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US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, US, December 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
China

Trump's Greenland bid stirs debate in China about what to do with Taiwan

The implications of Trump's comments for US policy on Taiwan have been widely discussed on China's social media platforms in recent days and by foreign policy analysts

A Navy miniature is seen in front of displayed Chinese and Taiwanese flags in this illustration taken, April 11, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Asia

After cable damage, Taiwan to step up surveillance of flag of convenience ships

US, Chinese flags, TikTok logo and gavel are seen in this illustration taken January 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
China

China mulls potential sale of TikTok US to Musk: Bloomberg

A view of a lithium mine in Yichun, Jiangxi province, China March 30, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
China

Lithium prices to stabilise in 2025 as mine closures, China EV sales ease glut: analysts

FILE PHOTO: Printed Chinese and Japanese flags are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
China

Chinese military delegation to visit Japan in mid-January

Vehicles and trucks for export wait for transportation from a port in Yantai in eastern China's Shandong province on 2 Jan. 2025. Photo: (Chinatopix via AP)/UNB
China

China's exports in December grew 10.7%, beating estimates as higher US tariffs loom

Wang Liping, second left, a researcher for the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention speaks during a press briefing in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Photo: AP
China

HMPV cases in northern China declining, says country's health official

File photo: Unicef
China

China marks muted 5th anniversary of first Covid death

British finance minister Rachel Reeves. Photo: AFP
Europe

UK finance minister begins China visit amid govt bond crisis

A drone view shows makeshift tents for quake-affected residents following the earthquake that struck Tingri county, in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China January 8, 2025. Photo: cnsphoto via REUTERS
China

Focus shifts to Tibet earthquake survivors as search called off

Rescue teams work amidst rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake in a location given as Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on January 7, 2025. Photo: Tibet Fire and Rescue/Handout via REUTERS
China

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of Tibet earthquake

Map shows the main 7.1 magnitude earthquake [in orange] and the subsequent aftershocks. Photo: Earthquake Track
China

Earthquake in China's Tibet kills more than 120 with tremors felt in Nepal, India, Bangladesh

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
China

China's top diplomat heads to Africa as West's attention dwindles