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Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi had suggested Tokyo could take military action if Beijing attacked Taiwan.

Reaction follows Wall Street’s worst day in a month and unprecedented slump in investment in China

Global markets have fallen after a tech sell-off that fuelled Wall Street’s worst day in a month and weak economic data in China showing an unprecedented slump in investment.
The FTSE 100 fell by 1.1% on opening, shedding about 100 points, as bellwether banking stocks tumbled. Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest slumped by between 3% and 3.5%.

Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
China and wealthy petrostates including Saudi Arabia and UAE are among countries receiving large sums of climate finance, according to an analysis.
The Guardian and analysed previously unreported submissions to the UN, along with data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), that show how billions of dollars of public money is being committed to the fight against global heating.

A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.

Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sector
Canada’s domestic spy agency says Russia and China have a “significant intelligence interest” in Canada’s Arctic, and are targeting both the country’s government and its private sector.
In his annual speech on threats facing Canada, Dan Rogers, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), flagged mounting concerns over hostile nations growing increasingly emboldened in the Arctic.

The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up?

Under the guidance of the China Film Administration, China Film Co-Production Corporation set up the China Film Pavilion at the 46th American Film Market, which took place in Los Angeles from November ...

China and the United States say She Zhijiang, a Chinese-born businessman, ran a major scam compound in Myanmar. He was arrested in Bangkok in 2022.

Amid the crowd of mostly Asian faces, one figure stood out: a white man smiling, clapping along, and eventually stepping onto the stage with his electric piano. He is Vince Di Mura, resident music ...

A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy head” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back.

This week, American high school students are trying authentic MALA Hotpot, a famous spicy dish from Chinese cuisine. While they have previously enjoyed Chinese BBQ and Dimsum, it's a challenge to see ...

Exclusive: Vincent Karremans says row with Beijing that threatened global car production is ‘wake-up call’ to west
A bitter battle over the future of a Chinese-owned chipmaker in the Netherlands that threatened to cripple the global car industry is a “wake-up call to Europe and the west”, the minister at the heart of the row has warned.
The six-week standoff between the EU and Beijing over Nexperia and its has served up a sobering lesson to world leaders over their dependency on China, says Vincent Karremans.