In quick succession, US President Donald Trump has taken out two of Beijing’s closest allies: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

China’s latest blueprint for driving growth in its economy was largely written before the U.S. and Israel instigated the most far-reaching war in the Middle East in decades. But when the Chinese premier stood up in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday to deliver the opening address,

President Donald Trump’s looming meeting with China's Xi Jinping will face new tensions after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed its China-friendly supreme leader.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned that efforts to seek regime change “lack public support.” “Facing a Middle East engulfed in conflict, I wish to say that this is a war that should never have happened,

China has set its lowest growth target in decades, acknowledging domestic challenges and pointing to global uncertainty.

China will boost defence spending by 7% in 2026, ⁠it ⁠said on Thursday, the lowest rate in five years but still ⁠outpacing wider economic growth targets and the rest of Asia at a time of growing regional tension,

The Chinese Communist Party has embraced the study of Greek and Latin—as, in some ways, an antidote to the modern West.

China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry’s reliance on Western technology.

China says it hopes this year will be a “landmark year” in relations with the United States, as the two sides prepare for an expected leaders’ summit later this month.