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The island’s armed forces test combat readiness, amid deteriorating relations between Beijing and Taipei

Beijing’s chief climate negotiator, Xie Zhenhua, talks down fears that joint leadership shown by China and the US will be reversed under new president

Amnesty International report says rule of law, freedom of speech, and trust in government all deteriorated in 2016

Desperate to find somewhere she could live and work as she wished, Xiaolu Guo moved from Beijing to London in 2002.

Company says it will not offer news site in app store because it has been told by Beijing it is in ‘violation of local regulations’

Peter Dahlin spent 23 days in a ‘black prison’ in Beijing, where he says he was deprived of sleep and questioned with a ‘communication enhancement’ machine.

Millions in China rang in the New Year shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog, causing road closures and flight cancellations as 24 cities issued alerts that will last through much of the week. On the first day of 2017 in Beijing, concentrations...

After domestic victories in 2016, China’s president must deal with a worsening economy and Trump in the White House

Assailants shot dead after driving up to regional Communist party headquarters and setting off bomb, according to official media, in flare-up in Uighur region

From Shanghai to Sichuan, schemes are being rolled out to slash congestion, cut air pollution – and spin a profit

Beijing’s only aircraft carrier cruises past Taiwan’s Pratas Islands in an exercise state media said showed the country’s improving combat capabilities

In 2014 alone China invested £56 billion in African infrastructure. But is this colonialism in another guise?

Planned trip causes speculation in Washington and Taiwan that Tsai Ing-wen may meet Donald Trump in person

Peter Navarro has been picked to lead US trade and industrial policy – a move that may upset Beijing

Thousands head to pollution-free regions as haze descends on the country’s northern industrial heartland