Hundreds of people have gathered to say farewell to two popular pandas departing Tokyo for China, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in 50 years, as... Read more »

This week, Keir Starmer will reportedly visit China. This will be the first trip of this kind by a British prime minister since Theresa May’s three-day visit to Beijing in 2018. Since... Read more »

Standing inches from Xi Jinping at a military ceremony in late December, China’s highest-ranking general, Zhang Youxia, may have had little inkling about the fate that was to befall him just a... Read more »

China’s most senior general is under investigation, China’s defence ministry has confirmed, in the highest profile case to date in an aggressive anti-graft purge of senior military leadership in recent months. Zhang... Read more »

If geopolitics relies at least in part on bonhomie between global leaders, China made an unexpected play for Ireland’s good graces when the taoiseach visited Beijing this month. Meeting Ireland’s leader, Micheál... Read more »

Demographic data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday revealed that in 2025, China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year, and the annual birthrate plummeted below eight million,... Read more »

On January 15, non-governmental organization Human Rights in China (HRIC) reported that, for the first time, the Chinese government obstructed the annual New Year’s gathering of the Tiananmen Mothers. Formed in September... Read more »

The panda house at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo is not due to open for several hours, but visitors are already milling around its entrance, pausing to pose for photographs in front of... Read more »

Peru’s interim president, José Jerí, has denied lying to the country and claimed he was the victim of a plot to discredit him amid a growing political scandal over his secretive meetings... Read more »