BEIJING: China is prepared to take measures and has a "plentiful" toolbox to avoid an economic slump in the second half of the year, its commerce minister said on Friday (Jul 18) as he admitted it faced a "very severe and complex situation".

A new wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th National Party Congress in October 2022, more than 20 senior PLA officers from all four services—the army,

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who the real successor is.

International CCUS collaboration could have significant implications for global decarbonisation timelines, particularly in hard-to-abate industrial sectors

Nvidia Corp. boss Jensen Huang lauded DeepSeek and China’s other contributions to AI research as he met with political and tech leaders in Beijing.

China has welcomed a Russian proposal for the restoration of a three-member bloc with India, saying cooperation would be in their interests and would contribute to peace and security, raising the prospect of a revitalized alliance that could challenge U.

China and Australia will keep open dialogue and look for areas of cooperation despite strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday after meeting China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

A new bill introduced in Congress aims to block the District of Columbia from maintaining sister city relationships with foreign adversaries, targeting its longstanding partnership with Beijing. House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik and Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar announced the Washington Sister Cities Act on Wednesday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured a panda breeding facility in the final stages of an extended state visit that has cast China as a fellow champion of a global fair trade system under threat from the United States.

Lithium futures in China climbed on Thursday to a nearly three-month high after a production halt at a major lithium producer boosted sentiment for the electric vehicle battery material.