The key issue, economists say, is boosting productivity, something that requires a change in government incentives.

Russia has deployed its first weapon made entirely of Chinese parts into the Ukrainian airspace in a bid to spook Kiev's air defences.

In an unusual move, former prime minister Scott Morrison told a US Congressional committee that China’s trade bans on Australia were meant as a warning.

The head of a German think tank sanctioned by Beijing four years ago has returned from a trip to China, suggesting that travel restrictions on the organisation may be easing. Mikko Huotari, the executive director of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics) was in Beijing from July 14 to 17,

The upcoming EU-China summit in Beijing is set to be dominated by growing tensions over China’s support for Russia, a ballooning trade deficit, and the looming threat of a transatlantic trade war.

North Asia correspondent Jessica Sier and Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor on whether Panda diplomacy works and why Beijing needs a succession plan.

Beijing blocked a U.S. federal employee from leaving China after they traveled to the country in a personal capacity, the State Department confirmed Tuesday. The employee, who works for the U.S.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that it did not rule out the possibility of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump if the Russian and U.S. presidents were both in Beijing at the same time in September.

Pony.ai Inc (NASDAQ:PONY) shares rose 5.2% after the autonomous driving company announced it has begun road testing its seventh-generation BAIC Robotaxi in Beijing. The new Gen-7 fleet is now operating within Beijing’s High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone,