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US President Donald Trump’s meeting with China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing is planned for May. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Trump will head to Beijing amid warming trend in sentiment about China at home

Pew research finds majority of Americans have negative views but positive opinions have nearly doubled since 2023.

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Chinese rocket force scientist Major General Feng Yufang dies aged 63

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Zhang Kai: why I left Yale for China at the peak of my career in life science

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Diplomacy

Is the US trying to pressure China with Hormuz blockade?

Speculation has been circulating that Washington’s aim is to force Beijing to put pressure on Tehran to strike a peace deal.

15 Apr 2026 - 6:00AMvideocam

The main reason the US launched the blockade was to prevent Iran from weaponising the Strait of Hormuz and normalising any kind of toll, one analyst argued. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

Russian and Chinese envoys meet in Beijing to discuss Iran, Ukraine and Taiwan

Chinese readout warns of rising turmoil in veiled swipe at Washington and Trump as Beijing strengthens ties with Moscow.

15 Apr 2026 - 4:46AMvideocam

China

China and the US want rare earths. Brazil will share – on one condition

Move comes as Washington locks US$565 million deal with Brazil’s only operating rare earth mine.

15 Apr 2026 - 5:48AMvideocam

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Diplomacy

After ‘wonderful’ talks with Lebanon, Israel envoy says more dialogue coming

Sides commit to more engagement as Trump urges disarming Hezbollah, but analysts warn a durable Israel-Lebanon deal remains unlikely.

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Israeli air strikes on Lebanon have complicated the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Photo: AFP

China

Exclusive | Trump-Xi summit shaped by uncertainty, not strategy: experts

War distractions and limited goals risk turning Beijing talks into optics over substance, as expectations shrink and planning falters.

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Diplomacy

Xi’s meeting with Abu Dhabi crown prince highlights Gulf turn towards China

Analysts said the trip was a sign that the UAE was seeking ‘more reliable partners’ in the wake of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

14 Apr 2026 - 10:27PMvideocam

Diplomacy

Will the next round of US-Iran talks bring peace or more confrontation?

Lack of mutual trust means a strategic miscalculation could trigger renewed conflict at any moment, analysts say.

14 Apr 2026 - 10:01PMvideocam

A security guard stands in front of a billboard outside the Serena Hotel, the venue for the high-level US-Iran peace talks held over the weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photo: Cici Cao

Military

Should China be worried as Japan starts replacing helicopters with drones?

The move has triggered warnings that the new drones could be stationed in the Ryukyu chain close to the Chinese coast.

14 Apr 2026 - 8:00PMvideocam

Japan plans to gradually replace its fleet of Apache helicopters with drones. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

China hits out at ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ US blockade of Iran’s ports

Beijing says American move will ‘inflame tensions, escalate the situation and undermine an already fragile ceasefire’.

14 Apr 2026 - 7:00PMvideocam

Diplomacy

Exclusive | EU to cut funding for Chinese inverters amid change of tack towards Beijing

Without fanfare, Brussels will stop funding for projects that use the Chinese-made devices as part of a ‘do more, say less’ strategy.

14 Apr 2026 - 6:54PMvideocam

China Economy

Kazakh sovereign fund issues Central Asia’s first panda bond in ‘milestone’ sale

Samruk-Kazyna chairman says issuance marks ‘an important milestone in strengthening the strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and China’.

14 Apr 2026 - 6:00PM

By the middle of last month, 78 billion yuan of panda bonds had been issued this year. Photo: Shutterstock

Diplomacy

Xi calls on Spain to jointly resist ‘law of the jungle’ in a turbulent world

Chinese leader meets visiting Spanish PM who is in Beijing looking to strengthen bilateral ties amid tensions with US.

14 Apr 2026 - 7:32PMvideocam

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

Science

Chinese team shows quantum tech can disrupt AI in a real-world task

Breakthrough system matched or exceeded performance of a classical reservoir network with 10,000 nodes in multi-step weather prediction.

14 Apr 2026 - 3:32PMvideocam

Science

Can Hong Kong, target of the most US sanctions, become China’s quantum gateway?

Washington backlash ‘will not deter’ march towards becoming an international hub for the technology through new tech park.

14 Apr 2026 - 12:00PMvideocam

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Politics

Taiwan should learn from mainland AI, KMT head Cheng Li-wun says

The Taiwanese opposition leader was delivered milk tea by a drone at the headquarters of internet giant Meituan.

9 Apr 2026 - 8:19PM

KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun sips a milk tea that was delivered by a Meituan drone in Shanghai on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Politics

Will Cheng Li-wun’s meeting with Xi Jinping temper cross-strait ties?

It largely depends on Cheng’s Kuomintang regaining power in Taiwan, analysts say.

10 Apr 2026 - 9:00PMvideocam

Politics

Xi Jinping tells Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun ‘we need peace’

High-profile meeting sees Beijing outline a vision of harmonious relations, shared development outcomes and greater dialogue.

10 Apr 2026 - 8:45PMvideocam

Politics

Japan’s ‘imperialist forces’ divided Taiwan from mainland, KMT’s Cheng Li-wun says

In a speech delivered at Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, Kuomintang chair says cross-strait divisions are rooted in historical wounds.

8 Apr 2026 - 5:49PM

Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun lays a floral wreath at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

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Zhang Kai: why I left Yale for China at the peak of my career in life science

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Professor Zhang Kai started at USTC in China in January, describing it as the institution most likely to realise his academic ambitions. Photo: Handout

Chinese team shows quantum tech can disrupt AI in a real-world task

14 Apr 2026 - 3:32PMvideocam

Chinese researchers say a small-scale quantum system can outperform large AI data centres at less than 1 per cent of the cost. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Can Hong Kong, target of the most US sanctions, become China’s quantum gateway?

14 Apr 2026 - 12:00PMvideocam

Hong Kong has a bright future as an international quantum computing hub, despite US sanctions, local officials say. Photo: Sam Tsang

3 satellites to track all? Chinese radar images confirm US military fears

13 Apr 2026 - 5:01PM

A rendering of the Ludi Tance 4-01, the world’s first geosynchronous orbit synthetic aperture radar satellite. Photo: Handout

Chinese AI solves decade-old maths problem in hours, with no human intervention

13 Apr 2026 - 12:00PMvideocam

Researchers in China have developed a dual-agent AI framework that they said can solve complex maths problems without human intervention. Photo: Shutterstock

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Humanoid robots to compete in Beijing half-marathon

Tiangong Ultra, a humanoid robot runs across the finish line while securing the first position during the E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon, in Beijing, China April, 19 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Taiwan opposition leader meets Xi Jinping

Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's largest opposition party, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China April 10, 2026, in this screengrab from a video provided by CTI. CTI via REUTERS TV ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TAIWAN OUT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

China’s coal country feels the green energy shift

In the city of Datong, China’s ‘coal capital’ in Shanxi province, a decades-old way of life is fading. As coal reserves dwindle and the government prioritises renewables, mining communities face a transition, and are shifting to tourism.

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