White House Senior Advisor Steve Bannon attends a roundtable discussion held by U.S. President Donald Trump with auto industry leaders at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, U.S., March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. Presid... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump faces a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday: More »
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese 100 yuan banknote is placed under a $100 banknote (top) in this photo illustration taken in Beijing in this November 7, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/File Photo U.S. President Donald Trump looks unlikely to formally declare Chi... More »
A sign for the Eau Palm Beach Resort and Spa where President of China Xi Jinping will stay is shown in Manalapan, Florida U.S., April 5, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Xi Jinping on April 6 and 7 at his nearby Mar-a-Lago estate. REUTERS/Joe S... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker installs rubber onto the windows of the doors along a production line at a truck factory of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd (JAC Motors) in Hefei, Anhui province May 5, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Factories across much of Asia pos... More »
A Chinese investor monitors share prices at a securities company in Shanghai November 12, 2003. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV/File Photo Asian shares started the week modestly higher on Monday after a bumper quarter as investors look to the shape of U.S. trade and e... More »
The North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su U.S. President Donald Trump held out the possibility on Sunday of using trade as a lever to secure Chinese cooperation a... More »
FILE PHOTO – North Korean soldiers salute in a military vehicle carrying a missile during a parade at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, July 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee President Donald Trump’s top national security aides have completed a broad review of U.S. optio... More »
China will step up a campaign against religious extremism in the far western region of Xinjiang on Saturday by implementing a range of measures, including prohibiting “abnormal” beards, the wearing of veils in public places and the refusal to watch state telev... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson looks on during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool U.S. Secretary of State Re... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump departs West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., to return to Washington March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday: More »
Boats at Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea are shown in this handout photo provided by Planet Labs, and captured on March 12, 2016. REUTERS/Planet Labs/Handout via Reuters China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring stati... More »
FILE PHOTO: Members of the Chinese People Liberation Army Navy stand by a helicopter on the PLA(N) ship Haikou as it sits docked at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 5, 2014. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry/File Photo China’s accelerated military de... More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang gestures as he arrives for a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee China’s Premier Li Keqiang said ... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump (C), flanked by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and Defense Secretary James Mattis (R), holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Highlights of the day for U.S. Presid... More »
China’s regional governments are falling over each other to curry favor with President Xi Jinping, jostling for roles in his New Silk Road plan to boost economic and cultural links through Asia to Europe. More »
(L-R) Wang Aili, Director-General of the Office of Criminal Laws of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, Zhang Rongshun, Vice Chairman of the Legislative Affairs Commission of NPC Standing Committee, Xu... More »
China announced plans on Tuesday to launch a space probe to bring back samples from the moon before the end of the year, in what state media cast as competition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitions to revitalize U.S. space exploration. More »
China will develop rockets that can be launched into space from aircraft, a senior official told the state-run China Daily newspaper, as Beijing aims to send hundreds of satellites into orbit for military, commercial and scientific aims. More »
A man runs on the Bund in front of the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song Shanghai should lead China’s plans to reform and advance innovation, the official Xinhua news agency has reported President Xi Jinping as s... More »
China’s defense budget will rise 7 percent in 2017, to 1.044 trillion yuan ($151.43 billion), state media said on Monday, after the omission of exact figures from an annual report sparked questions over transparency on military spending. More »
Galaxy Macau, the latest resort in Macau built by Galaxy Entertainment Group, is lit up in the evening after it opened for business May 15, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo Macau’s gambling revenue rose for a seventh month and hit a two-year high in February... More »
A factory floor of XCMG Group is seen in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Brenda Goh/File Photo Activity in China’s manufacturing sector likely grew modestly for the seventh month in a row in February as resources prices extended a rapi... More »
File Photo: Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy... More »
FILE PHOTO: Rex Tillerson, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing to become U.S. Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kevi... More »
China plans to launch its first cargo spacecraft in April, state media reported on Tuesday, taking a step toward its goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022. More »
Passengers watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
South Korean won, Chinese yuan and Japanese yen notes are seen on U.S. 100 dollar notes in this picture illustration taken in Seoul, South Korea, December 15, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Asian stocks rallied to 1-1/2-year highs on Monday, helped by renewed hopes... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a translation during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Despite his campaign vows to take a tougher line with ... More »
Six officials in central China’s Hubei province have been punished for dozing off in a meeting on how to motivate lazy bureaucrats, state media and the local government said. More »
FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the guests during a gift handover ceremony at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo U.S. President Donald Trump has broken the ic... More »
China said on Thursday it attached great importance to China-U.S. ties after confirming it had received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump. More »
A map of China is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits in Singapore in this January 2, 2014 photo illustration. REUTERS/Edgar Su ( China is proposing a further tightening of controls over the internet with the possible est... More »
Beijing’s skyline is seen from a high-rise building as China warned residents across a large part of northern China to prepare for a wave of choking smog arriving over the weekend, in Beijing, China, December 18, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon China will improve... More »
Police coast guards escort Chinese tourists rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Borneo, at a port in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia early January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer Malaysia expanded a search on Monday for five Chinese tourists and a Malaysian miss... More »
Chinese courts have jailed two former officials for corruption who had fled abroad to try and avoid justice, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said on Monday. More »
China’s courts must firmly resist the Western idea of judicial independence and other ideologies that threaten the leadership of the ruling Communist Party, the country’s top judge was reported as saying by the official China News Service. More »
Chinese President Xi Jinping listens to a speech of Swiss President Doris Leuthard at the seat of the Swiss federal parliament Bundeshaus in Bern, Switzerland January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Germany’s embassy in Beijing on Monday urged China to take ac... More »
Brazilian international midfielder Oscar arrives at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, after agreeing to join China super league football club Shanghai SIPG from Chelsea in Shanghai, China, January 2, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song China will tighten rules ove... More »
A Davos logo is seen before the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich By Noah Barkin DAVOS, Switzerland – The global economy is in better shape than it’s been in years. Stock markets are b... More »
