done okay.

Just about every car company is sweating the Trump administration's rapid-fire tariffs and tariff threats. It's hard to say what's worse, frankly; the potential price increases to new cars if tariffs do go into effect, the costs of retooling their businesses if tariffs stick around long-term, or the back-and-forth "will…

China is planning to send two new crews to its Tiangong space station in another busy year of human spaceflight.

Commentary urged CK Hutchison to ‘think twice’ about ‘what position and side they are on’ in sale to US investors

The Government is seeking to refresh a 10-year-old clean energy partnership as part of efforts to strengthen ties with the world’s biggest emitter.

The Republican president has called for a new nuclear deal with Iran since his return to the White House in January but Tehran says no such agreement is possible so long as punishing sanctions remain in place.

Sales of electric vehicles are down as Musk’s involvement in politics becomes a ‘distraction’, experts say.

Beijing hosts talks on Iranian nuclear programme as West pushes for new deal

Ed Miliband visits Beijing as part of plan to create global axis working in favour of climate action