Day: October 28, 2025

A report by a Washington-based think tank has revealed a tense 15-hour stand-off last month between China’s coastguard and South Korean vessels in a contested area of the Yellow Sea. Advertisement The confrontation took place in the disputed Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) after a South Korean research vessel, the Onnuri, approached facilities that Beijing has claimed are used for aquaculture, according to a report posted on Monday to the website Beyond Parallel, operated under the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The PMZ is an interim area in the…

More than half of Americans say the United States should cooperate and engage with China, according to a survey released on Tuesday, a sharp increase from the 40 per cent recorded in 2024. Advertisement “Americans’ views of China are beginning to improve after several years of sharp declines,” said Craig Kafura, the council’s director of public opinion and US foreign policy and author of the study. “The big swings on how the US should approach China, in a very broad sense, were really interesting and really surprising.” This is the…

Hundreds of American families who’ve waited over five years to embrace their adoptive children from China are clinging to hope that a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will finally bring their families together. Advertisement Their optimism grew after the White House, for the first time, told the Post on Monday that the “America first” president is aware of their plight. This came weeks after US State Department officials suggested they look elsewhere after Beijing held firm on its decision to block all international adoptions.…

Few areas of China reflect the country’s decades-long economic transformation more vividly than its cities. Rapid development has turned villages into dense urban landscapes and already sizeable metro areas into some of the world’s largest population centres. As the rate of urbanisation slows and the country transitions into a new economic era, we explore how select Chinese cities are navigating the change. Read the rest of our series here. Advertisement There is hardly a city in China like Datong, where locals often reference a former mayor in daily conversations. The…

The administration of US President Donald Trump on Tuesday tightened the rules on the importation, marketing and sales of new Chinese telecoms gear in the United States, a move set to haunt bilateral relations ahead of the summit of the top leaders later this week. Advertisement The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to block new approvals for devices with parts from companies on its “Covered List“ and also to allow it to bar previously approved equipment in certain cases. It means that devices produced by Huawei Technologies, Hikvision and…