BEIJING: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged closer communication between China and the United States on Saturday to improve economic decision-making and challenged China to join global initiatives to help poorer nations address climate change.
Despite bilateral tensions, record high U.S.-Chinese trade last year showed there was "ample room" to...
The US is not working to create a “NATO for the Pacific” as a way to target China, the White House has claimed, after President Joe Biden declared a “new era” of security cooperation with South Korea and Japan.
Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at Camp David...
China provides a “glaring example” of how governments are cracking down on religious minorities, a US official has said, as the Department of State released its annual report on religious freedom around the world.
Rashad Hussain, the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said during a news conference on Thursday...
European officials took some small comfort when China attended a summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last weekend. The meeting aimed to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine.
While Beijing didn’t budge from its stated position of impartiality, China’s mere presence at a meeting to which Russia says it was not...
Labour protests in China have increased rapidly since August of last year, according to rights groups, especially in the lead-up to the Lunar New Year, which began late last week, a media report said.
Labour protests more than tripled in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the same period...
The Chinese Communist Party and its People’s Liberation Army are in the process of developing weapons that may pose a new kind of biologocal threat to the world. The Chinese army has established itself as the leader in ‘neurostrike’ weapons, which have been designed to attack or even control...
China's economy is in danger of an "apocalyptic" collapse that would shatter global stock markets and have a disastrous impact around the world, an expert has warned.
China's economy - easily the second biggest in the world behind the US - has been in rapid freefall in recent months, triggering...
Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped up pressure on Taiwan ahead of the January presidential elections in the island nation, using economic and military tactics such as a ban on importing Taiwanese mangoes.
What Happened: China is exerting its economic and military influence in an attempt to sway the upcoming Taiwanese presidential election.
Observers...
HANGZHOU: Since the start of the year, vlogger Zhang Jiayi’s typical working day has looked like this: Talking morning walks with her parents, accompanying them to the market for groceries, preparing lunch, then taking a nap before tending to other chores.
The 31-year-old is a “full-time daughter”, a concept —...
The Indian Army is keeping a close watch on the developments along the Line of Control (LoC). A report has claimed that China is helping Pakistan develop defence infrastructure along the LoC. The report added that Chinese Sh-15 artillery system was spotted at the LoC, along with the foundation...
