Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend China’s military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory in the Second World War and the War of Resistance against Japan, in Beijing on Wednesday (September 3, 2025). Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.(Reuters) The event will see participation from around 26 foreign leaders, underscoring Beijing’s push to project…
Vladimir Putin has hailed Russia’s “unprecedentedly” high level of ties with China, as dozens of leaders including the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, arrived in Beijing on the eve of a massive military parade. Putin called China’s leader, Xi Jinping, a “dear friend” after the two held talks at the Great Hall of the People…
We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump’s overhaul of State Department may play into Beijing’s hands for decades Illustration: Brian Wang The US effort to counter China’s…
By Polina Devitt and Kevin Yao LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) -Aggressive gold-buying by China’s central bank since 2023 has raised the question of how far Beijing will boost its reserves as it tries to reduce its reliance on the dollar and align its holdings with its status as the world’s second largest economy. Invest in Gold Powered…
SHENZHEN – Singapore and Shenzhen are gateways that can work together to spur investment between South-east Asia and China’s Greater Bay Area, with companies from the Republic keen to continue investing in the southern tech hub and in Greater China, said Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong. He invited Shenzhen’s firms to look at opportunities…
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and Mongolian President Ukhnagiin Khurelsukh (not seen) get together for a trilateral meeting in Beijing, China on September 2, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Russia and China on Tuesday signed a legally binding deal to build the long-delayed Power of Siberia 2…
A Chinese missile destroyer was seen passing by a Japanese island in the East China Sea, having nearly circled the country’s archipelago in a month-long sailing, Japan’s defence ministry said. According to the ministry, the Chinese navy’s Type 052D guided missile destroyer, also known as the Luyang-III class, bearing hull number 134, and its replenishment…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has warned that export controls alone are not an effective strategy to curb China’s development of artificial intelligence (AI). He’s absolutely right. China’s rapid ascendancy in the global AI race is becoming increasingly evident, driven by its strategic focus on engineering, application-driven development and alignment with national policy. While the US…
China is hosting a major military parade in capital Beijing on Wednesday, marking 80 years since the end of World War II. In the country’s largest ever military parade, Chinese President Xi Jinping will welcome world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, presenting China’s military prowess and vision…
Major social media platforms in China have introduced mandatory labels for AI-generated content in line with a new law that took effect on 2 September. Platforms including WeChat, Douyin, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, have begun displaying labels on text, images, audio, video, and other media created using generative artificial intelligence. These labels…