China

The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Sri Lanka, Wei Huaxiang, arrived in the country yesterday (11) to assume his post, pledging to further strengthen the longstanding friendship and cooperation…

U.S. President Donald Trump declassified intelligence on Thursday that he maintained showed Chinese interference in U.S. elections, reviving his long-running attacks on election security despite a U.S. intelligence assessment that found no…

Severe ‌flooding in China's northern Hebei province and northeastern Liaoning province submerged roads and swept away cars, while people swam and paddle-boarded along neighbourhood streets, videos on social media showed. Water levels…

Sixteen people ‌remain buried in a mountainous county ​in China’s western ​province of Gansu after ⁠a landslide ​on Tuesday, according ​to state broadcaster CCTV. A total of 33 people ​were initially ​trapped, with 17 now “successfully…

Chinese coastguard and research vessels have been intercepting cargo ships and charting the ocean floor as it seeks to secure its naval dominance Chinese coastguard and research vessels have carried out an unusual exercise east of Taiwan,…

China's President Xi Jinping hailed an "invincible friendship" with Pyongyang as he arrived in North Korea Monday, his first trip abroad this year after hosting back-to-back summits in Beijing. China, Washington's chief geopolitical rival,…

In 2017, Sri Lanka leased the strategically located Hambantota Port to a Chinese state-owned company for 99 years after struggling to manage mounting debt obligations. Nearly a decade later, the politics surrounding Chinese investments in…

China supplying the theocratic Islamic regime in Iran with weapons and technology is no secret, but the options before Beijing are also limited by the need for China to have a friendly posture with other Gulf countries and also to keep US…

The U.S. on Thursday urged countries to support its United Nations resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining of the Strait of Hormuz, but diplomats said China and Russia are likely to veto it. A Chinese veto would be awkward ahead…

The specter of economic collapse still haunts Sri Lanka, yet a new, more structural threat is quietly manifesting in the form of a heavily skewed trade relationship with China. In 2025, China officially overtook India as Sri Lanka’s largest…