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Donald Trump’s unpredictability is helping China in its contest with America for global influence. In 2026 Chinese leaders will continue playing a canny game ...

A correspondent for Reuters, he became a global symbol of China’s isolation and of the anti-foreigner hysteria spawned by its Cultural Revolution.

Myanmar's scam clans are being brought to justice in the full glare of Chinese state TV.

Michael McMahon was sentenced to 18 months in prison for what a judge called ‘a campaign of transnational repression’
granted a presidential pardon on Friday to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping try to scare an ex-official into going back to his homeland, a prominent case in US authorities’ efforts to combat what they claim are Beijing’s far-flung efforts to repress critics.
Michael McMahon was sentenced this spring to 18 months in prison for his role in what a federal judge called “a campaign of transnational repression”. He insisted he was innocent, saying he was “unwittingly used” when he took what he thought was a straightforward private-investigator gig. McMahon said he was told he was working for a Chinese construction company – not the nation’s government.

Reona Alam, a Muslim student at Hunter College and the daughter of Bengali immigrants, first learned mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was running to lead City about a year ago on social media. She didn’t ...

President Trump has made it easier for countries that are close to Russia and China to build ties with the United States. Those countries are embracing the opportunity.

Foodies in the Richmond area were lining up outside of The Answer Brewpub parking lot even before the first-ever Asian Street Food Festival opened its doors at noon on Saturday.

Foodies in the Richmond area were lining up outside of The Answer Brewpub parking lot even before the first-ever Asian Street Food Festival opened its doors at noon on Saturday.

Longevity labs, “immortality islands” and grapeseed pills are part of China’s national project to conquer aging, despite sometimes shaky science and extravagant claims.

China angered by the address, criticising Europe for allowing ‘separatist activities’ to be carried out in parliament building
Taiwan’s vice-president, Bi-Khim Hsiao, urged the to boost security and trade ties with the self-governing island and support its democracy in the face of growing threats by in a rare address to a group of international lawmakers in Brussels.
“Peace in the Taiwan Strait is essential to global stability and economic continuity, and international opposition against unilateral changes to the status quo by force cannot be overstated,” Hsiao told lawmakers assembled for a China-focused conference in the European parliament building.

China launches £5.4bn ship capable of carrying 60 aircraft that Beijing values as much for maintaining its global influence as for its use in warfare
In port, the 80,000-tonne Fujian aircraft carrier would be impossible to miss. More than 300 metres long and capable of carrying about 60 aircraft, the £5.4bn super-vessel places China second among the world’s navies, with three aircraft carriers, though still a long way behind the global leader, the US, which has 11.
Yet for all the great power projection of the new warship, nearly 5,000 miles away from its home port another conflict appears to suggest size may not matter. In the Black Sea, Ukraine achieved an extraordinary military success by using swarms of skilfully targeted sea drones.

Sara Rydkvist, the Hong Kong programme director of Amnesty International, and Francis Bown on the threat from China to academic freedom on British campuses
Your report () is deeply alarming. Amnesty International UK’s own research shows that attempts by the Chinese state to intimidate and silence people extend far beyond its borders: a clear case of transnational repression, where governments reach across borders to stifle dissent.
We have documented how Chinese and Hong Kong students in the UK live in fear of surveillance and retaliation. Some have changed the focus of their study, avoided “sensitive” topics, or dropped research on human rights altogether. Universities are often reluctant to speak up. When student Tara Zhang was detained in China for her overseas activism, Soas University of London’s only public comment was that it was “aware of the reports”, without any public condemnation or calls for her release.