The Latest Breaking News on China

France's public debt is very much in the spotlight. The country's recently appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, calls it a "sword of Damocles" hanging over future generations. Indeed, for many countries, paying interest on the national debt deprives them of investing in education, healthcare, research and so on. Similar debates…

Exclusive: A group of indigenous Chagossians are planning to stage a protest over the decision to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius, The Independent understands, accusing the government of excluding them from talks

Envoy Jonathan Powell also slams critics of the pact, which he says was first negotiated by the Tories, stressing it’s ‘rubbish’ to claim China will benefit

Hungary's prime minister says the European Union risks entering an “economic cold war” with China, and is pledging to vote against an EU plan to impose higher tariffs on the import of Chinese electric vehicles

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba warned in his first policy speech Friday that "today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia" while also dubbing the country's low birth rate a "quiet emergency".

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked

RIGHT-WING politicians have been left fuming at the UK Government’s announcement it is handing over control of islands said to have been…

Vietnam has condemned China while saying that Chinese law enforcement personnel assaulted 10 Vietnamese fishermen, damaged their fishing gear and seized about 4 tons of fish catch near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea

Intelligence agency is trying to reach out to disaffected individuals after successful campaign to enlist Russians

U.S. authorities have charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks

CIA offers online instructions in Korean, Mandarin, and Farsi for secure communication with potential informants in authoritarian regimes.