People take pictures on Tiananmen Square as the portrait of China’s late Chairman Mao Zedong is seen in the background in Beijing, China, on the 40th anniversary of his death September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter A Chinese professor has been sacked after he ... More »
Believers attend a service at the unofficial catholic church in Majhuang village, Hebei Province, China, December 11, 2016. Picture taken December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter The Vatican should take steps to improve relations with China, the Chinese head of... More »
China’s President Xi Jinping looks on before meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (not pictured) at the Great Halll of the People in Beijing, China December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Nicolas Asouri/Pool China’s space program must help protect the... More »
A map of China is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits in Singapore in this January 2, 2014 photo illustration. REUTERS/Edgar Su China’s county-level police will be able to censor internet coverage of natural and man-made ... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks towards the media as he arrives at a costume party at the home of hedge fund billionaire and campaign donor Robert Mercer in Head of the Harbor, New York, U.S., December 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich U.S. President-el... More »
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Taiwan’s special envoy James Soong talk during the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit in Lima, Peru, November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo A brief exchange between representatives from Taiwan... More »
The re-entry capsule of China’s Shenzhou-11 spacecraft is loaded on a truck, north of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, November 18, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China’s Shenzhou 11 space capsule landed safely in the northern region of Inner Mongolia o... More »
People pose for pictures during the third annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo China’s ambitions to tighten up regulation of the Internet have found a second wind in... More »
A Chinese copper-processing company has bought a controlling stake in the Hollywood studio behind Oscar-winning films “The Hurt Locker” and “Dallas Buyers Club”, in the latest sign of China’s ambitions in global entertainment. More »
Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft carrying astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong blasts off from the launchpad in Jiuquan, China. China Daily/via REUTERS China’s Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft has successfully docked with China’s Tiangong 2 space lab, and two astro... More »
A former senior Chinese energy official found to have more than 200 million yuan ($29.99 million) in cash at his home has been given a suspended death penalty after being found guilty of corruption, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday. More »
Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (L) and Chen Dong wave at a news conference before China launches the Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft, in Jiuquan, China, October 16, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China will launch a two-man space mission, Shenzhou 11, on Monday,... More »
Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft carrying astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong blasts off from the launchpad in Jiuquan, China, October 17, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China launched its longest manned space mission on Monday, sending two astronauts into orbit... More »
China will launch its second experimental space laboratory late on Thursday and another manned space mission next month, the government said, part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022. More »
China’s second experimental space laboratory lifts off from the launch pad in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer China launched its second experimental space laboratory on Thursday, part of a broader plan to have a permanent m... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye (R) walks past Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool North Korea fired thr... More »
A man (R) cleans electronic boards showing Japan’s Nikkei average, the exchange rate between the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar and stock quotation outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, in this April 6, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Files Asian shar... More »
A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo min Park More »
U.S. President Barack Obama watches as Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool The global economy is being threatened by rising protec... More »
Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, British pound and Chinese 100-yuan banknotes are seen in a picture illustration shot January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo The U.S. dollar held firm in early Asian trade on Monday after d... More »
China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool Chinese President Xi Jinping told his South Korean counterpart that China ... More »
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) speaks to South Korean President Park Geun-hye (not pictured) during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool Chinese... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers her speech during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at Seong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool South Korea’s Presid... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers her speech during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at Seong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool South Korea’s Presid... More »
Chinese President Xi Jinping waits for the arrival of US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (not pictured) for their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 25, 2016. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool Chinese President Xi Jinping has reshuf... More »
A man rides an electronic bike past a billboard for the upcoming G20 summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, July 29, 2016. Picture taken July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song China is hoping to cement its standing as a global power when it hosts leaders from ... More »
Concept portrayal of China’s Mars rover and lander released on August 23, 2016 by lunar probe and space project center of Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. China Daily/via REUTERS China has showed off its fi... More »
World’s first quantum satellite is launched in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China, August 16, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS China on Tuesday launched the world’s first quantum satellite, which will help it establish “hack-proof” communications between space and th... More »
BEIJING China sentenced its powerful former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang to life in jail on Thursday, after he was found guilty at a secret trial of bribery, leaking state secrets and abuse of power, in China’s most sensational graft scandal in 70 yea... More »
WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a U.S. call for a halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea, while stressing that the Pentagon remained committed to expanding military contacts with China. I... More »
WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a U.S. call for a halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea while stressing that the Pentagon remained committed to expanding military contacts with China. In... More »
SHANGHAI Divers pulled an 85-year-old woman from the hull of a passenger ship carrying 458 people that capsized on China’s Yangtze River and others could still be alive, state media said on Tuesday, in one of China’s worst recent disasters. Five bodies had bee... More »
BEIJING China and India proposed measures on Friday to resolve a long-festering border dispute, as Beijing sought to clear obstacles to a relationship that it said could change the international political order. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met Indian Prime Mini... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Shanghai government has introduced rules to restrain the families of senior city officials from running private businesses, in a pilot measure that will eventually go nationwide in China’s sweeping campaign against corruption. The rule... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China next week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, his first trip to India’s northern neighbor since being elected last year. Modi will be in China from May 14-16, the ministry said... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s armed forces, the largest in the world, have yet to become a military which fully follows the law, its official newspaper said on Tuesday, underscoring the problem of rooting out deeply-seated corruption. Weeding out graft in the mi... More »
