Every time Xi Jinping disappears, the Western rumour mill explodes—coup, illness, collapse. But the headlines rarely hold up. What if the real story isn't about where Xi goes, but why the West keeps ...

Australia's peak business lobby has played down concerns over Chinese economic coercion, saying increased trade between the ...

Gyaltsen Norbu, appointed by China, seeks to promote Communist control over Tibetan Buddhism, which raises alarm among ...

North Korea has released a luxury cigarette gift set branded with the magpie, the country’s national bird. After positioning ...

In a system built on secrecy, no one knows the reality behind the scenes, but there are signs China’s leader could be in ...

He does not live at the Panchen Lama’s traditional seat, Tashi Lunpo monastery in Tibet’s Shigatse city, but in Beijing and ...

Gyaltsen Norbu, who is rarely seen in public, met behind closed doors with Mr Xi in Zhongnanhai, the government compound in the centre of Beijing, about 2,300 miles from his home monastery of ...

State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting ...

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Gyaltsen Norbu, the Chinese government-appointed 11th Panchen Lama, presents a hada to Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Zhongnanhai leadership ...