There is no easily identifiable off-ramp for Beijing and Manila on the Second Thomas Shoal, Douglas Paal, unofficial US representative to Taipei from 2002 to 2006, tells the Post.
Chinese embassy in Wellington says Beijing has no hidden agenda or military intentions in the South Pacific.
As China pumps money into the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, observers say its motivation is unlikely to be economic.
Mainland China sends mixed messages as island’s president-elect William Lai Ching-te prepares to take office, sending PLA planes in closest known fly-by while signalling goodwill through eased tourism and imports.
France is Chinese president’s first stop on Europe trip, and Beijing is pinning its hopes on Paris to push Brussels to adopt more ‘positive and pragmatic’ approach to China-EU ties.
Chinese embassy in Manila lauds ‘new model for management’ for Second Thomas Shoal supply missions ‘approved’ by Philippine chain of command’.
Group of 41, the first government-sponsored foreign students to enter North Korea since 2020, follows on heels of another 45 self-funded students.
Chinese embassy in Ottawa says Beijing has never interfered in Canada’s internal affairs and has no intention of doing so.
Chinese resource-backed loans were a lifeline for African economies but fluctuating commodity prices exposed a hidden danger.
South Korea’s durable K9 howitzers have attracted interest from Hanoi as it seeks to diversify from Russian arms.
After Beijing’s recent lifting of crippling wine tariffs that had been in effect since early in the pandemic, Chinese customers will need to be convinced to buy new stocks of Australian wine.
President Xi Jinping’s European trip comes amid barrage of EU trade and competition tools largely targeting Chinese firms, including dramatic raids in the Netherlands and Poland.
Coastguards based in Fujian have been increasingly active around the Taipei-held island since an incident when two fishermen died in February.
The Chinese foreign ministry has deplored Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call for reinstatement of Taipei’s observer status at this year’s meeting.
New Zimbabwe processing plants help create lithium supply chains for Beijing as other markets tighten.
In a first, legal action has been launched in China to hold Tokyo accountable for war crimes, lawyer says.
House Armed Services Committee hears Washington’s concerns that Moscow plans to arm a satellite with an ‘indiscriminate’ device.
Antony Blinken is the latest senior US official to visit China, but some analysts believe Washington needs to set out a clear vision for future relations.
20 companies based in mainland China and Hong Kong were among hundreds of entities hit by the wide-ranging move.
Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.
Diana Mondino’s delegation was the first official visit to China since the country’s Western-leaning government took office last year.