China and France strengthen economic ties during Macron visitXi hails future of relationship between countries as leaders sign multimillion trade dealsTue Jan 09 2018 - 16:37
Chinese officials fear burning oil tanker may explodeConcerns for missing crew and environment as almost 42m gallons of crude oil on board tankerMon Jan 08 2018 - 12:47
Macron starts China visit with call for co-operation with EuropeFrench leader kicks off three-day visit at starting point of ancient Silk RoadMon Jan 08 2018 - 11:26
Cautious optimism as South and North Korea prepare to meetRivals to talk ahead of Winter Olympics against backdrop of Trump’s tauntsSun Jan 07 2018 - 17:25
The world in 2018: Brexit, US mid-terms, Korean unrestFrom Trump to tragedy, Kim Jong-un to a royal wedding, a compelling roundup from an at times incredible yearSat Dec 30 2017 - 06:00
Xi Jinping looking strong but China’s challenges remainThe supreme leader needs to keep an eye on domestic and overseas issuesThu Dec 28 2017 - 02:00
South Korea’s Moon calls for ‘true partnership’ with ChinaTravelling South Korean journalists beaten up by security during trade meetingThu Dec 14 2017 - 15:22
Five dead, nine injured in fire in Beijing migrant worker housingBlaze occurs despite evictions and safety campaign in unapproved housingWed Dec 13 2017 - 13:00
Xi Jinping to discuss nuclear crisis with South Korea’s MoonMoon Jae-in to go to Beijing in effort to repair trade links damaged by missile defence rowMon Dec 11 2017 - 16:30
China will invade Taiwan if US sends ships there, says diplomatComments spark verbal sparring across strait of TaiwanMon Dec 11 2017 - 15:03
North Korea nuclear threat ‘real and advanced’, says South KoreaDiplomatic efforts continue against a backdrop of warlike rhetoricFri Dec 08 2017 - 12:09
Controversy as Chinese paper publishes nuclear survival guideArticle reflects growing concern in China about neighbouring North KoreaThu Dec 07 2017 - 12:38
Senior UN official visits North Korea in fresh push to curb crisisPolitical chief Jeffrey Feltman's visit follows Pyongyang's test of most powerful missile yetTue Dec 05 2017 - 15:27
Stealth bombers join biggest ever US air combat drill over KoreaSimulated attacks on North Korean missile targets plannedMon Dec 04 2017 - 15:36
South Korea says North’s rocket can reach WashingtonSeoul believes Pyongyang has not developed vital nuclear warhead-delivery capability yetFri Dec 01 2017 - 17:46
Ridding Korea of nuclear weapons China’s ‘unswerving goal’Xi stresses dialogue remains way forward after Pyongyang carries out missile launchThu Nov 30 2017 - 15:50
Beijingers unhappy over eviction of migrant workersPublic anger in China as officials insist unsafe housing needed to be demolishedTue Nov 28 2017 - 17:48
China jails Taiwanese rights activist for state subversionTaiwan president’s office says Lee Ming-che sentence ‘totally unacceptable’Tue Nov 28 2017 - 06:49
Xi Jinping plans to revolutionise China’s toilets to boost tourismModern, western-style lavatories deemed part of progress in Chinese quality of lifeMon Nov 27 2017 - 18:30
Police detain teacher after accusations of abuse at Beijing kindergartenChina's cabinet orders nationwide investigation into pre-school facilitiesMon Nov 27 2017 - 18:17
Nuclear weapons solely intended for US, claims North KoreaRi Jong-hyok says missile project is ‘sword of justice’ aimed at fighting the United StatesMon Nov 27 2017 - 18:14
Chinese nursery chain ‘sorry’ after reports of children being druggedParents claim toddlers were molested, spiked with needles and drugged with pillsFri Nov 24 2017 - 08:49
North Korean isolation deepens as Air China suspends flightsMove on flights to Pyongyang comes after US put North Korea back on terrorist blacklistWed Nov 22 2017 - 12:30
China’s former top internet czar faces corruption investigationLu Wei is first ‘tiger’ to be taken down since Communist Party congress, says watchdogWed Nov 22 2017 - 11:00
Tibetan protest sparks walk-off during football game in GermanyChinese government backs move by under-20s team but Germans claim free speechTue Nov 21 2017 - 17:10
Chinese surgeon plans first head transplant after corpse successRen Xiaoping working on timeframe for first procedure on a living humanTue Nov 21 2017 - 15:04
