Top leadership calls for legislation to help Beijing pursue corrupt officials and economic criminals who have fled overseas.
Communique at the end of the third plenum states that Sun Jinming, chief of staff of the PLA’s Rocket Force, was expelled from the party.
In joint warship patrol in the lead-up to the drill, Chinese-Russian flotilla practises ‘search and arrest’ in the Pacific.
Drawing on Gaza and Ukraine lessons, both sides are racing to incorporate AI in faster, smarter strategies for future conflicts.
President Xi Jinping’s latest merit citations indicate where the country’s defence priorities lie.
China has grappled with increasingly extreme weather in recent months, with forecasters warning of worse to come.
The guidelines, which came into force last week, could see ‘diehard separatists’ sentenced to death or given life sentences.
The man was detained by the coastguard in March after his fishing boat lost power off the coast of Fujian province.
Helicopter drill may be part of anti-sub exercise as 23 PLA aircraft and seven vessels detected near strait in 24 hours from Sunday morning.
Xi urges provincial leaders to make Qinghai a national clean-energy highland, international ecotourism destination and green export base.
Comments come despite US overtaking the mainland as Taiwan’s main export market in the first quarter of the year.
Analysts say PLA is narrowing gap with drones and hypersonic missiles. But can it compete with Washington’s growing Pacific alliances?
Speaking at cross-strait forum, Wang Huning says Beijing has ‘firm determination’ and ‘strong capability’ to destroy Taiwanese separatism.
Gou Zhongwen, retired head of China’s General Administration of Sport, is being investigated for ‘serious violations of discipline and law’.
Ma will meet US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell and representatives of ‘various sectors’ during four-day trip, foreign ministry says.
Taiwan Affairs Office releases another strongly worded statement following William Lai’s inauguration on Monday.
Taiwanese leader made no mention of the ‘one China’ consensus in his inauguration speech, but spoke of the island as a ‘nation’, drawing a swift rebuke from Beijing.
In his first speech as leader, Lai omits any reference to the 1992 consensus, saying the two sides of the Taiwan Strait ‘are not subordinate to each other’.
William Lai Ching-te, branded a ‘troublemaker’ by Beijing, is expected to give clues about his cross-strait policy in his inaugural address.
Mainland youth raised on Taiwanese pop culture are curious about the island, but two-way travel ban and uneasy ties create barriers.
Zhang Zhan, arrested in May 2020 after reporting on coronavirus in Wuhan, has not been heard from since her expected prison release date earlier this week, advocates say.
US and Taiwanese forces hold rare joint drills in move experts say is sign Washington is trying to assert its support for island’s defence without dealing major blow to relations with mainland China.
A Chinese think tank calls for a strong response, ‘countermeasures’ after the Balikatan exercise sent an ‘increasingly dangerous’ signal on Taiwan.
Announcement from the PLA’s Southern Theatre Command comes a day after the end of annual US-Philippine Balikatan drills in the area.
There is no easily identifiable off-ramp for Beijing and Manila on the Second Thomas Shoal, Douglas Paal, unofficial US representative to Taipei from 2002 to 2006, tells the Post.
The Chinese foreign ministry has deplored Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call for reinstatement of Taipei’s observer status at this year’s meeting.
Central government authorities urge emergency officials to ‘strengthen’ prevention measures after deadly highway collapse.
Controversy follows earlier online debate over rules governing ‘bed curtains’ for privacy in shared rooms and smoking and alcohol on campus.
No aircraft were visible on the carrier’s deck in official images and videos, with testing of its electromagnetic launch catapults expected in later trials.
Central Asian region faces ‘complex’ security situation, Chinese defence minister says in meeting with Kazakh president in Astana.
