The Chinese government is using an increasingly powerful tool to control and monitor its own officials: Surveillance technology, much of it originating in the United States, an Associated Press investigation has found.

This historical drama explores a pivotal moment in Beijing's past — the city's emergence as the national capital when the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) relocated its capital to present-day Beijing in 1153, renaming it Zhongdu (central capital). It marked the first time in Chinese history that Beijing had served as the capital of a dynasty.

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defense ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government.

Analysts see leadership’s language after central economic work conference as an admission that trade tensions are expected to endure.

Kunshan, a top-tier county-level economy in Jiangsu province, launched a high-quality development exchange in Beijing on Saturday to strengthen partnerships with institutions in the capital.

Exercise involves 2 US B-52 bombers and 6 Japan-operated fighter jets including F-35s and F-15s - Anadolu Ajansı

India said on Monday it expects China to provide assurances that Indian nationals transiting through Chinese airports will not be "selectively targeted, arbitrarily detained, or harassed," after an Indian citizen was detained at Shanghai airport last month.

Lai, 78, is an outspoken critic of China's ruling Communist Party who was arrested in 2020 under a national security law following massive anti-government protests that rocked Hong Kong the year before.

The fight over AI chips just turned into a straight-up chess match, and Trump’s own top AI guy David Sacks thinks China is already many moves ahead. He said China and Xi Jinping have figured out the US plan behind letting them buy Nvidia’s H200,