China

Deal sharply increases odds that ruling Democratic Progressive party will lose election closely watched by China

Leaders to speak for first time since meeting at G-20 in 2022

A democratic, pro-trade country in a region governed by populists strengthens ties with China after struggling to secure a free-trade deal with the U.S.

The government official had made no public appearances since late August

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has argued that US support for Kiev and Israel is “interconnected”

As Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin grow ever closer, their mutual distrust of the US may be their strongest bond.

Washington’s strong support for Israel against Hamas is contrasted with Russian and Chinese efforts to align with the Palestinian struggle.

The prime minister of the EU state has snubbed Western attempts to isolate Russia diplomatically

We've reached the end of an era for the Chinese economy.

The war is stretching American and European resources while relieving pressure on Russia and providing new opportunities to China.

Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s spies hints for hacking their customers.

A renewed relationship between two global military powers has raised alarm, with Vladimir Putin proving he will “go to any length” to achieve victory.

 

Huawei, which has been under U.S. sanctions for years, released the phone pointedly during Gina Raimondo’s visit to Beijing.

China's artificial intelligence (AI) market is currently worth €20 billion, but that figure could more than double within two years. Beijing aspires to overtake the US to become the world leader in the sector by 2030.

Ex-presidential candidate Mitt Romney has claimed that sending weapons to Kiev is Washington’s best defense investment in history

Retail sales are down, exports are slipping and local governments are pleading for cash. China is in trouble – but will it drag us down with it?

Leaders of some of the developing world's most important economies turned Wednesday to the main business of their summit in South Africa, a day after a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the gathering an anti-Western tinge that officials had been hoping to avoid. 

The Chinese leader has flown out to South Africa for the summit but asked his commerce minister to read out his remarks.

Officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gather in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a three-day BRICS summit, a five-nation club comprising 40% of the world’s population and more than 25 percent of global GDP that positions itself as an economic counterweight to the West. Almost 15 years on from the group’s founding, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the BRICS nations in numbers and their relative weight in the global economy.

The meeting marked the beginning of what the White House hopes will be an extended stretch of three-way engagement