French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting China for three days to focus on trade talks and the global crisis.

China's military sometimes simulates attacks on foreign naval vessels in the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan shares intelligence with international partners when they operate in those waters, a senior Taiwan security official said on Wednesday.

Seven Chinese universities plan to launch an "embodied intelligence" major as Beijing races to build a pipeline of robotics and AI talent.

A wave of new Chinese petrochemical plants is raising fears of a deluge of exports that will put pressure on other producing nations that are already struggling with oversupply.

As China-Japan diplomatic row ripples into entertainment, over 30 Japanese performances have been abruptly cancelled, leaving millions of fans of Japanese culture in China worried about a potential broader cultural ban.

China's government is imposing a value-added tax (VAT) on contraception as part of a policy to reverse the country's declining birth rates, according to reports. Under the plan, citizens would pay a 13 percent levy on contraceptive drugs and devices for the first time 1993, Bloomberg reported.

The first commercial shipment of iron ore from a massive new mine in Guinea is on its way to China, marking the start of a major shift in global supply of the steelmaking material.

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said China is more frequently projecting military power further into the Pacific, in a speech highlighting the challenges Australia faces as it competes for influence in its neighbourhood.

In medicine, meanwhile, China has turned itself from a copycat maker of generics into the world’s second-largest developer of new drugs, including those tackling cancer. Western rivals are licensing its firms’ wares.

Kirsty Howat marks her first Scotland start with two goals, an assist and a penalty miss in a 3-2 friendly win over China in Spain.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a measure forcing the US State Department to review guidelines for the country’s engagement with Taiwan, according to the White House, amid escalating concerns that China could move against the self-governing island.