BEIJING: China and Japan have recently seen stable growth in trade and investment, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed. In the first three months, Japanese investors set up 221 firms in China, up 44.4 percent year on year, according to Gao Feng, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce. In ...

QINGDAO - Over 10 countries, including Russia, Thailand, Vietnam and India, will send nearly 20 vessels to join a naval parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, senior navy officer Qiu Yanpeng told a press conference ...

BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Friday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion dollar flagship project of Belt and Road Initiative, was an economic cooperation programme and did not target any third country. “We have stated clearly on many occasions that ...

BEIJING - China on Wednesday said the festering issue of blacklisting Masood Azhar at the UN was moving towards a “settlement” and asked the US not to push through its own resolution to list him. China’s foreign ministry rejected reports that said the US, the UK, and France had asked China ...

BEIJING - A Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Wednesday rejected a claim that China was given a deadline to withdraw its ‘technical hold’ it put to further discuss the listing issue at United Nations Security Council’s 1267 Committee and said the listing issue should be ...

BEIJING - China has successfully tested the world’s first armed amphibious drone boat which the Chinese military analysts claimed could be used in land assault operations and is capable of forming a combat triad with aerial drones and other drone ships, according to a media report. Built by ...

BEIJING - China said on Monday the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) doesn’t “involve territorial disputes” and is transparent, dismissing New Delhi’s concerns that part of the connectivity project violates India’s sovereignty as it passes through Azad Kashmir. India is likely to be a ...

BEIJING - China on Monday lashed out at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for accusing Beijing of prolonging the crisis in Venezuela, slamming his remarks as "lies". Beijing has been Venezuela's main creditor and maintains relations with the government of President Nicolas Maduro, which also ...

BEIJING - China Monday highly applauded Pakistan for releasing guidelines to implement the National Action Plan as per United Nations Security Council’s resolution and said it showed its resolve to fight terrorism. “China noticed the relevant report. The newly released guidelines are ...

BEIJING;p Police have detained 17 more suspects connected to a chemical blast in eastern China last month which killed 78 and left hundreds injured, local authorities said Monday. The explosion in eastern Jiangsu province was one of the worst industrial accidents in the country in recent years and ...