Once celebrated for its fiery spirits, the town of Maotai has reeled from a bad Chinese economy, changing tastes and a ...

The story of the Giant Pandas goes all the way back to 1972 and involves the power of one woman's voice--First ...

A former actress who grew up in poverty, she was one of the most hated women in modern Chinese history for her role in the Cultural Revolution.

Ashok Ogra ashokogra@gmail.com State banquets hosted for foreign dignitaries are about showing how seriously the relationship is taken. A state banquet is not judged by the number of dishes served or ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has been scheduled to visit China at the end of March, following tense trade relations with ...

President Donald Trump’s looming meeting with China's Xi Jinping will face new tensions after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran ...

Two American arms package sales to Taiwan have been delayed as President Trump prepares to visit China, raising questions about the United States' commitment to Taiwan.

The institutional machinery driving the Beijing summit is already too far advanced to reverse, and the Iran crisis has made holding it more urgent, not less.

China says it will send a special envoy to the Middle East to help mediate the US-Israel-Iran war, as Chinese political elites gather in Beijing for the annual "Two Sessions." ...

Sri Lanka is set to make scientific history by hosting the world’s first global conference dedicated entirely to snake research, conservation and public health, with the World Congress on Snakes (WCS) ...

As the US and Israel target Iran in 2026, a look back at declassified documents from the 1970s show that under the Shah, Iran ...