The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

CIA director William Burns visited China last month for talks with Chinese counterparts, two U.S. officials said on Friday as Washington seeks to boost communications with Beijing.

Biden has tasked Burns with several sensitive diplomatic missions.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk left Shanghai on Thursday morning local time after his first visit to China in three years.

As restrictions in Hong Kong have snuffed out what were once the largest vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, cities like London, New York, Berlin and Taipei are left carrying the candle to commemorate the June 4 anniversary.

Taiwan and the US on Thursday inked the first part of a new trade pact. Negotiated under the beak of a hawkish China, the pact is hailed by involved parties as the most significant trade deal between Taipei and Washington since Taiwan joined the World Trade Organization in 2002.

June 4 marks the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. Usually, Hong Kongers take the lead in commemorating this event with massive candle light vigils. But, since China imposed its national security law in 2020, public criticism of the regime in Beijing has become dangerous. With their…

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of relations with China, saying Beijing was "occupying our territory," while also taking a dig at the Hindu nationalist leader over the country's religious polarization.

Mr Albanese will give the keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in front of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and China's Defence Minister Li Shangfu.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said it had taken the measures because “Chinese journalists have suffered unfair and discriminatory treatment in India.”