US President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea it would face a nuclear response and the “end” of the leadership there if Pyongyang uses its own arsenal.

Defence Ministers of India and China today held talks in New Delhi as the two leaders had “frank” discussions about the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh

China is pushing ahead with the largest-ever expansion of its nuclear arsenal, modernising the atomic deterrent with an eye on any future conflicts with the United States, experts say.

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir, who is in China on a four-day official visit, called on the commander of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) yesterday.

China yesterday slammed a speech by Britain’s foreign secretary that warned Beijing against any attack on Taiwan and raised human rights concerns, accusing London of “clinging to the past”.

The death toll in a fire that ripped through a hospital in China's capital Beijing has risen to 29, a city official said Wednesday

China’s foreign minister told his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks, state media Xinhua reported yesterday.

China’s President Xi Jinping called on the country’s armed forces to “strengthen military training oriented towards actual combat”, state media reported yesterday, after Beijing conducted military drills intended to intimidate Taiwan.

Chinese warplanes and navy ships were still in the waters around Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said yesterday after the end of three days of war games, as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen criticised Beijing for its “irresponsible” behaviour.

China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan yesterday saying they had tested integrated military capabilities under actual combat conditions, having practised precision strikes and blockading the island that Beijing views as its own.

As China launches three days of military drills around Taiwan, AFP looks at the history of relations between the self-ruled island and Beijing:

Seventy-one Chinese military aircraft crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait yesterday as China began drills around Taiwan in anger at President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the US House of Representatives.

China sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day yesterday and said the island remains its “inseparable part”, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

China has imposed further sanctions on Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the United States, prohibiting her and family members from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, state media reported today..The sanctions, announced by China's Taiwan Affairs Office, also prohibit

India and China broke into fresh diplomatic sparring yesterday, accusing each other of creating visa hassles for their journalists posted in New Delhi and Beijing. The exchange came days after India objected to China renaming or “standardizing” names of

China deployed warships through waters around Taiwan yesterday as it vowed a “firm and forceful” response to the island’s president meeting US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that China had a “major role” to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, as he kicked off a three-day visit to Beijing.

China yesterday warned US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy not to “repeat disastrous past mistakes” by meeting Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, saying it would not help regional peace and stability, only unite the Chinese people against a common enemy.

Ten Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, normally an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan’s defence ministry said yesterday, as Beijing continues its military activities near the island.

Nine Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line yesterday carrying out combat readiness patrols, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, days after Beijing threatened retaliation if President Tsai Ing-wen meets US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.