The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Visit takes place amid Israel-Hamas war and escalating tensions in the disputed South China Sea.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the Hamas attack had been traumatic for Israel but that it also was a disaster for the Palestinian people. "Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people," Macrontold reporters alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in the West Bank, following a meeting…

Touring the Middle East, Beijing’s special envoy Zhai Jun expresses concern about risk of widening conflict.

Australia will continue to push for the removal of restrictions on lobster and beef exports after a breakthrough on the trade dispute with Beijing over wine.

As China prepares for possible conflict with Taiwan, the US, some see such a confrontation as unnecessary, unwinnable.

A delay could be retaliation for new U.S. controls on sales of advanced AI chips to China.

Pentagon’s annual report says China has more than 500 nuclear warheads and is likely to double that by 2030.

Government also presses for removal of imposts on wine ahead of Anthony Albanese’s visit to Beijing next month

A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is on track to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2030 and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like