Ja Ian Chong

Speaking to reporters in Taipei, Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu asked whether making concessions on Taiwan would actually serve US interests

Good news for panda fans: a pair of pandas will make their home at Zoo Atlanta in just a few days, Chinese President Xi Jinping shared the news in remarks at a White House welcoming ceremony hosted by US President Donald Trump, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday

Three-day itinerary from September 23 to 25 will feature extensive ceremonial honors along with dedicated cultural exchanges and events

Philippine coastguard releases footage, accuses PLA of targeting the unarmed plane as it flew over Spratly Islands on Monday

Singapore raises PM Lawrence Wong’s pay by $1mn

It has been four days since a small plane slammed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper, killing the pilot — the only person on board — and wounding 13 others, but it's still unclear why, and how, that happened

Congress media department chief Pawan Khera on Saturday expressed strong displeasure over remarks made by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praising Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir

President Donald Trump has long tried to portray himself as something of a strongman on China, though his tough talk and trade wars are often undercut by his remarkably accommodating nature toward Xi Jinping

Nvidia's ability to sell advanced AI chips into China has been constrained for years following export restrictions introduced during the Biden administration on national security grounds

President Donald Trump’s entourage of tech and business leaders should have placed artificial intelligence at the center of his highly-anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week

The muted treatment of North Korea stood in noticeable contrast to previous U.S.-China summits, where denuclearization and regional security were often framed as shared priorities

Trump arrived in Beijing last night for a three-day visit during which he is scheduled to have several rounds of talks with Xi

Americans should be worried about President Trump’s upcoming summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping

The seventh round of negotiations — led by Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — wrapped up just hours ahead of US President Donald Trump’s scheduled arrival in Beijing

Singapore offers incentives in its quest to become AI power

They posed for photos at the Great Hall of the People and exchanged public remarks, in addition to holding their closed-door meeting

China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own

Beijing must navigate an oil crunch and fragile diplomacy with Washington

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is now entering ​its third week, with no clear end in ​sight, shutting down the key through which 20% ‌of ⁠the world's oil and liquefied natural gas flow, pushing up oil prices and raising fears of a renewed spike in global inflation

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders including Li Qiang, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng attended the meeting

The former is now in shackles in a New York detention facility after being snatched from Caracas by US special forces in an extraordinary overnight raid

The rare and pointed remarks on Tuesday, made by a tired-looking Xi with strongly graying hair, come shortly after the dismissal in January of the country's top general from the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), the latest in rolling purges in recent years that have netted scores of senior military figures and hundreds of others below them

Coming just days after Trump's new National Defense Strategy prioritized 'Western Hemisphere dominance,' this latest slashing leaves Xi without his most seasoned military advisor

Hosted by the Research Center on Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind, the one-day seminar featured four sub-forums on global governance, focusing on international order, major power relations, international law and regional cooperation

The meeting came days after U.S. special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and as the Trump administration moved to assert control over Venezuelan oil exports

Some have asked whether America’s actions in Caracas could pave the way for something similar in Taipei

Hours later, Maduro was snatched from his bedroom by elite Delta Force commandos from the US Army and China was staring at the stark reality it had just lost one of its staunchest partners in Latin America

With his lightning raid to snatch Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, U.S. President Donald Trump has shown that President Vladimir Putin’s self-proclaimed “multipolar” world of anti-Western dictatorial alliances from Caracas to Tehran is essentially toothless

Condemnation comes as Nicolas Maduro appeared in a court in New York and pleaded not guilty to drug charges

Charged with 'narco-terrorism' among other things, deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were taken by helicopter to a New York court to face charges

One big concern for China is that America’s actions can create even more uncertainties than Trump’s tariff and trade policies

As the Trump administration withdraws from global institutions and upends long-standing norms, Beijing has sought to cast itself as the true champion of the rules-based international order

Anxiety is especially high that China could now act in similar fashion against regional leaders whom it deems problematic—not least in Taiwan, the self-ruling island that Beijing claims as a renegade province and has repeatedly threatened to invade

Anxiety is especially high that China could now act in similar fashion against regional leaders whom it deems problematic—not least in Taiwan, the self-ruling island that Beijing claims as a renegade province and has repeatedly threatened to invade

China faces a pivotal year in 2026 as it balances diplomacy, economic pressures and rising geopolitical risks ahead of key political milestones

A photo illustration of torn paper showing a soldier, young kids gesturing during a protest, and nuclear missiles behind a gradient to represent geopolitical risks of 2026

China faces a pivotal year in 2026 as it balances diplomacy, economic pressures and rising geopolitical risks ahead of key political milestones