The risk potential of five ports in Mexico and the Bahamas would increase if acquired by COSCO, analysts warn.

BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) - China will offer firm support for "patriotic pro-reunification forces" in Taiwan and strike hard against "separatists", the top Chinese official in charge of policy towards the democratically-governed island said in comments published on Tuesday.

In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States. It has been common

The United States on Friday accused China of carrying out a secret nuclear test in 2020 as the Trump administration calls for a broader nuclear weapons agreement including both China and Russia.

If nothing replaces the New START nuclear arms treaty, security analysts see a more dangerous environment with a higher risk of miscalculation.

Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, some 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) from Beijing, where he works in construction. “The new year

China's liquefied natural gas imports are set to rise in 2026 as a global supply upswing lowers prices while use for power generation and transport rises, though any lift will be modest due to persistent weakness in the domestic economy,