China

Temporary capital during wartime engaged American military aviation advice and training for the Flying Tigers to fend off aerial bombing by the Japanese

Property sector a key focus in rapid fire of policy measures after almost two years of piecemeal attempts to breathe life back into economy

Country’s central bank and politburo have announced measures to boost confidence and promised further measures

‘Renewables will soon overtake coal as the single biggest source of global electricity’

In the HAI550 mall in Shanghai, most of the clothes are produced by small local brands using materials such as old plastic bottles and used bicycle tubes

Worldview: The United Nations, marginalised in the competition between the US, China and Russia and their emerging blocs, needs a radical overhaul

Sunil Amrith brilliantly portrays how our dominance over nature has been self-serving and destructive, a corrosive colonisation of Earth for which he doubts there is a mass global solution

Diplomats and analysts in New Delhi look to reworked multipolar, mutually equitable and sustainable global relations

Shanghai Letter: When I took my place at the end of the red banquette, the man next to me was staring

Instead of spearheading China’s liberalisation, Western universities which benefit from Chinese money are increasingly vulnerable to pressure from its government

Europe struggling to navigate growing force of Brics countries on international stage

Move likely to raise international concerns about the country’s nuclear build-up

Central bank cuts benchmark rate and unveils support for property and stock markets to boost demand

Expert in international digital governance, Thorsten Jelinek, advocates an ethical approach that imagines AI as humanity’s moral partner

The era of the United States as unrivalled global leader is over. Small alliances of like-minded countries are growing in importance

US and allies want to shuffle such discussions to the Bretton Woods institutions, where they enjoy a blocking minority

Many of the most interesting encounters at the forum were not in the main sessions or in seminar rooms but queuing for coffee during the breaks

Chu Kai-pong faces long sentence under crackdown and application of National Security Law

Manila withdraws vessel from contested shoal as US warns mutual defense treaty could be triggered

Chengwen Guo (41) of Parnell Street, Dublin 1, appeared at Dublin District Court on Saturday

Bilateral meeting is possible as Kyiv views countries from Global South as key to securing halt to war with Russia

Big-four firm penalised in connection with audit of collapsed property developer Evergrande

Many Chinese workplaces are organised in units, an echo of an earlier era of communism

None predicted just how fast China’s own industry would develop in the age of EVs

Xiangshan Forum’s focus on the Global South’s concerns reflects China’s diplomatic ambitions

European Chamber of Commerce in China proposes 1,000 actions to improve environment in China for international business

Sales of electric cars in Ireland have fallen by 26 per cent this year. How can that be turned around?

China backs call for reparations to be paid for slave trafficking and colonialism, while African leaders remain committed to ‘one China principle’

Exports shrink for the first time in eight months amid weaker demand for consumer goods

Minister’s comments during trade visit to China come after Beijing last month announced an investigation into EU subsidies for dairy products exported to China

Joe Biden cannot tie his successor’s hands on China, but his diplomatic engagement can build structures that will help to limit the damage if Donald Trump wins in November

Meetings involving US national security adviser and Chinese officials part of an effort to to reduce the temperature in the relationship

Record-breaking launch of Black Myth: Wukong creates potential for China on global stage

Verdict on former Stand News editors could prohibit publication of almost anything hostile to the Hong Kong government and authorities in Beijing

Chinese president tells the US national security adviser that Beijing is committed to a stable relationship with Washington

Three days of talks will focus on easing tensions in the relationship between the world’s two most powerful countries

In times of war, crisis, inflation and turmoil, gold offers investor comfort

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Economy remains strong but there are growing signs of structural weakness

Many welcome an easing of marriage rules in China but warn that new divorce rules could trap people in unhappy marriages for longer than they want