The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

The meeting between the United States' Lloyd Austin and China's Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue was the first substantive face-to-face talks between the two defence chiefs in 18 months.

The US and Chinese defence chiefs were in Singapore on Friday for a major security forum where they are set to hold rare direct talks, with Taiwan and other flashpoint disputes expected to dominate the three-day event.

Slovenian lawmakers will vote on Tuesday on whether to recognise a Palestinian state, the parliament speaker said Thursday, just two days after Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognised it in a coordinated decision. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said he hoped Slovenian lawmakers would reject this move, saying a yes…

The EU faces a delicate balancing act as it prepares to rev up taxes on Chinese electric cars to protect European industry, while steering clear of a US-style showdown with Beijing that could spark a trade war.

Hong Kong's 'Hong Kong 47' trial results in guilty verdicts for 14 democracy figures, reshaping the city's political landscape under Beijing's national sec...

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an international peace conference focused on the Israel-Hamas war and promised more humanitarian aid as he opened a summit with Arab leaders

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists charged in the city’s biggest national security case will begin to hear their verdicts as early as Thursday

Chinese President Xi Jinping will on Thursday address Arab leaders and diplomats at a forum in Beijing, seeking to deepen ties with the region and speak with a "common voice" on the conflict in Gaza.

The trial of prominent democracy activists and politicians, arrested in 2021, is the largest under China’s security law.