The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

The foreign minister set off with the aim of both ‘standing up for our values’ and securing profitable trade. He failed at both, says foreign policy commentator Simon Tisdall

The move is likely to anger Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory.

UK’s James Cleverly is latest to travel to Beijing hoping to improve ties and change Chinese foreign policy

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says she warned Chinese leaders that U.S. businesses might stop investing in their country without prompt action to address complaints about worsening conditions due to raids on firms, unexplained fines and unpredictable official behavior

China defends new map, asks India to "refrain from over-interpreting" it. Beijing says it's a "routine practice" to exercise sovereignty in accordance with the law. India's External Affairs Minister says govt. is "very clear" about its territory and "absurd claims" won't make it theirs.

Britain’s China policy tells a tale of confusion. Long gone are the chummy images of David Cameron and Xi Jinping sampling local ales in Buckinghamshire. Yet the Government does not seem quite as keen as the United States to turbocharge “decoupling” or “derisking” from Beijing. Instead, it is pursuing a…

James Cleverly said that the UK was ‘clear-eyed’ that China would not change ‘overnight’.

The Foreign Secretary said meeting Chinese officials is important to avoid misunderstandings between Beijing and London.

On trip to Beijing, James Cleverly says Britain is ‘clear-eyed’ about its disagreements with world’s second largest economy