Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant ...

Haley Ott is the CBS News Digital international reporter, based in the CBS News London bureau. The United States' biggest strategic adversaries quickly condemned President Trump's decision to order ...

In our last issue of the year, we look at China’s careful but steady 2025 in the Middle East. China closed the year having turned quiet, patient engagement in the Middle East into hard power, trade ...

This article is part of Sixth Tone Voices & Opinion’s end-of-year series reviewing how China’s AI, film, game, and VR industries evolved in 2025. It was a good year for Chinese cinema. Total box ...

China has unsettled Iran by backing the United Arab Emirates in a decades-old dispute over three strategically located islands in the Persian Gulf. Beijing’s position has revived a sensitive ...

China has angered Iran by backing the UAE’s call for a peaceful resolution to the long-running dispute over three strategic Gulf islands controlled by Tehran. Iranian officials and media accuse ...

Iran recently hosted militaries from China, India, Russia, and six other countries for the first-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) military exercise on Iranian soil. The five-day “Sahand ...

China has rattled Tehran by again backing the United Arab Emirates’s claim over three Persian Gulf islands controlled by Iran. Following a visit to Abu Dhabi by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The China Film Pavilion took center stage at CineAsia this week, underscoring a revived market driven by animated blockbusters and new international partnerships. By Mathew Scott As delegates from ...

Under the guidance of the China Film Administration, China Film Co-production Corporation (CFCC) set up China Film Pavilion in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during the Red Sea International Film Festival, ...

Less than six months after the Israeli and US airstrikes inside Iranian territory, Beijing’s ties with Tehran have not wavered despite Iran’s nuclear and economic setbacks from the war. This week has ...