Chinese industrial-scale scam centers are bilking Americans of more than $5 billion each year and giving Beijing a pretext to expand its influence across Asia.

China has lodged "stern representations" to the Philippines over recent "negative moves" concerning Taiwan, as well as maritime and security issues, a Chinese foreign ministry statement said on Friday.

China has warned that it may block the sale of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison's international ports, including one on either end of the Panama Canal, to a United States-linked consortium unless China's state-owned shipping giant, COSCO, is included in the agreement.

Former Howard government minister Peter McGauran says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to be in “Beijing’s pocket” after his trip to China.

China and Australia will keep open dialogue and look for areas of cooperation despite strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday after meeting China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

The Trump administration has finalized its trade deal with China, but isn’t lifting countermeasures just yet, Bloomberg News reported Thursday

Chinese President Xi Jinping has bluntly questioned a nationwide rush of investment into the AI and EV industries. As deflation anxiety grows and Trump’s trade war with China ramps up, the world’s second largest economy is turning to fast-growth tech industries to remain competitive.

China’s spy agency has accused overseas intelligence agencies of stealing controlled rare earth materials, reiterating its intent to curb smuggling even as Beijing agrees to review applications to export the vital industrial resource after trade talks with the US.