Once again, nuclear power seemed hopeless, at least in the U.S. Yet over the same period, China built 13 similar reactors, with 33 more underway. And Beijing’s nuclear ambitions are global. China is quickly becoming the global leader in nuclear power,

The ruling Communist Party’s elite Central Committee also announced the replacement of 11 members, its highest personnel turnover since 2017 amid a military anti-corruption purge.

In rural China some farmers still prepare their own coffins and gravesites well in advance. In Chinese, the phrase “to die without a burial spot” is used as a curse (and is often the fate of villains in novels).

China’s top leaders have vowed to double down on making the country technologically self-sufficient, a policy priority that has taken on more urgency as the rivalry with the U.S. intensifies.

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng is set to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer from Friday, as the world's two largest economies try to ease an unexpected flare-up in tension ahead of a key leaders' summit.

But what exactly is this prize for which China must strive? TFP is best defined by what it is not. Some economic growth comes from mobilising more workers and giving them more machinery and infrastructure with which to work.

Chinese intelligence claims NSA hackers infiltrated Beijing's time service center for years using 42 specialized cyber weapons.

Taiwan is warily watching whether China could seek to try and exert economic control over sensitive frontline Taiwanese islands in a key development plan being discussed in Beijing this week, officials familiar with the matter said.

Earlier this month, President Trump threatened to impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China starting next month.

President Donald Trump has expressed confidence in reaching a "fantastic deal" with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The cool woodlands of central Wisconsin boast soils packed with Ice Age mineral deposits that make the area perfect for the cultivation of ginseng, a medicinal root that has been exported to Asia for more than 300 years.

The appointment of Zhang Shengmin as second-ranked vice chairman of the Central Military Commission was announced at the end of a four-day Central Committee meeting. Zhang becomes the third highest official in the country's top military body, after the first-ranked vice chairman and President Xi Jinping.