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Fan Chen
Reporter, China
Fan Chen joined the Post in 2024. She has reported in Cambodia, Nepal, and the Czech Republic. Her work appears in Reuters, Newsweek, and Southern People Weekly. She holds two journalism degrees from Columbia Journalism School and New York University.
Fan Chen joined the Post in 2024. She has reported in Cambodia, Nepal, and the Czech Republic. Her work appears in Reuters, Newsweek, and Southern People Weekly. She holds two journalism degrees from Columbia Journalism School and New York University.
Areas of Expertise:
China, PhotographyLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Beijing summons the Philippine ambassador to complain about what it describes as a ‘malicious’ attack on its coastguards.
The US president has been making similar accusations for years, claiming China wanted him to lose against his Democratic rivals.
Analysts say the controversial assertions may be a way for Beijing to signal dissatisfaction with Japan-Philippines maritime border talks.
China should keep engaging in good-faith diplomacy and use International Organisation for Mediation to help ease tensions, analysts say.
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The space race just became a real race again, says one online commentator, after net-and-cable recovery of rocket booster sparks awe.
Chinese leader also calls to boost strategic coordination as North Korean premier visits Beijing to mark 65th anniversary of defence pact.
As a record heatwave drives Europeans to snap up imported cooling units, Brussels’ rhetoric clashes with consumer reality.
Staff from 74 embassies attend the screening of the smash hit that has triggered debates about propaganda across Southeast Asia.
Factors such as the US dollar and its lead in emerging technologies mean the US will be hard to supplant, academic Zheng Yongnian warns.
Foreign policy analyst outlines how Beijing should react to a country that sees it as neither a ‘partner nor friend’.
Legal opinion is the latest protest from Beijing over planned delimitation negotiations that it claims violate international law.
Fudan University expert says while China’s influence grows, US under Trump has lost credibility and its ability to drive international action has stagnated.
External forces are undermining China’s efforts to support the global order, senior Communist Party official Sun Haiyan says.
Chinese foreign minister calls for dialogue and tells counterpart that Beijing is ready to work with Riyadh to ease tensions in the region.
President Min Aung Hlaing’s recent visits to both his giant neighbours are seen as a balancing act rather than a shift away from Beijing.
Iranian foreign minister says real test is ending conflict in Lebanon, while US vice-president says assets must be spent on American goods.
China is downplaying the issue for now, as it is unlikely that pressuring North Korea would do anything other than sour ties.
The Chinese leader’s meetings with Kim Jong-un may have helped underline that Pyongyang cannot do without Beijing’s economic support.
Crowds waving flags and carrying bouquets of flowers line the streets of the North Korean capital to welcome the Chinese leader.
Citing global turbulence, Beijing’s top diplomat also calls for stronger ‘high-level exchanges’ and ‘more tangible and visible outcomes’.
However, experts caution that the country’s economic instability and enduring regional rivalries have capped its gains.
Milos Vystrcil, who is leading a delegation from business, academic and cultural sectors, is set to meet island’s leader and other officials.
Announcement comes days after delegations from both countries sat down at Shangri-La Dialogue to discuss concrete military engagement.
Uncertainty over Strait of Hormuz amid US-Iran conflict has New Delhi moving on US$10 billion plan to transform Great Nicobar Island.
Such a move would cross Beijing’s red line and undo progress from recent summit with Xi, analysts warn.
Signing of over 40 agreements during Beijing summit between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin cements ‘historical peak’ in China-Russia ties.
America is ‘the biggest variable’, according to international relations expert and former diplomat Cui Hongjian.
Prominent hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, is a veteran of peace talks with the US.
Summit encourages countries to join Beijing-led initiative as stalled US-Iran peace talks reveal limits of traditional solution mechanisms.
