China became Russia's sole supplier of gallium, germanium, and stibium, chemical substances needed to produce weapons, including nuclear ones, after the introduction of EU and U.S. sanctions in 2022,
Emojis of “DeepSeek pride,” often with smiling cats or dogs, flooded Chinese social media, adding to the festive Lunar New Year atmosphere.
Trump calls tariffs America's "big power over China," but analysts say Beijing may be better prepared than ever to engage in a trade war with the U.S.
"Such a lawsuit is nothing short of frivolous litigation that defies the basic theory of the law and sovereign equality," Chinese embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Newsweek when asked how China would react to a ruling in the state's favor.
China is building a new military command centre near Beijing that is 10 times the size of the Pentagon, US intelligence officials have said.
On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods and threatened to renew the trade war with China that he launched during his first term.
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
China's Xi JInping will attempt to use Donald Trump's penchant for transactional deal making in order to avoid new export restrictions and support for Taiwan.
A group of 16 humanoid robots performed a Chinese folk dance in Beijing ahead of the Lunar New Year.
China’s successful rebranding of the giant panda has created an unexpected challenge for Beijing, as it aims to balance its use of the animals for soft power abroad against the demands of an adoring public.
For all this "dam for a dam" water war, relations between the two nations along their disputed Himalayan border are not currently at boiling point. In recent years, there have been skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops in the area but 2024 "witnessed a thaw", with both sides "withdrawing troops from two flashpoints", said VOA News.
Among China’s traditional holidays and celebrations, none ranks higher in importance than the Lunar New Year (農曆新年). Also known as the Spring Festival (春節), or simply Chinese New Year, it marks the beginning of the year according to the traditional lunar calendar.