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THE contents of a Chinese spy balloon that flew across the US before being shot down by American F-22s have finally been revealed. The enormous craft – as big as three buses – had

President Trump is tough on China when it comes to trade. He especially points to one number to say we’re being ripped off: our trade deficit. Ana Swanson, who covers trade and international economics for The New York Times, explains Trump’s approach to lowering the trade deficit with China and why some economists question his strategy.

An American-Chinese tourist was arrested for launching fireworks throughout the night for Chinese New Year in Thailand. Wayne Kwon, 67, and his family rattled their neighbours when they set off loud ...

Chinese tariffs on U.S. products including LNG, coal and agricultural equipment were imposed Monday, in response to Trump’s 10 percent blanket levy.

The president has made big statements. But securing real peace will involve a mix of global diplomacy, threats and sweeteners
• Christopher S Chivvis is a senior fellow and director of the Carnegie Endowment’s American statecraft programme
Amid the maelstrom of executive orders, appointments, tariffs, threats and other initiatives of the last few weeks, Donald Trump is still to negotiate a rapid end to the war in Ukraine, and on Friday said he had about it. It’s the right thing to do and he has a workable strategy, but getting there will be tough. The stakes are high, and if he fails, the war will get even more deadly – especially if he adopts a strategy of malign neglect towards Ukraine or, God forbid, attacks Russian forces directly.
The war has devastated both countries’ economies, armies and populations. put the death toll in the hundreds of thousands. Ukraine’s population has fallen – 10 million people – since Russia’s invasion. This is “a stalemate … a protracted and bloody conflict” that needs to end, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, .
Christopher S Chivvis is a senior fellow and director of the Carnegie Endowment’s American statecraft programme
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Following 80 years missing in action, Chinese American veteran Yuen Hop has been accounted for and was laid to rest with full military honors at California’s Golden Gate National Cemetery on Feb.

China produces a vast number of STEM graduates, but it hasn’t been known for innovation. Cultural and political factors may help explain why.

Ne Zha 2 is animated film about a boy who battles demons with his magical powers.

As an erratic president imposes his international doctrine, countries are forging more stable alliances. His US will be weaker, not stronger
One of the ways in which Donald Trump’s regime obscures and distracts is by drawing our eyes constantly to the US – its raw power to intimidate and bully other nations, and its vast financial heft in wielding soft power through organisations .
But at the same time as Trump projects his agenda on to the world stage, he is withdrawing the US from the world and reducing its role to its bare bones – an imperial power that blatantly picks and chooses how to engage based on its alliances and interests. American taxpayer money is ever so precious on the one hand, but on the other can be profligately spent on proposals to take over an entire territory in Gaza and send billions in aid to Israel. This is not isolationism, it is unilateralism.

Both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s political careers were shaped by their formative experiences in the 1980s – and, above all, their encounters with Japan. By Andrew Liu. Read by Vincent Lai

Deputy PM says New Zealand hasn’t been adequately consulted on an agreement the Cook Islands leader is expected to sign in Beijing this week
A diplomatic row has erupted between two tight-knit Pacific countries, after New Zealand said the Cook Islands failed to properly consult on its plans to deepen ties with China amid growing concerns over Beijing’s push for influence in the region.
The Cook Islands was a dependent New Zealand colony from 1901-1965 but has since operated as a self-governing nation in “free association” with New Zealand. Its roughly 17,000 citizens hold New Zealand citizenship. There are to regularly consult on matters of defence and security.

The Chinese spy balloon that crossed the United States carried American technology that could have enabled it to spy on Americans.