Bright lights, big city, bigger plans: Jim McGuinness in BeijingThe ‘Irish Times’ columnist is helping to revolutionise the Chinese Super League teamSat Nov 11 2017 - 10:00
Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan and the Fate of US Power in the Pacific Century by Richard McGregor review: ‘Unatural intimacies’‘It will be more difficult to settle relations of hostility between the Japanese and Chinese peoples,’ Mao told Kissinger, ‘than between us and you’Sat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
Bromance in the air, gaffes in the past: Trump’s charmed Asia tourFinding a resolution to the North Korean nuclear crisis and addressing hefty trade imbalances were the main objectives for this Asian visitSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
China can fix North Korea problem ‘easily and quickly’, Trump saysUS president attacks ‘huge’ trade deficit but says he blames predecessors, not ChinaThu Nov 09 2017 - 12:28
Trump relishes platform with Xi as China visit beginsFocus on softer diplomacy with Forbidden City visit and tea ceremonyWed Nov 08 2017 - 13:40
‘Don’t try us’: Trump warns North Korea of US military capabilitiesUS president describes North Korea as a ‘hell no person deserves’ in Seoul speechWed Nov 08 2017 - 07:52
Trump ‘hopes to God’ not to use US military against North KoreaWhile warning of US firepower, president also adopts conciliatory tone in South KoreaTue Nov 07 2017 - 13:44
China unveils ‘magic island maker’ dredger ahead of Trump visitShip a boost for territorial claims in South China Sea, which is source of regional tensionsMon Nov 06 2017 - 12:01
North Korea and trade on the agenda as Trump goes to AsiaLengthy Asian tour will be a test of US president’s diplomatic skills – and his patienceSat Nov 04 2017 - 01:00
Xi calls for stronger relations between China and North KoreaTies between long-time allies strained by North Korean nuclear programmeThu Nov 02 2017 - 13:35
China considers three-year jail term for insulting national anthemRules may also apply in Hong Kong and Macau, sparking fears of greater encroachmentWed Nov 01 2017 - 12:35
China warns US against trying to contain its regional riseAmbassador says Trump's visit to China next week offers a major opportunityTue Oct 31 2017 - 13:31
China and South Korea repair ties after missile defence spatPresident Xi Jinping will meet Moon Jae-in in Vietnam next week after Thaad system rowTue Oct 31 2017 - 13:18
China’s Xi Jinping steps up anti-corruption driveNationwide crackdown on ‘schemers and plotters’ to include non-party membersMon Oct 30 2017 - 17:09
Chinese agency denies working Russian teen model to death14-year-old girl dies in hospital after lengthy catwalk show at Shanghai Fashion WeekMon Oct 30 2017 - 13:03
Xi Jinping: all-powerful, all-popularXi Jinping enjoys high approval among China’s youth – helped by censorship and political apathySat Oct 28 2017 - 06:00
Academic convicted of defaming wartime sex slaves in KoreaProf Park Yu-ha said not all ‘comfort women’ were forced into brothelsFri Oct 27 2017 - 15:31
Pentagon chief says US goal in North Korea is diplomacy, not warJames Mattis says North Korean nuclear weapons ‘threaten others with catastrophe’Fri Oct 27 2017 - 14:10
N Korea’s hydrogen bomb threat should be taken ‘literally’– diplomatSabre-rattling intensifies ahead of Trump’s visit to Asia in early NovemberThu Oct 26 2017 - 06:39
Meet the seven men at the apex of power in ChinaXi Jinping’s leadership committee will dictate Chinese policy for the next five yearsWed Oct 25 2017 - 15:51
Xi Jinping's elevated status on display after China congress power playFocusing on Xi, Chinese communists seem to be moving from collective leadership eraWed Oct 25 2017 - 09:00
Chinese president strengthens position with new leadership line-upAbsence of successor on panel raises prospect of president staying beyond 2020Wed Oct 25 2017 - 08:42
A victory for China’s leader – but what is ‘Xi Jinping Thought’?With his theory accepted into the constitution, the president’s hand will be on everythingTue Oct 24 2017 - 16:13
Xi Jinping becomes most powerful Chinese leader since Mao‘Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism’ enshrined in constitution at Communist Party congressTue Oct 24 2017 - 09:18
