China’s marriage rate is at its lowest in nearly 40 years. Why are singles put off settling down?Couples who are getting married are doing so later than beforeFri Sept 26 2025 - 05:00
‘We’re still talking past each other’: US congressmen make rare visit to ChinaFirst congressional delegation to Beijing since 2019 calls for military dialogue as Trump and Xi plan to meetTue Sept 23 2025 - 12:14
China seizes on Trump’s chaos to position itself as champion of stabilityTrump’s actions over the past eight months have accelerated a global realignmentFri Sept 19 2025 - 19:00
Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to meet in South Korea next monthUS president plans to go to China next year amid trade tension between the two superpowers Fri Sept 19 2025 - 18:05
Jobless in Beijing: ‘You have to find other passions. For me it was my plants and the cat’Talk of job losses is everywhere these days but China’s generous statutory payments can make redundancy seem attractiveFri Sept 19 2025 - 05:00
China to preach peace at security forum but South China Sea actions tell different storyBeijing has been aggressively enforcing its disputed claims to over 90 per cent of the maritime area with its most advanced aircraft carrierTue Sept 16 2025 - 14:00
China accuses Nvidia of breaching competition rules as trade talks with US heat up in MadridUS seeks resolution of TikTok ownership impasse ahead of ban as talks continue against background of grim Chinese economic data Mon Sept 15 2025 - 14:54
Meet the 82-year-old Irishman cycling across ChinaElectoral expert’s attempts to engage local councils meets with mixed success - and interest from the policeFri Sept 12 2025 - 05:00
Why the West misreads the room with its ‘Axis of Upheaval’ narrativeThe emerging alternative order is neither an axis, nor is it interested in upheavalFri Sept 05 2025 - 06:00
Xi Jinping warns world faces ‘peace or war’, as Putin, Kim join him for military paradeXi’s embrace of leaders sends a message to the US and EU that China will make its own geopolitical choicesWed Sept 03 2025 - 07:50
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing on board armoured train ahead of military paradeChina uses its role as a second World War ally to claim a place in global orderTue Sept 02 2025 - 16:20
New global order? Modi, Putin and Xi offer glimpse of what may lie aheadTrump’s tariffs and diplomatic missteps push India into closer alignment with Russia and China at summitMon Sept 01 2025 - 20:56
Xi, Putin and Modi make rare show of unity at China summitPutin blames West for Ukraine invasion while Xi Jinping calls for new system of global governanceMon Sept 01 2025 - 17:40
The Party’s Interests Come First by Joseph Torigian: The paranoid and intensely emotional political culture behind China’s Xi JinpingXi Zhongxun biography takes us into the world of the Communist Party and the life of its elite figuresTue Aug 12 2025 - 04:17
Hugging, French kissing and shoes indoors: The western habits Chinese people hateSong was tentative at first when I asked him about our nasty habits. Then he got into his strideFri Aug 01 2025 - 05:00
China warns Britain against meddling in TaiwanMilitary spokesman reacts to British defence secretary’s remarks on region, that Taiwan question purely an ‘internal affair of China’Wed Jul 30 2025 - 17:38
At least 30 reported dead as ‘extreme’ rain causes flooding in Beijing More than 80,000 residents relocated as almost a year’s worth of rain falls in Chinese capital over a few daysTue Jul 29 2025 - 07:13
EU-US trade deal: Ursula von der Leyen stooped to conquerThe EU is now closer to China than the US on a growing number of policy areasMon Jul 28 2025 - 17:00
Brussels and Beijing talk trade and Ukraine, but deliver few concrete resultsShort statement on climate highlights a summit more notable for its occurrence than its achievementsFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
‘The aftertaste is terrible’: Irish pubs lament the arrival of Chinese-brewed Guinness Bar owners fear business loss amid a chorus of complaints from customers longing for the original pint of plainFri Jul 25 2025 - 05:45
EU and China agree to strengthen co-operation on climate changeOne-day summit in Beijing fails to resolve differences over trade and UkraineThu Jul 24 2025 - 16:50
‘Dominance, dependency and blackmail’: EU and China talks overshadowed by deep divisionsA summit meeting in Beijing comes as Europe and China face growing rifts over trade, Russia, and global power dynamicsTue Jul 22 2025 - 06:00
My friend’s mother-in-law was caught shoplifting. A few days in detention leaves a lifelong recordPublic discontent over the lifelong burden an indiscretion can impose is leading to reformFri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
EU warns China against ‘dumping’ EVs in EuropeEuropean Commission vice-president Teresa Ribera focused on preserving level playing fieldMon Jul 14 2025 - 17:03
China’s war commemorations contrast with hesitant approach of Japan’s Memorialising the war with Japan, which cost 14 million lives, is part of a broader narrative of national rejuvenation in ChinaThu Jul 10 2025 - 18:56
