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A top US lawmaker said Wednesday he would visit Taiwan for the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te, a year after his last trip to the self-governing democracy provoked anger from China.

Defence deal signed by islands’ pro-Beijing president has ignited a row with powerful neighbour and benefactor

Leaders from Southeast Asia and Australia warned against actions that "endanger peace" in the South China Sea following fresh confrontations between Beijing and the Philippines in contested waters. France, another Pacific player, is concerned as well.

Yamamoto's postwar childhood in Japan shaped his interest in the interplay of architecture and community. The jury of the prestigious architecture award cited the intergenerational power of his work.

At the opening of the National People's Congress in Beijing this Tuesday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang outlined the government's major objectives for the economy in 2024. In this edition of Business Daily, we take a look at what Beijing is seeking to achieve this year and at the challenges posed…

Beijing's leadership on Tuesday laid out an objective of "around five percent" gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year -- a dream of many developed Western nations but for China a far cry from the breakneck expansion that powered its rise.

Despite the largest search in aviation history, which combed 120,000 square kilometers (46,332, square miles) of the sea floor of the southern Indian Ocean, only a few fragments of the Boeing 777-200ER plane have been found.

China's parliament opened its annual meeting with subdued pageantry on Tuesday as sleet and cloudy skies left delegates shivering under umbrellas.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered the country's annual government work report on Tuesday, laying out the ruling Communist Party's key aims for the year ahead.

China on Tuesday set a growth target of five percent, in line with last year's GDP but a far cry from the double-digit expansion that for years drove the world's second-largest economy.

Beijing sets one of its lowest targets in decades amid property crisis, slowing exports and population decline.