China’s successful rebranding of the giant panda has created an unexpected challenge for Beijing, as it aims to balance its use of the animals for soft power abroad against the demands of an adoring public.

China's manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in January, an official factory survey showed on Monday, its weakest since August, keeping alive calls for stimulus in the world's second-largest economy.

Months after the border disengagement, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Sunday arrived in Beijing and met a top Chinese Communist Party (CPC) leader. Chinese state-backed outlet Global Times reported that “the two sides exchanged views on jointly implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries,

Australia is now more dependent on a single market than it has ever been since the late 1940s when our biggest customer was the United Kingdom.

Police have detained a man suspected of involvement in the case of a Chinese actor who was duped into travelling to Thailand for a film job and then trafficked to Myanmar, China's Public Security Ministry said.

With more women performing stand-up and audiences embracing female-oriented films, China’s feminist movement is breaking into the mainstream through comedy.

Donald Trump’s second term in office is getting off to a good start for China.

The Chinese foreign minister spoke by phone with Marco Rubio, the new secretary of state who has been a critic of Beijing.

Markets were cautiously optimistic after Trump took a lighter approach to China on Monday. That sentiment lasted a day.

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.

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.

China’s benchmark CSI 300 Index has dropped more than 2 per cent this year, even as the majority of global equities have gained. Chinese authorities have so far refrained from unleashing a policy bazooka, keeping market watchers on edge as for when the next big stimulus will materialise.