Annual Tsinghua poll shows most expect significant declines in America’s global influence within 10 years, but optimism about China’s growing global standing.
1 Oct 2024 - 8:00PM videocam
15 people are recovering in hospital and a man has been detained after supermarket assault motivated by ‘personal grievances’.
Claimants are competing for fish, oil and gas amid unresolved maritime boundaries and differing interpretations of law.
1 Oct 2024 - 9:00AM videocam
PLA Southern Theatre cites routine training activities near disputed South China Sea shoal in second such concurrent drill since August.
28 Sep 2024 - 7:00PM videocam
Advocate of ‘Asian Nato’ to counter China who also seeks more balanced US ties could ruffle feathers on either side of Pacific, analysts say.
28 Sep 2024 - 3:00PM videocam
Series of recent assaults on foreigners could harm country’s image and further set back Beijing’s attempts to lure more people to visit, observers say.
20 Sep 2024 - 10:44PM videocam
China hopes deeper economic cooperation with the two Gulf states can ‘catalyse’ such collaborations with the Middle East, observer says.
As Georgia Tech ends its association with Tianjin University, observers warn the ‘decoupling’ trend could ultimately impede US development.
10 Sep 2024 - 8:00PM videocam
China will be ‘forced to take corresponding measures’ if ‘intrusions’ continue, South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative says.
4 Sep 2024 - 11:08AM videocam
Manila’s alliance with the US may be one reason China is taking a much tougher stance, but Hanoi’s island-building could still be a problem.
10 Sep 2024 - 10:08AM videocam
The leader of the Taiwan People’s Party’s role in approving a shopping mall development while mayor of Taipei is under scrutiny.
30 Aug 2024 - 10:17PM videocam
After Tokyo envoy’s comments about recent clashes at Sabina Shoal, China urges Japan to reflect on its history and become a ‘trustworthy nation’.
29 Aug 2024 - 5:21PM videocam
Visiting Japanese delegate expresses concern over recent PLA incursion while veteran Chinese diplomat says relations are at a critical point.
28 Aug 2024 - 8:53PM videocam
Third face-off in a week sees Philippine vessels accused of ‘dangerously’ approaching Chinese coastguard ships on normal patrol at shoal.
26 Aug 2024 - 7:25PM videocam
The South China Sea shoal is of major strategic value for Manila – which Beijing is determined to head off.
21 Aug 2024 - 10:13PM videocam
No matter who replaces Kishida as Japan’s PM, experts predict Tokyo to double down on US alliance against Beijing – but uncertainties remain.
18 Aug 2024 - 6:00PM videocam
Decline in Bangkok’s military relations with long-time ally Washington has allowed Beijing to shore up cooperation and weapons sales.
The unmanned aircraft is the latest addition to attempts to exploit the potential of the ‘low-altitude economy’.
12 Aug 2024 - 5:20PM videocam
Fujian residents are the first group to visit the Taipei-governed islands since the Covid-19 pandemic.
11 Aug 2024 - 8:20PM videocam
Space is one of the major emerging sectors where the two countries have been working to boost cooperation.
9 Aug 2024 - 10:32PM videocam
Despite Beijing and Hanoi having overlapping claims, Vietnamese ship arrives at Guangdong port ‘to improve mutual understanding and trust’.
8 Aug 2024 - 3:25PM videocam
An article in leading party journal said the international system and legal framework was a ‘new battleground’ for global competition.
8 Aug 2024 - 1:47PM videocam
Hundreds of fishing vessels used as auxiliary forces are ‘floating pieces of sovereignty’ that help the PLA with surveillance, reclamation support and disaster relief.
5 Aug 2024 - 11:50AM videocam
Rival claimants in the disputed waterway have lodged submissions to the UN but experts say China may not want to follow suit.
5 Aug 2024 - 11:50AM videocam
Attack could derail recently brokered unity deal among 14 Palestinian factions, may have dealt devastating blow to Hamas, observers say.
31 Jul 2024 - 10:27PM videocam
Beijing protests again over security meetings between the US and Japanese foreign and defence ministers on the weekend.
30 Jul 2024 - 7:24PM videocam
President Xi Jinping makes appeal during Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit to Beijing.
29 Jul 2024 - 11:35PM videocam
Beijing fires back after US-Japan ‘2+2’ talks label China as ‘greatest’ Indo-Pacific challenge and Quad cites ‘coercion’ in South China Sea.
29 Jul 2024 - 8:21PM videocam
Dmytro Kuleba will begin a four-day visit to Beijing on Tuesday to discuss peace, and explore communication, trade and economic cooperation.
Hanoi’s request, which would give it the right to exploit natural resources if approved, comes a month after a similar move by the Philippines.