China remains committed to a "healthy, stable and constructive" relationship with the US amid still "chilly" bilateral ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told visiting American business leaders on Saturday. At a meeting with US trade organisatio

A Singapore Airlines cargo flight bound for Shanghai was forced to make an emergency landing in Hong Kong on Friday night after the Boeing 747 aircraft's fire alarm system was triggered. A police spokesman said the fire alarm went off at 10.27pm (10.

China's top internet portal for academic papers will suspend foreign access to some databases starting next week, sparking concerns among scholars that they will lose not only an important resource for understanding China but also a useful guardrail

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday concurred with a US intelligence chief's assessment that China will be able to invade Taiwan by 2027. "In February, CIA Director [William] Burns said that, as a matter of assessment, China seems to be

Visitors to Hong Kong public hospitals and care homes will no longer be required to undergo rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 from Saturday, after the government said it was lifting one of the last remaining mandatory screening requirements. The gover

Embattled China Evergrande Group has announced a long-awaited restructuring plan to tackle at least US$19.15 billion of offshore debt, including proposals to swap its creditors' debt into shares of some Hong Kong-listed affiliates, such as China Ever

Hong Kong lawmakers have called for employment agencies to be fined or held criminally liable to combat job-hopping among domestic helpers, saying a government proposal to issue verbal warnings to firms or revoke their licences lacks a deterrent effe

President Xi Jinping's ninth visit to Russia as Chinese leader, featuring a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, is expected to usher in greater economic cooperation between the countries after bilateral trade saw an annual rise of 29.3 p

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on Tuesday, the second day of Xi's visit to Moscow, calling for a settlement of the Ukrainian crisis and a commitment by Russia to restart talks aimed at ending t

The Netherlands will face consequences if it blocks the export of high-end semiconductor equipment to China, Beijing's envoy to the country has warned. The Hague announced new curbs on the export of chip-making technology this month, in step with the

China is expected to shore up its defences to restrict other forces off its coast as the US prepares to expand its military presence in other countries in the region, according to one analyst. Beijing might also try to pressure some Southeast Asian c

Hong Kong police have arrested a man who allegedly obtained nine courses of free Covid-19 oral drugs in five days by pretending to be infected with the coronavirus, the second such case involving fraudulent claims for antivirals in weeks. Police on S

China is gearing up for the harvest of its first domestic durian crop this summer after more than four years of cultivation, although it is not expected to challenge Southeast Asia's stranglehold on sales of the pungent smelling fruit. About 2.45 mil

A month after a multimillion-dollar agriculture project near Grand Forks, North Dakota, was ordered halted over suspicions about its ownership's ties to China, the city is grappling with the prospect of a legal battle against the company. This week,

Washington and other Western capitals reacted warily on Friday to the announcement of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Russia next week, with the US "deeply concerned" Beijing could try to pose as a peacemaker by promoting an immediate ceasefi

A group of British lawmakers have called for the UK government to be more aggressive in confronting Beijing and addressing an ongoing "threat" posed by China's rising influence under President Xi Jinping, particularly on human rights issues. In recen

China has asked the European Union to justify its incoming carbon border tax at the World Trade Organization, a move that suggests it may challenge the law at Geneva's trade courts. Beijing's WTO envoy on Wednesday proposed using the Committee on Tra

China and a group of South Pacific island countries could start talks this year toward their first formal trade agreement, according to an official from a regional network of nations. But while such talks could provide a boost to Beijing's offshore e

After a fraught two years without a full-time American ambassador in New Delhi, a central cog in Washington's strategy to counter China, US President Joe Biden's nominee finally secured approval in a tight vote on the Senate floor on Wednesday. Forme

Australia will purchase up to five conventionally armed, nuclear powered US submarines starting early in the 2030s followed a decade later by production of a new class of "SSN Aukus" nuclear-powered submarines developed in partnership with the US and

The Pentagon made its largest-ever budget request on Monday, citing China as a "pacing challenge". The 2024 budget called on Congress to provide US$842 billion in defence spending, marking a 3.2 per cent increase over 2023 and a 13.4 per cent increas

The European Union has told Taiwan to forget about a bilateral investment agreement, which Taipei insists is still "top of our agenda". The EU has no desire to begin talks over that or any formal deal with the self-governing island, officials said in

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two workers at a dispensary in the Tsim Sha Tsui shopping and tourist district for allegedly using misleading price tags, with customers paying 16 times more than expected for American ginseng. The pair, aged

China's moderate economic growth target for 2023 sets the tone for more debt-control measures among local governments amid a growing chorus of concerns over default risks and uncertainties surrounding China's economic recovery, according to analysts.

The new United Nations human rights chief voiced "grave concerns" on Tuesday over conditions in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, urging Beijing to take "concrete steps" to address its recommendations for the regions. Volker Turk, delivering his Global

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in India on Tuesday with a trade delegation, in a trip analysts say is not just about economic diversification and countering China, but also winning over domestic votes. Albanese is expected to disc

Lithuania's Asia-Pacific allies may attend this year's Nato summit in Vilnius, where China is likely to be on the agenda because of Beijing's "limitless" alignment with Russia, the Baltic country's foreign minister said on Tuesday. Gabrielius Landsbe

The attractiveness of South Korean products in China has declined sharply, a new survey has found, with the proportion of Chinese consumers that have bought Korean products in the past five years declining by more than 30 per cent over the course of

The husband of former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Claudia Mo Man-ching has said he did not endorse an appeal by more than 50 British politicians to the UK government to press authorities in the Asian financial hub for her release so she could visit

Officials in Taiwan, the world's biggest supplier of chips for the likes of PCs and smartphones, will step up talent training and research funding to advance the country's already giant semiconductor industry, which is under pressure from a labour sh