Chinese athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs will receive criminal punishments and jail terms from next year, as China cracks down on doping ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, state media reported.more
'Rather, we want to ensure that China act responsibly and fairly in support of security and prosperity in each of our two countries,' US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.more
China is home to the world's largest network of CCTV cameras - over 170 million - and its police have adopted Google Glass-like 'smart specs' to seek out suspects in crowds, but now its surveillance efforts have hit a new level with technology that can apparently identify individuals based on their body shape and the way they walk.more
Typhoon Mangkhut killed at least 30 people in the Philippines as it obliterated homes and crops and caused massive flooding, and is now on course to plough into China's southern coast.more
Beijing pursues a policy of quarreling EU member states - Spanish "El Confidencial" informs. They pointed out that Poland is one of the countries that China wants to attract to its orbit.more
Poland was promoted to the 17th place in the ranking of the most attractive markets for Chinese capital - said the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, referring to the report of the Knight Frank group. Estonia is the only European country that overtakes Poland.more
Theresa May's first official visit to China has been long in the making, but when the prime minister finally met Xi Jinping, the leader of the world's second largest economy, the most talked-about moment was how she and her husband had remarked that they enjoyed the same tea at home as was served by the president.more
Theresa May has responded to questions about her future as prime minister, saying "I'm not a quitter." Speaking before arriving in China on a trade mission, she referred to Brexit and the "domestic agenda", adding "there is a long-term job to be done".more
In the past 25 years war has claimed too many lives. Yet even as civil and religious strife have raged in Syria, central Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq, a devastating clash between the world's great powers has remained almost unimaginable.more
Liam Fox has said Britain still welcomes foreign investment after the US rejected a Chinese buyout deal of a money transfer company over national security concerns.more
Germany's intelligence service warned on Sunday that China is using fake profiles on social networks to gather personal information from politicians and other high ranking officials.more
Is Europe flooded with cheap e-bikes produced in China with state aid? The European Commission has investigated imports of electronic bicycles from China. Reason is a complaint from European bicycle manufacturers suffering from competition.more
American presidents have a habit of describing their Chinese counterparts in terms of awe. A fawning Richard Nixon said to Mao Zedong that the chairman's writings had "changed the world". To Jimmy Carter, Deng Xiaoping was a string of flattering adjectives: "smart, tough, intelligent, frank, courageous, personable, self-assured, friendly". more
The Chinese daily "Global Times," referred to as the government tabloid, has assessed the announcement by the United Kingdom of two new aircraft carriers in the South China Sea in 2018 as a compromise.more