China calls for global AI governance framework amid rapid advances

Hong Kong’s finance chief has called on Cathay Pacific Airways to offer attractive fares and expand its route network, as China’s national development plan reinforces the city’s status as a...

Okinawa’s election on Sunday of a governor backed by Japan’s ruling party ended 12 years of local leadership opposed to the relocation of a US airbase and elements of Tokyo’s...

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting,...

A lack of mutual trust and confidence haunts Sino-US relations, a major security conference in Beijing has heard, just a week before Xi Jinping travels to America for his first...

Securities regulators in Hong Kong and mainland China are doubling down on efforts to raise the quality of Hong Kong initial public offerings (IPOs), which could slow the flow of...

China recently issued a development plan for the electronic information manufacturing industry during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), aiming to make the sector play a pivotal role in the...

Global surveys show China is now more popular than the United States in most countries. The reality is China hasn’t become more popular, only that Uncle Sam has become odious. Two...

Uruguay defense official calls for greater autonomy and cooperation

Chinese military researchers have outlined an ambitious plan to develop a nuclear-powered main battle tank armed with an electromagnetic railgun capable of hitting targets up to 450km (280 miles) away,...

An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on strengthening basic research will be published on Wednesday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China on Wednesday, amid stalled diplomatic efforts to de-escalate conflicts in the Middle East. The meeting comes...

A mainland Chinese joint venture will introduce an electric taxi in Hong Kong next month, but a lawmaker has warned that a lack of quick-charging stations remains the biggest challenge...

Hong Kong police have arrested a man and recovered uncut gemstones worth nearly HK$1 million (US$127,500) that were allegedly snatched from an overseas businessman as he slept in a hotel...

Pinglu Canal, a 134.2-kilometer-long river-to-sea waterway in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is scheduled to officially open on September 16. Linking the country's inland river network with the Beibu...

Taiwan has begun flight testing its newly acquired MQ-9B drones, giving the island a long-range reconnaissance platform capable of monitoring People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and grey-zone activities across vast stretches...

China is surging ahead of the US in consumer AI adoption as technology giants like Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding embed artificial intelligence directly into popular everyday apps, even...

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More than 85 per cent of owners at the blaze-hit Wang Fuk Court have signed agreements to sell their flats to the Hong Kong government as authorities move ahead with...

Riding the tide at 2026 KPL Summer Finals

China hopes that the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union will build on its traditional goodwill toward China, fulfill its responsibility and create conditions for bringing the bilateral relations back on the...

Debris from a Chinese-made short-range ballistic missile has been found in Yemen for the first time, suggesting Chinese weapons systems may have been used during the heated conflict between Saudi...

When generative artificial intelligence first swept through China’s technology sector, workers faced a clear directive from management: use AI and use it often. Consuming vast numbers of AI tokens – the...

Tracing the Long March at Jiaopingdu

A US federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a new visa cap for international students, visiting scholars and foreign journalists, saying the Trump administration’s national security justification “borders on the...

CGTN poll on the China-ASEAN Expo

Brazilian president's special advisor to visit China Sept. 16-17

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday urged the US side to stop expanding its military buildup and preparing for war in outer space, and safeguard global strategic stability through...

China's Zhuque-2E rocket launches 10 satellites into space

Graphics: Key takeaways from China's August 2026 economic figures

China's value-added industrial output expanded 5.2% year on year in August, accelerating by 0.7 percentage point from the previous month, official data showed Tuesday, with industrial robots among the standout...

On September 12, Guojiawan Village in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, southwest China's Guizhou Province hosted its ninth annual rice harvest opening ceremony.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to visit China

A blazing bonfire, Mongolian singing and dancing, and dazzling fireworks... a bonfire party on the Hulunbuir Grasslands in Inner Mongolia is filled with joy and excitement.

In a phone call with his French counterpart on Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the European Union to avoid escalating trade disputes and engage in “constructive dialogue”. The conversation,...

When Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) set out to build a new runway and associated facilities for the three-runway system operation, engineers had to carefully navigate a challenge hidden beneath...

Hong Kong recorded its highest monthly number of visitors since the Covid-19 pandemic in August, provisional official figures show, with authorities preparing for an influx of mainland Chinese travellers during...

Hong Kong employers’ hiring sentiment rebounded sharply in the fourth quarter, with far fewer companies expecting to cut jobs as confidence improved alongside stronger economic growth, according to a ManpowerGroup...

China's largest shield tunneling machine rolls off the production line

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