Less than 750 kilometres from Taiwan and home to nearly 30,000 US troops, the Japanese islands of Okinawa would play a pivotal role should Beijing order the invasion of Taiwan.

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific community.

SINGAPORE—A Chinese artificial-intelligence company has Silicon Valley marveling at how its programmers nearly matched American rivals despite using inferior chips. AI models from DeepSeek, the Chinese company,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday batted down the national security concerns surrounding TikTok, saying, “Is it that important for China to be spying on young people? On young kids watching crazy videos?

China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migration.

Despite the American government’s efforts to hold back China’s AI industry, two Chinese firms had reduced their American counterparts’ technological lead to a matter of weeks. It is not just with reasoning models that Chinese firms are in the vanguard: in December DeepSeek published a new large language model ( LLM ),

Travellers thronged railway stations and airports on Friday, clutching large suitcases and gifts such as boxes of fruit as they joined millions of Chinese returning to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival with family.

Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Honduras is doing the opposite.

Panda fan culture once flourished in China. But Beijing is tightening control of discussion of a national symbol.

By any measure, China’s EV growth has been extraordinary — more than half of new cars sold last year were electric. The global implications could be staggering.