China is seeking a bigger role in the Middle East arms trade, with a major state-owned shipbuilder opening an office there and exporters showing hi-tech weapons " including an advanced killer robot ship " at a regional defence expo last week. Militar

China is expected to sharply boost purchases of US agricultural products and open its electronic payment market to Visa and MasterCard as part of commitments aimed at extending a trade war truce, a source familiar with the talks said. Trump met Liu i

China and the United States began a fresh round of high-level talks in Washington on Thursday, amid reports of progress in their bid to nail down a meaningful deal ahead of the deadline for an agreement to end their trade war. Time is running short t

Prominent China policy analysts clashed on Tuesday in New York over Washington's portrayal of the country as a strategic competitor, a designation that has defined US President Donald Trump's hard-line approach to Beijing since he started a bilateral

Chinese and US negotiators are facing a critical moment in the next two weeks as the two sides try to keep a lid on tensions and reach a deal to end the trade war. Officials from both sides said progress was made in the latest round of talks that wra

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that trade negotiations with China were going well, as a week of discussions wrapped up in Beijing with positive comments from participants but no tangible outcomes. Talks were "going extremely well", Trump sa

With the Chinese economy slowing, concern has increased among Chinese policymakers about the outlook for employment, since ensuring sufficient employment is seen as a necessary ingredient in maintaining social stability in the country. Employment was

A double-decker bus and a light rail train collided in Tuen Mun in the New Territories late on Thursday, causing the temporary closure of a road and six rail stops. The incident occurred at about 11pm at the junction of Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road an

Chinese and American negotiators remain far apart on a key US demand meant to ensure Beijing honours any commitment to equal market access and intellectual property protection " an issue the US team sees as crucial in reaching a deal to end the month

Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He came to Washington at the end of January for two days of negotiations and a meeting with US President Donald Trump in search of a trade war breakthrough. But Bai Jiemin, a former businessman from China now living under pol

A Hong Kong cab driver died on Wednesday night after crashing into a traffic barrier on the West Kowloon Corridor near Cheung Sha Wan. Two female passengers in the taxi escaped uninjured, according to local media. Police said the force received a rep

China's peak military body will deploy inspectors and set up a new oversight system to strengthen military training and the combat readiness of the People's Liberation Army. "The regulation formulates measures to rectify practices that are inconsiste

US President Donald Trump will consider pushing back a March 1 deadline for trade negotiations with China if both sides are close to making a deal, he told reporters on Tuesday. "But generally speaking, I'm not inclined to do that," he added. A move

China's move away from market-oriented reforms has undermined the country's economy, and Beijing's leaders must reverse course soon to prevent a tailspin, a prominent US economist has warned. The resurgence of China's state sector follows a series of

Anyone supposing Huawei products are spying on them or that they are a security risk hasn't given any thought to the technology already around them. Apple and Samsung smartphones, voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, Facebook and Google, among so ma

Hong Kong customs seized HK$130 million (US$16.7 million) of items in an almost month-long effort to tackle cross-boundary smuggling ahead of and during the Lunar New Year. During the 27-day operation, which started on January 14 and concluded on Feb

China is considering equipping its only serving aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, with a hi-tech launch system that will render its ski-jump flight deck obsolete and create a platform for training pilots in the latest naval aviation skills. A retired P

It's time for a victory lap for Xi Wuyi. She has finally "won" against "Islamic extremists" she has been fighting for years. A few days before the start of the Lunar New Year, People's Daily, the Communist Party's official newspaper, sent out a new y

China might come under pressure to reconsider its long-standing "no first use" nuclear policy as it engages in a maritime arms race with the United States, analysts have warned. Nuclear competition is brewing between the two countries as China makes

The United States and its allies should strengthen their investments in Asia's digital economy to counter China's increasing presence in the region, experts from the US and Japan have said. The comments, made during a discussion titled "China's Digit

A man died during a dive in Hong Kong's southern waters on Sunday night. A friend found him unconscious shortly after he went into the water. The diver was rushed back to shore at Blake Pier in Stanley. The Hong Kong man, in his 40s, was taken to Pam

China's Vice-Premier Liu He is expected to extend an invitation to US President Donald Trump to meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for further trade talks when the two meet in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, according to a US business l

Mainland Chinese manufacturers have refused to print certain Lunar New Year products containing political slogans or satire, according to Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp. Localist group Demosisto claimed a mainland printing company, commissioned by a

Canada said on Tuesday that it has received a formal request from the United States to extradite Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies. On Monday, US law enforcement officials announced 23 crimi

With the US dominating in the soft power stakes, China should focus on young Americans who take a more positive view of the country to improve cultural ties, according to scholars and officials. That was the consensus at a seminar in Beijing last wee

China will host a key nuclear weapons meeting in Beijing next week, the outcome of which could affect efforts to stop the spread of nuclear arms around the globe. The meeting on Wednesday of five major nuclear powers " China, France, Russia, Britain