Meredith Chen

News of China’s latest warplane, widely believed to be a sixth-generation model, has triggered a debate in India about how best to respond amid warnings of a growing “strategic gap”. The aircraft, believed to feature cutting-edge stealth and endurance capabilities, […]

China has set up a new department to oversee its low-altitude economy, in a landmark boost to the fast-expanding sector as the country seeks new growth drivers for 2025. China’s top economic planning body introduced the Low-Altitude Economy Development Division

The US Congress should investigate China’s purchases of Iranian oil in the past five years, a top US advisory panel on China has urged, with Tehran looming as a larger issue in the next Trump presidency. In an annual report

Disputes in the South China Sea will not overshadow the top agenda item of economic cooperation during Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s state visit to Beijing on Friday – on his first overseas tour since last month’s inauguration. The 73-year-old ex-general’s

China added major gains to its critical mineral reserves and discovered more mineral deposits last year as it ramped up efforts to boost self-reliance and energy security, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Increased investment had led to “significant

Premier Li Qiang reiterated China’s pledge to upgrade a multibillion-dollar economic corridor with Pakistan and deepen joint counterterrorism efforts with its military as he arrived in Islamabad on Monday. Li, who is on his first visit to the South Asian

Lebanon will begin importing more telecoms products from China after a wave of deadly attacks last month that targeted electronic devices, according to a Lebanese business group, which said the West had “lost credibility”. Ali Al Abdullah, president of the

At least two Chinese were killed and one Chinese and several Pakistanis were injured, China’s embassy said in a statement on Monday morning. The embassy said that around 11pm on Sunday a “terrorist attack” was launched on vehicles of a

China’s abrupt decision to ban international adoptions last month appears to have crushed the dreams of hundreds of foreign families and possibly ended the last chance many Chinese children would have had of a family life. “You’re losing a kid

China is stepping up export controls on items that can be used for both military and civilian purposes, in what observers called “a timely move” that safeguards the country’s national security against a set of external hostilities. No details were