China

The Asian superpower’s president was speaking at the conclusion of the Two Sessions of the National People’s Congress in Beijing

Weeklong meeting of NPC saw Xi elected to third term as president and Li Qiang chosen as premier

Appointment comes a day after Xi (69) secured a third five-year term as state leader

Embassies to be reopened seven years after relations were severed

Minister for Environment begins week-long visit to Shanghai, Hong Kong and Beijing

Leader sworn in as country faces economic challenges and rising tensions with US

After last year’s protests and the scrapping of zero-Covid, China’s president is looking to tighten the party’s control over the country’s policy levers

Foreign minister says Washington is trying to build an Asian version of Nato to target China

Foreign minister Qin Gang says Washington is trying to build an Asian version of Nato to target China

While the US and China are locked in a diplomatic ‘long Covid’, the world remains ill-prepared for the next pandemic

Outgoing premier reaffirms Beijing’s commitment to reunification with Taiwan through peaceful means

Denis Staunton reviews new books by Gilbert Achcar and Philip Snow, both of which offer timely and important perspectives on key geopolitical relationships

India and other non-Western powers see Russia as similar to them and do not need to fear it

The country’s most important annual conference opens on Saturday, with Xi Jinping preparing to tighten grip on political power while Washington declares an ‘existential struggle’, writes Denis Staunton

Party leadership is taking special measures to avoid a re-run of last year’s demonstrations

Foreign ministry says Washington should stop accusing others of behaviour it was itself guilty of

Group representing foreign correspondents says authorities cited pandemic health restrictions to impede journalists

Christopher Wray’s high-profile public comment highlights the divide within the US intelligence community about the origins of the pandemic

Companies will also be prohibited from using the money from $39bn Chips Act fund for share buybacks or dividend payments

The conclusion, which the US energy department made with ‘low confidence’, came as intelligence agencies remained divided over the origins of coronavirus

Committee calls for display of loyalty from CCP members in run-up to big political meeting

National security adviser declines to confirm intelligence but says Joe Biden had ordered that US national labs be brought into effort to determine Covid’s origin

Beijing frustrated by Europeans’ pestering about conflict, noting that ‘US is the number one warmonger in world’

Captain of French-registered ship rejects claim he was travelling at ‘dangerous’ speed when trawler collided with another vessel almost causing ‘environmental disaster’

EU digs in on backing Kyiv on grim one-year anniversary since Russian tanks rolled in

Beijing warns Moscow against use of nuclear weapons

Beijing is battling to get the global upper hand by mining rare earths from the seabed

About 900 rescue workers attended the scene as investigations into cause of disaster got under way

Unthinkable: Citizens should be encouraged ‘to be critical of the news’, says historian Peter Burke, author of Ignorance: A Global History

Russian and Chinese vessels to take part in activities off South African coast from Friday

Ora’s oddly named Funky Cat arrives in Ireland from China – with added German DNA – take on the electric establishment

Foreign minister says China will work with international community to find peaceful resolution to the conflict

Move follows tense meeting over alleged spy balloons

China’s top diplomat accuses US of ‘renewed Cold War mentality’, claiming ‘some forces’ don’t want war in Ukraine ‘to end soon’

Chinese diplomat tells Munich summit of need to uphold territorial integrity but also of respecting Russia’s legitimate security interests

The US and China seem prepared to talk, but trust levels, which were already low, have plummeted

Tokyo conference hears that view of ‘benign’ China constitutes a dangerous and misplaced global assumption

Former British prime minister raises the alarm about Beijing’s sabre rattling towards ‘renegade’ Taiwan

French luxury group’s full-year profit rises 38% to €3.4bn despite Covid disruption

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