Chinese tourists visiting South Korea have surged this year, with travellers drawn by sites linked to boy band BTS and Korean television series Welcome to Samdal-ri.
Beijing’s actions, not US pressure, has led Berlin from ‘partnership and cooperation to more competition’, Thomas Bagger of the German foreign ministry contends.
Beijing was urged to use its influence to end the ‘increasingly dangerous military cooperation’ between Moscow and Pyongyang.
‘The concept of peaceful coexistence is very laudable as a long-term aspirational goal. But I think it’s a bridge too far in today’s environment,’ one expert concludes.
The two candidates differ only in how they will wage strategic competition against China, and Beijing must ‘prepare for both scenarios’, observers say.
Presidents of the two countries sign plan to expand cooperation on trade and technology.
China will never seek hegemony on basis of strength, President Xi Jinping says in marking 70th anniversary of ‘Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence’.
The samples, collected from the unexplored far side of the moon, were handed over to the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Friday.
Ambassador Lu Shaye tells a French audience that Taiwan must be reunited with the mainland, if not peacefully, ‘then by non-peaceful means’.
Items handed over to Chinese envoy in Buenos Aires represent first such gesture under a 2018 bilateral agreement on cultural property.
Expulsions and investigations of ex-defence ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe suggest deep frustration in Communist Party leadership, analysts say.
Suzhou police salute ‘righteous and courageous’ Hu Youping, saying her ‘great act of justice’ prevented more people being hurt.
Joe Biden took aim at Donald Trump’s proposed tariff hikes during their first debate of 2024, while Trump accused the US president of being ‘afraid’ to deal with China and raising the risk of global conflict.
Manila has signalled it hopes for talks next months after a series of clashes in disputed waters this year.
Design details have emerged of China’s newest military aircraft that combines a fighter jet with two drones.
The retired academic speaks out about his country’s legal system, political reform, private enterprise protection, nationalism and why 2008 was China’s ‘first year’.
Analysts say PLA is narrowing gap with drones and hypersonic missiles. But can it compete with Washington’s growing Pacific alliances?
Chinese in the state sector and beyond face stiffer overseas travel barriers as security agencies attempt to reduce corruption risks.
Vietnam’s ‘blazing furnace’ anti-corruption campaign has claimed a number of senior figures, turmoil that one analyst says is unprecedented.