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Biodiversity conference moved from China to Canada: UN

Sanctioned Russia becomes China's main source of oil

Xi assures Putin of China's support for Russian 'sovereignty, security'

Buyout funds are set to extend a record spending spree in Asia to the rest of the year but they will be mostly seeking deals outside China, where concerns about the economy are likely to outweigh any easing of a regulatory crackdown, dealmakers said.

China is set to get a picture of how the country's zero-COVID-19 policy and slowing economy have impacted shoppers' urge to splurge, as e-commerce platforms gear up to report takings from the mid-year "618" shopping festival this weekend.

UN rights chief Bachelet won't seek second term

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that his meeting with China's defense minister was an important step in efforts to develop lines of communication between the two militaries.

The United States and its allies traded barbs with China at Asia's premier security meeting on Saturday, especially on Taiwan, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine overshadowed discussions.

A 45-year-old Chinese man has sought a divorce from his wife of 16 years.

A decision by Cambodia to expand its biggest naval base and allow the Chinese military exclusive use of a portion of it shows an extraordinary lack of transparency, a senior U.S.

Shanghai and Beijing went back on fresh COVID-19 alert on Thursday after parts of China's largest economic hub imposed new lockdown restriction and the city announced a round of mass testing for millions of residents.

China's drone carrier hints at 'swarm' ambitions for Pacific

Kering will outline plans to reinvigorate sales at its star label Gucci this week, throwing the spotlight on its approach in China - a key growth driver for leading luxury houses that has been hit by its new COVID lockdowns.

Old problems in China-Japan relations are intertwined with new ones, and the challenges cannot be ignored if the countries wish to have a "healthy" relationship, China's top diplomat said on Tuesday.

The world's second-largest economy has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a permanently crewed space station by 2022 and eventually sending humans to the Moon.

China's army of metal processors and traders has flipped from buyers to sellers amid a sharp downshift in economic activity in the world's top manufacturer, heralding a potential warning sign for steel, aluminium and other key industrial commodities.

A disturbing video of a school teacher brutally hitting a ninth-grade student after the latter dozed off in classroom has gone viral on social media.

China's zero-Covid policy and the subsequent lockdowns have made survival difficult for foreign companies.

A study published in The Lancet has revealed that pollution caused more than 2.3 million premature deaths in India in 2019, the highest number reported from any country.

A China Eastern Airlines aircraft that crashed in the southern Guangxi province of China in March this year was reportedly made to crash intentionally, according to US media reports

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba lost billions of dollars after the authorities detained a person who shares his surname with the company's founder Jack Ma.