Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger as an “old friend” as the two met in Beijing yesterday.

Climate change is a “universal threat” that should be handled separately from broader diplomatic issues, US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng yesterday after two days of what he called constructive but complex talks.

China and the United States could use climate cooperation to redefine their troubled relationship and lead the way in tackling global warming, US climate envoy John Kerry told senior Chinese officials yesterday.

A record 16 Chinese warships were spotted in waters around Taiwan in a 24-hour period late last week, the island’s Defense Ministry reported, in what analysts said was the latest sign of an intimidation campaign against Taipei by China’s ruling Communist Party.

A remote township in China's arid northwest endured temperatures of more than 52°C (126°F) on Sunday, state media reported, setting a record for a country that was battling minus 50°C weather just six months ago

Chinese naval vessels set sail this weekend to participate in joint manoeuvres with the Russian military, Chinese defence authorities said yesterday.

Germany’s tougher new approach to managing its relationship with China would increase “man-made risks” and “exacerbate divisions” in the world, Beijing said yesterday.

A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province yesterday, killing six people and injuring one, triggering an outpouring of concern about violence against children at school.

China and Russia need to “lead the correct direction of global governance reform”, according to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who hailed the two countries’ partnership at a meeting with a top Russian politician in Beijing yesterday, state media reported.

China and Russia need to "lead the correct direction of global governance reform", according to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who hailed the two countries' partnership at a meeting with a top Russian politician in Beijing today, state media reported

Six people were killed and one wounded in an attack at a kindergarten in Lianjiang in south China's Guangdong province on Monday, a spokeswoman for the city government said

Chinese regulators said yesterday they had fined fintech giant Ant Group almost $1 billion for “illegal acts” and handed an affiliate of rival Tencent a $415 million penalty, adding that a long-running crackdown on tech firms was drawing to a close.

China has launched its first homegrown open-source operating system for computers, state media said yesterday, as Beijing seeks to reduce its foreign dependence at a time of increased rivalry with the United States.

Torrential rain has killed 15 people in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, media reported

China’s Xi Jinping yesterday urged the leaders of Russia, Iran and other Shanghai alliance states to boost ties and resist sanctions, as Vladimir Putin thanked the bloc for support during a failed rebellion.

China, Japan and South Korea need to send a clear signal of regrouping towards co-operation, and resist “the coercion of bullying and domination”, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, said yesterday, in an apparent swipe at the United States.

The US dollar’s protracted smile is making China and Japan uncomfortable.

China’s foreign minister Qin Gang met with Russia’s deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko in Beijing yesterday, China said, in the first public meeting of diplomats from the two countries since mutinous mercenaries threatened to storm the Russian capital.

Beijing criticised US authorities yesterday for charging four Chinese companies and eight individuals with trafficking chemicals used in manufacturing fentanyl, calling the arrests “arbitrary detention”.

Eight Chinese war planes crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line and approached close to the island’s contiguous zone that is 24 nautical miles (44 km) off its coast yesterday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in a further rise in tensions.