As China-Japan diplomatic row ripples into entertainment, over 30 Japanese performances have been abruptly cancelled, leaving millions of fans of Japanese culture in China worried about a potential broader cultural ban.

CHICAGO ― Shipments of U.S. crops to China are accelerating after a tense tariff war had stalled trade for months, with at least six bulk cargo vessels scheduled to load China-bound soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December, according to a shipping schedule seen by Reuters.

Feeling empowered after a clash over trade, Beijing is looking to exploit America’s inward turn.

China's President Xi Jinping met French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday, the French leader's fourth state visit to the Chinese capital as Europe seeks to rebalance economic and security threats from the world's second-largest economy.

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has said he intends to bring the democratic island of Taiwan under the rule of the Communist Party of China. Mr. Xi has ordered China’s military to make itself capable of taking Taiwan by 2027, according to some American commanders and officials.

Taiwan President William Lai unveils $40 billion defense spending proposal to counter China military pressure as U.S. offers cautious support.

China's economy is in a bad way and President Xi Jinping should focus on improving the lives of his people and not "territorial expansion", Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said in an interview with the New York Times.

Elon Musk's EV maker is having a difficult year, but its biggest Chinese rival has also hit some serious speed bumps in recent months.

The film’s runaway success is particularly notable given the waning influence of foreign films in China, the world’s second-largest film market.

The tailings dam - used to store toxic by-products from the copper mining process, including heavy metals like arsenic, mercury and lead - had collapsed into a tributary connected to the Kafue, Zambia's longest river and a major drinking water source.

China's government is imposing a value-added tax (VAT) on contraception as part of a policy to reverse the country's declining birth rates, according to reports. Under the plan, citizens would pay a 13 percent levy on contraceptive drugs and devices for the first time 1993, Bloomberg reported.

China is likely to stick to its current annual economic growth target of around 5% next year, government advisers and analysts said, a goal that would require authorities to keep fiscal and monetary spigots open as they seek to snap a deflationary spell.