Immigration queries from China have been on the rise this year as stringent zero-Covid curbs and a steep fall in property prices have chipped away riches from the wealthy

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announces a five-year plan to prepare the country's armed forces for possible conflict amid rising tensions across the region

The new brand will be an addition to Yangwang, a premium brand set for launch in the first quarter of 2023 that it announced last month

The system has already been used by Russia following the imposition of sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine war

The US has added dozens of firms to its trade blacklist in a bid to curb China's military, human rights abuses, and block suppliers of the Russian military

Xi wants China and Russia to transact more deals in rubles and yuan to insulate the two against future Western sanctions

The decision signals a degree of renewed cooperation between the world's two largest economies which are locked in a heated trade and technology war

The mandate, the first of its kind for a Japanese municipality, is aimed at cutting household carbon emissions in the world's fifth-largest carbon emitting country

The development means that Chinese tech giant Alibaba will not be able to buy Arm’s latest Neoverse V series, as its advanced capacity is blocked by US and UK export controls

The Biden administration aims to cut China off from certain semiconductor chips made anywhere in the world using US equipment

A report by Chinese state media said the US should “stop hostile containment approaches against China” if it really wants to boost cooperation

Analysts say China is ill-prepared for a fresh wave of infections, with little exposure to a disease kept largely in check until now