China vowed yesterday it will “never compromise” on Taiwan and told the United States to stop providing military aid, days ahead of a crucial election on the self-ruled island.

China congratulated Bangladesh for the successful holding of the 12th parliamentary election as planned, and felicitated Awami League for winning the election

China yesterday announced sanctions against five US defence firms in response to their involvement in arms sales to self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.

Taiwan’s defence ministry yesterday accused China of threatening aviation safety and waging psychological warfare on the island’s people with a recent spate of balloons spotted near or over the island, days before key Taiwanese elections.

Four Chinese balloons were detected moving across the median line separating Taiwan from China, with three flying directly above the island, Taipei’s defence ministry said yesterday.

Four Chinese balloons were detected moving across the median line separating Taiwan from China, with three flying directly above the island, Taipei's defence ministry said Wednesday

China's average temperature in 2023 was its hottest since records began, state media said citing officials Tuesday, capping a year of extreme weather events for the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

China’s President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulations with US President Joe Biden on the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, the Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday. Xi, in his message, said both countries have “weathered the storms and moved forward in general”, which has enhanced the well-being of their peoples and contributed to world peace, stability and prosperity, according to the ministry statement. Xi called China and US forming ties “a major event” in the history of bilateral relations and in international relations.

China’s “reunification” with Taiwan is inevitable, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year’s address yesterday, striking a stronger tone than he did last year with less than two weeks to go before the Chinese-claimed island elects a new leader.

China’s embassy in Myanmar yesterday urged its nationals to leave the Laukkai area in Kokang region in northern Myanmar as soon as possible, citing growing security risks.

Chinese state media yesterday accused the Philippines of repeatedly infringing on China’s territory in the South China Sea, spreading false information and colluding with extraterritorial forces to cause trouble.

One of China's most powerful earthquakes in recent years killed at least 149 people in a remote northwestern region, according to state media, with two people still missing after the magnitude 6.2 temblor hit a week ago

Taiwan’s defence ministry said yesterday that over the previous 24 hours it had detected eight Chinese fighter jets crossing over the median line of the Taiwan Strait, as well as one Chinese balloon.

Chinese police have shut down 34,000 online accounts and punished more than 6,300 people for allegedly spreading rumours as part of a crackdown launched in April, state media reported yesterday.

The toll from China’s deadliest earthquake in years rose to 148 today, state media reported, as authorities turned their attention to resettling thousands of people displaced by the disaster.

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck one of China’s poorest regions just before midnight on Monday, killing at least 127 people, injuring hundreds and bringing down mud houses in remote villages that never stood a chance.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin hailed his country’s relationship with China yesterday, declaring an “all-time high” in bilateral ties during a visit to the Chinese capital, according to readouts from both Moscow and Beijing.

China vowed yesterday to “take countermeasures” against companies involved in arms sales to Taiwan after the United States approved a $300-million deal to beef up the self-ruled island’s defences.

At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son

Old foes China and Vietnam, at odds over claims in the South China Sea, declared yesterday they want to boost ties and build a community with a “shared future”, just three months after Hanoi upgraded its formal relations with the United States.