China's Ministry of State Security on Friday said foreign spy agencies had tried to "steal" rare earths and pledged to crack down on infiltration and espionage targeted at its critical mineral sector.

A new wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th National Party Congress in October 2022, more than 20 senior PLA officers from all four services—the army,

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who the real successor is.

China’s spy agency has accused overseas intelligence agencies of stealing controlled rare earth materials, reiterating its intent to curb smuggling even as Beijing agrees to review applications to export the vital industrial resource after trade talks with the US.

China has welcomed a Russian proposal for the restoration of a three-member bloc with India, saying cooperation would be in their interests and would contribute to peace and security, raising the prospect of a revitalized alliance that could challenge U.

International CCUS collaboration could have significant implications for global decarbonisation timelines, particularly in hard-to-abate industrial sectors

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured a panda breeding facility in the final stages of an extended state visit that has cast China as a fellow champion of a global fair trade system under threat from the United States.

In its 2025 white paper, Japan's Defense Ministry said the world faces the most perilous security environment since World War II.

Albanese’s China visit has focussed on boosting the economic partnership while avoiding any ideological grandstanding on points of difference.

China is threatening to derail a $23 billion deal that would hand over control of more than 40 global ports — including two at the Panama Canal — to BlackRock and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC), unless its state-owned shipping giant COSCO is granted a stake, the Wall Street Journal reported.

"In less than two decades, China has created the largest and most advanced high-speed rail system in the world, reshaping mobility, the economy and regional development," said Alan Beroud, chairman of the UIC, during his keynote speech at the opening ceremony on July 8.