China

China to increase defense budget by 8.1% in 2018

Mar 05, 2018 07:30

China is set to increase its defense budget by 8.1 percent to 1.1 trillion yuan ($173 billion) in 2018, in an effort to further modernize the world’s largest army.
China ‘to retaliate any harm from Trump's tariff plan’

Mar 04, 2018 12:21

China says it will take counter-measures if a plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump to put tariffs on steel and aluminum imports harms Chinese economic interests.
China vows deeper friendship with Taiwan amid fury over US bill

Mar 03, 2018 10:49

A senior official of China’s ruling Communist Party has pledged deeper friendship with Taiwan just a day after state media warned that Beijing could wage a war on the self-ruled island if the US enacts a bill urging closer ties with Taipei.
China delays US request against North Korea at UN Security Council

Mar 03, 2018 06:19

China has postponed a US request for a UN Security Council committee to blacklist dozens of ships, companies and a Taiwanese individual over violation of sanctions against North Korea.
China media warn of ‘hell’ if Trump signs Taiwan bill

Mar 02, 2018 05:08

Chinese state media have warned that China can go to war if US President Donald Trump signs into law a bill that seeks to improve ties between the United States and Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing considers subject to its sovereignty.
China ‘strongly dissatisfied’ with US bill on Taiwan

Mar 01, 2018 10:17

China has expressed strong dissatisfaction with a newly-passed US Senate bill that aims to promote closer ties between the US and self-governing Taiwan, which China sees as part of its territory.
Are America’s hawks any good against China’s dragons?

Feb 25, 2018 13:33

The ongoing investigation by the US Congress and the FBI has a clear goal of representing China’s posture in the world as dangerous.
China’s ruling party proposes removing 2-term limit for presidents

Feb 25, 2018 09:27

China’s ruling Communist Party has proposed that the limit for presidents to serve only two terms be removed from the constitution.
China calls on US to stop 'mistaken actions' on North Korea

Feb 24, 2018 15:24

China has warned the United States that its wrong policies on North Korea could seriously undermine cooperation between Beijing and Washington to contain Pyongyang’s weapons program.
China to overtake US as biggest nuclear energy nation: IEA reports

Feb 24, 2018 10:49

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says China will surpass the United States to become the world’s largest nuclear power producer over the next two decades as Beijing is set to more than triple its nuclear energy capacity.