As China-Japan diplomatic row ripples into entertainment, over 30 Japanese performances have been abruptly cancelled, leaving millions of fans of Japanese culture in China worried about a potential broader cultural ban.

Feeling empowered after a clash over trade, Beijing is looking to exploit America’s inward turn.

CHICAGO ― Shipments of U.S. crops to China are accelerating after a tense tariff war had stalled trade for months, with at least six bulk cargo vessels scheduled to load China-bound soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December, according to a shipping schedule seen by Reuters.

China is likely to stick to its current annual economic growth target of around 5% next year, government advisers and analysts said, a goal that would require authorities to keep fiscal and monetary spigots open as they seek to snap a deflationary spell.

Taiwan President William Lai unveils $40 billion defense spending proposal to counter China military pressure as U.S. offers cautious support.

The tailings dam - used to store toxic by-products from the copper mining process, including heavy metals like arsenic, mercury and lead - had collapsed into a tributary connected to the Kafue, Zambia's longest river and a major drinking water source.

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies.

Their money goes much further in China’s interior. Chinese micro-dramas are also starting to take off in the West. Some are even produced in America, with scripts translated into English and then shot in places such as California.

Off Shanghai's coast, analysts caught another glimpse of the new warship that could forever change the history of naval warfare.

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has said he intends to bring the democratic island of Taiwan under the rule of the Communist Party of China. Mr. Xi has ordered China’s military to make itself capable of taking Taiwan by 2027, according to some American commanders and officials.

Why are China’s leaders freelancing as retail consultants? It is not out of any great love for shopping. They are firm believers in China’s manufacturing base as the core driver of economic growth. When they introduced a household-appliance trade-in programme last year,