Two Hong Kong activists, Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, were found guilty of incitement to subversion for organizing annual Tiananmen Square vigils. The conviction follows the 2020 imposition of Beijing's national security law, drawing international criticism.
Industry leaders at the World Robot Conference in Beijing cite technical inefficiencies and high training requirements as major barriers for humanoid robots. While startups like Unitree and Keenon expand, U.S. market demand remains focused on immediate, practical solutions.
Guotai Haitong Securities Asset Management was fined 52.5 million yuan by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange for breaching rules governing the QDII program and failing to report cross-border transactions between 2019 and 2022.
China's Ministry of Justice has ordered domestic companies to withhold information from EU officials investigating foreign subsidies. The directive specifically targets the probe into JD.com's €2 billion acquisition of Germany's Ceconomy, complicating EU-China trade talks.
The National Financial Regulatory Administration has signaled support for mainland Chinese insurance funds to invest in Hong Kong-listed ETFs via Stock Connect, a move expected to increase market liquidity and diversify investment strategies for insurers.
A delegation of Japanese parliamentary members will visit Beijing from August 24 to 27 for the first time in 10 months, in talks aimed at crisis management following strained bilateral relations.
The US State Department has determined that American political analyst Min Zin, detained in China, is wrongfully held, shifting his case to the presidential office for hostage affairs ahead of an upcoming presidential summit.
China rejected a White House report accusing its exporters of routing goods through Mexico to avoid US tariffs, calling it protectionist and detached from facts.
Malaysian leader expected to visit China to attend the Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou and hold talks with Li, building on efforts to strengthen bilateral relations.
Two Hong Kong activists, Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, were found guilty of incitement to subversion for organising annual Tiananmen Square crackdown vigils.
Chinese football star Wu Lei defends a young fan wearing his national team jersey who was harassed by rival Shanghai Shenhua supporters after a match.
Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui warns that Japan's potential shift toward nuclear armament and accelerated remilitarization threatens regional stability and could ignite an arms race in Northeast Asia.
Taiwan's cabinet has approved a record NT$647 billion defense budget for next year, an 18.2% increase. The spending represents 28.6% of the total government expenditure as leader William Lai Ching-te aims to boost deterrence capabilities.
Beijing has formally requested that Washington withdraw planned 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese drones. The Ministry of Commerce argues the measures unfairly target civilian products and threaten global supply chains, citing concerns over the use of national security powers.
Beijing-based 51World has launched a new hardware and software suite, AperEgo and AperOS, to solve the high-precision training data shortage in the embodied AI industry. The system captures human motion and sensory data to improve humanoid robot training efficiency.
China's Ministry of Justice has officially condemned an EU investigation into Chinese firms under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), labeling it as undue extraterritorial jurisdiction and prohibiting compliance with the probe's information requests.
The White House is targeting Chinese goods rerouted through third countries like Mexico and Vietnam using AI-driven detection. However, analysts argue this ignores the core issue of China's undervalued yuan, which continues to drive massive global trade imbalances.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stated in an Al Jazeera interview that he views Taiwan as part of China, while observers note potential trade-offs for future hi-tech investments.
Mainland Chinese tourist arrivals in Japan fell 56.1% year on year in July, marking the eighth consecutive month of decline due to slumping group tours and rising visa costs amid strained diplomatic ties.
Shanghai released a five-year plan to boost its digital economy, aiming for 100 per cent blockchain adoption across key industries by 2030 while enhancing AI infrastructure to rival Beijing and Shenzhen.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged South Korea to maintain foreign policy autonomy and criticized US policy toward North Korea, while sidestepping questions about Beijing brokering a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Chinese foreign ministry statement reveals Wang Yi told South Korean national security adviser Wi Sung-lac that Beijing hopes Seoul will achieve strategic autonomy and avoid bloc confrontation.
A new study by Shanghai Jiao Tong University researchers warns Beijing that excessive defence contractor influence over policy in the US has created a profit-driven military-industrial complex.
Researchers from the China Coast Guard Academy and Dalian Maritime University proposed a multi-domain drone network to defend islands against low-cost drone swarms, according to a paper published in Command Control & Simulation.
