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Ming Ming and Ping Ping drew 400,000 visitors over 100-day visit in 1986 – but Chinese officials declined Late Late appearance

Vote comes amid heightened tension between China and Japan after comments by Sanae Takaichi

New Delhi says it is adding a new naval warship or submarine every 40 days as a counter to Beijing’s Indian Ocean assertiveness

Faced with challenges from US and China, the EU is currently acting like a rabbit in the headlights with no appropriate strategic response

Beijing denounces US senate approval of $10 billion in arms sales to Taiwan

Latest attack in Pacific brings death toll to 99 since US began campaign in September

Recognising a market opportunity isn’t enough, political insulation is now a necessity for companies taking risks

Former media tycoon’s case came under draconian National Security Law that supersedes city’s common law procedures

Three charges of sedition and foreign collusion carry a maximum sentence of life in prison

José Antonio Kast, who won Sunday’s presidential election, is ideologically aligned with Trump, but China is Chile’s biggest trading partner

It’s all but certain now that the EU will change its proposed rules and allow some combustion-engined cars and vans to be sold after 2035

Credibility of US security guarantee in Pacific left in question by disdainful comments about Europe

Without affordable housing, visas and coherent ICT infrastructure, artificial intelligence researchers will move overseas, say experts

Inspection comes as bloc plans ‌to crack down on low-value ecommerce shipments

President’s move comes despite warnings from Capitol Hill that it will supercharge Beijing’s advance in AI technology

Chinese bestseller has been touted as an everyman’s capitalism critique

Trump administration’s recently published security strategy is hostile to the EU and no longer identifies Russia as an adversary

Document blames European officials for thwarting US efforts to end the war in Ukraine

Thousands queue to mourn victims, highlighting tensions between public grief and Beijing’s strict controls on dissent

Farming and forestry responsible for 38% of State’s total output of gases linked to climate change

More than 40 people still missing but some bodies ‘have turned into ash’, says police chief

Man says he will be ‘persecuted and tortured’ should he be sent to China as he is a symbol of Tibetan culture

Will the US or China abandon their current follies sooner?

IDA’s MD for China pointed to a map of Europe: `That place that looks like a teddy bear ... that’s Ireland’

With no fire alarms sounding, some received calls from relatives elsewhere who urged them to quickly evacuate

The complex where the fire started is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing 2,000 apartments

Alibaba and ByteDance shift development to south-east Asia to sidestep US curbs

African countries are demanding deals that will allow more mineral processing to be done locally

Paschal Donohoe on superstar economist Branko Milanovic’s new work

Tokyo and Beijing in standoff following Japanese prime minister’s remarks about Taiwan

A draft communique from Istanbul talks in 2022 offered Ukraine a more robust security guarantee and did not involve sweeping territorial concessions

China may be taking advantage of wavering US commitment to defend Taiwan in its spat with Japan

Rachel Maguire’s label has been attracting superstar fans like Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion

A country run by engineers will build and accelerate into the future, while one run by lawyers will litigate and decelerate

Tokyo faces travel bans, trade restrictions and mounting pressure after PM’s remarks on Taiwan

Nexperia microchips becoming a political football means your 261-registered car could be delayed

Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is suspected of approving 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Netanyahu reiterates ‘opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed’ in response to far-right ministers

China’s foreign ministry says Sanae Takaichi must withdraw suggestion that Japan could send troops to assist Taiwan if Beijing attacked

US is creating an opportunity for other global players to step in by skipping summit in South Africa