Central Economic Work Conference begins

China hosted leaders and delegations from 53 African countries and the African Union Commission. The summit adopted a declaration and 2025–2027 action plan, strengthening the institutional...

The People’s Bank of China and financial regulators announced rate cuts, liquidity support, and property-market measures to stabilize growth and confidence. The package reflected the central role of...

India announced an agreement with China on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control, addressing disputes that followed the deadly 2020 clashes. The announcement marked a diplomatic...

Shanghai opened the seventh China International Import Expo, a state-backed platform for foreign firms and trade diplomacy. It projected China as a continuing market and “high-level openness” advocate...

Peru and China inaugurated the deep-water port of Chancay, in which Chinese company COSCO holds a majority stake. The project may shorten shipping routes and expand Pacific links with South America,...

DeepSeek published a technical report describing R1, an open-weight reasoning model developed by a Chinese AI company. Its performance and lower reported training costs intensified global debate about...

DeepSeek-AI released a paper describing R1, an open reasoning model trained with reinforcement learning and related techniques. The release drew global attention to China’s AI research and the...

Beijing announced additional tariffs on selected US imports and other measures after Washington imposed new duties on Chinese goods. The response showed China using its market access and regulatory...

The annual session opened with the government work report setting economic and social priorities for 2025. Its targets and industrial policies offered a public account of how the party-state...

At his annual press conference, Foreign Minister Wang Yi criticized tariff pressure and called for a more representative global order. His appeal to countries of the Global South drew on anti-imperial...