China accounted for about 5 percent, or $441.8 billion, of the $8.8 trillion in public external debt owed by all low- and middle-income countries, according to data from the World Bank's 2024 report ...

In 2023, the Philippine coast guard accused its Chinese counterpart of deploying a high-powered laser against one of its ships near the Philippine-controlled Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea ...

A new Pew survey of people in 39 countries from around the world finds that people tend to have a more favorable view of the United States than they do of China, but with wide variations across ...

China’s outsize energy needs and its reliance on overseas suppliers have underpinned its foreign policy for decades. Now those needs are changing. The planet’s largest oil and coal importer ...

China's military modernization and self-reliance reshape global arms trade, though political barriers limit exports beyond traditional allies.

For the red carpet occasion, Johansson wore a classic red dress by Prada, subtly nodding to China's tradition of red. In China, red is a symbol of the sun and is associated with festivities and ...

In numbers of planes—2,900—Red China boasts the world’s third largest air force, but it would not last long in combat, since the planes are largely Russian castoffs, and the air arm is ...

China has completed work on a nationwide ecological protection "red line" aimed at preserving its ecosystems and reversing some of the damage from rapid urbanisation and industrial growth, a ...

Germany has summoned the Chinese ambassador after a Chinese warship targeted a German military aircraft with a laser in the ...

The blood often belonged to the Red Guards themselves. As the movement spread, so did the violence. Red Guard units from Peking fought with reluctant local party leaders and on several occasions ...

India led regional protests to the map, which lays claim to disputed territory in the Himalayas, as well as almost all of the strategically important South China Sea.

China hopes relevant parties can see its 2023 edition of a standard national map in an "objective and rational" way, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.