The prime minister will heap dutiful praise on his boss, Xi Jinping, and the leadership of the Communist Party. He will reveal the official economic growth target for 2025. He will also provide a catalogue of “major tasks” for the year ahead that will closely echo last year’s list.

A lack of trust and the whack-a-mole nature of stamping out the chemicals used to make the drug help explain why the war against fentanyl has been so intractable.

When Chinese President Xi Jinping gathered two dozen of the nation’s business leaders for a summit last week, one of the surprise attendees was a little-known, 34-year-old robot pioneer.

Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, has held talks in Beijing with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Friday. It cited Shoigu, Russia's former defence minister,

China pushed back against recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, declaring that Washington could never "sow discord" in its ties with Moscow. Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Russian Foreign Ministry via email for comment.

China’s sputtering economy has seen green shoots of recovery after aggressive stimulus late last year but markets will be closely watching the annual National People’s Congress meeting for signs of what Beijing is planning.

The secret deportation by Thailand of dozens of Uyghur men to China that has sparked international condemnation is a diplomatic win for Beijing and a snub to the United States and the United Nations,

A snowy paradise turns out to be a flimsy illusion, with cotton sheets and foam taking the place of actual snow—prompting refunds and an investigation.

"DeepSeek complements, rather than competes against, existing AI leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind," the Chinese embassy said.

Analysts say China is making overtures while diplomatic tensions have risen between Bangladesh and India on a range of issues. This includes ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina living in exile in India.

Unlike Nixon and Kissinger’s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West.