DeepSeek releases its R1 reasoning model

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,...

The annual Central Economic Work Conference opened in Beijing, bringing senior officials together to set economic priorities for the coming year. It is a key venue through which Party leadership...

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...

The Boao Forum for Asia convened government and business representatives as tariff disputes and technology controls unsettled global markets. Chinese officials used the event to advocate openness...