China warns countries on agreeing US tariff deal that would come at Beijing’s expenseUS negotiators have pressed a number of countries to cut China out of their supply chains as part of the tariff talksTue Jul 08 2025 - 10:38
China warns trading partners over US tariff deals US negotiators have pressed countries to cut China out of their supply chainsTue Jul 08 2025 - 10:07
In Hiroshima, Martin voices concerns about ‘drift from international rules-based order’Taoiseach hears testimony from a survivor of atomic bomb that killed 140,000 people 80 years agoFri Jul 04 2025 - 16:04
‘Ireland is not anti-Semitic’: Taoiseach rejects criticism from veteran US senator Idaho Republican and chair of US Senate foreign relations committe Jim Risch said Ireland was on ‘a hateful, anti-Semitic path’Fri Jul 04 2025 - 07:11
Celebrating the Irish writer whose ghost stories still grip JapanLafcadio Hearn remains popular in his adopted country more than a century after his death, but remains little known in IrelandFri Jul 04 2025 - 05:00
Japan expresses concern over security of subsea cables off the Irish coastJapan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba raises security issue with Micheál Martin during Tokyo meetingWed Jul 02 2025 - 10:51
Coalition sharply divided over third-level feesFine Gael privately seething over the controversy as Opposition parties unite in angerWed Jul 02 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach embarks on four-day visit to Japan, with focus on investmentMuch of Taoiseach’s time in Japan will be spent meeting companies which the IDA hopes to attract to IrelandMon Jun 30 2025 - 14:20
China asserts its military might in a new and uncertain world orderWhile its defence budget has more than doubled since 2010, its forces have not been in a war since the 1970sFri Jun 27 2025 - 05:00
Where were China and Russia when Iran needed them most?Stability in the Middle East is more valuable to Beijing than any cost or distraction a war with Iran might create for the USTue Jun 24 2025 - 13:10
Restoring biodiversity on the Yangtze river: ‘You have to do some balancing and make some difficult choices’Home to several rare species and the world’s largest hydroelectric power station, protecting human life and biodiversity on the Yangtze river is a difficult balancing actSat Jun 21 2025 - 07:05
Bossa nova puts an end to unease created by an innocent relationship question Basement arts venue with a ‘free but not unbridled’ spirit attributes upcoming closure to ‘economic downturn + limited energy’Fri Jun 20 2025 - 05:00
Everyone’s friend: How Mongolia stays on good terms with Russia, China and western powersAnnual conference discusses competing security interests in northeast Asia Sat Jun 14 2025 - 09:00
First the Soviets, then the Chinese, attempted to suppress the memory of Mongolia’s founderThe Genghis Khan National Museum is one of the Mongolian capital’s most popular landmarks and tourist attractionsFri Jun 13 2025 - 05:00
Who gains from Mongolian prime minister’s downfall? Mongolia's leader has resigned over protests triggered by his son’s lavish spending, but critics say the real victors are families who control gold and copper minesWed Jun 11 2025 - 06:00
Irish early risers try to help get South Korea’s suicide rate downGlobally the suicide rate is declining, but in South Korea it’s going up Fri Jun 06 2025 - 05:00
Xi Jinping urges respectful trade talks in call with TrumpThursday’s call was the first time the two men had spoken since JanuaryThu Jun 05 2025 - 18:50
South Korea election: projected victory for Lee Jae-myung could herald big foreign policy shift Election was triggered by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, the conservative president who declared martial law last DecemberTue Jun 03 2025 - 17:53
Lee Jae-myung: The man set to take over South Korea’s turbulent democracySouth Korea's presidential election comes after country’s former leader was impeached for imposing martial lawSat May 31 2025 - 10:00
Communist Party membership shares the qualities of LinkedIn and the Legion of MaryBeing a member can help people get a job, but not necessarily one they want Fri May 30 2025 - 05:00
Rehabilitation of golf and return of Ferraris to Beijing streets tell us much about ChinaBeijing Letter: Revival of conspicuous consumption a sign of shift in Chinese policyFri May 23 2025 - 05:00
Taiwan’s leader wants dialogue with China, but warns of need for stronger defencesLai is taking more assertive approach towards Beijing, but there are fears over future US support for islandTue May 20 2025 - 18:13
Donald Trump sounds more like a Chinese leader as he rejects the liberal world orderChina’s view, echoed by Trump, is that states should govern themselves as they choose and other countries should mind their own business. This leaves the EU with a problemSat May 17 2025 - 06:00
China and US see opportunities from tariff crisisSpeedy settlement between Beijing and Washington could be bad news for the European UnionFri May 16 2025 - 05:00
US and China agree to suspend almost all tariffs on goods for 90 daysAmerican and Chinese officials seek to de-escalate tensions in GenevaMon May 12 2025 - 13:35
