A meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and some of the country's foremost business leaders this week has fuelled ...

An old Confucian saying likens a leader to a boat and the people to water. Water can both support and topple the boat. Mao modified the thought further to underscore the importance of citizens. The ...

The uncertain reaction to Xi Jinping’s display of warmth made sense: Executives are eager for a reset after years in the cold but ever wary of meddling.

Anthony Albanese was asked on Saturday if he would call President Xi Jinping after China's military carried out a live-fire exercise off the Australian coast but instead defended China's right to ...

The start of 2025 has been good for China and its reputation as a high-tech innovator. The unveiling of the Chinese-made ...

Before the DeepSeek-led rally in Chinese stocks, market sentiment was subdued, given investors' concerns about the lack of a long-term growth driver, a prolonged property downturn and weak domestic ...

DeepSeek’s rise came as a timely confidence boost as the Chinese leadership faces a prolonged economic gloom and a brewing ...

As the Trump administration prepares for direct talks with the Kremlin to end Russia’s three-year-old war on Ukraine, ...

Alibaba’s profit surged to $6.7 billion in the December quarter, fuelled by AI-driven growth in cloud computing and ...

R arely have so many Chinese billionaires gathered in one place as happened this week in Beijing, when leader Xi Jinping ...

President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be ...