China’s overseas vehicle shipments are set to grow at a clip this year, bolstered by surging sales in markets like Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as the country’s heft in manufacturing electric cars goes from strength to strength.

There is no easily identifiable off-ramp for Beijing and Manila on the Second Thomas Shoal, Douglas Paal, unofficial US representative to Taipei from 2002 to 2006, tells the Post.

China’s steel production has increased, but a property market downturn and slowdown in infrastructure spending have seen prices plunge steeply, leading to overcapacity and trade tensions.

Air force chief Frank Kendall conducted a test flight on the Vista plane that went nearly nose to nose with a second human-piloted F-16.

In the face of a potential ban of TikTok in the US, Chinese merchants selling on the platform are preparing for the worst.

Yvette Wang admitted to conspiring with the self-exiled Chinese businessman and others to commit wire fraud and money laundering.

Trade talks between Taiwan and the United States for a phase-two deal have begun, with progress likely to be ‘harder’, analysts say, as more contentious topics fall under the microscope.

US defence chief Lloyd Austin said the grouping would look at undertaking more maritime drills, as well as providing greater security assistance to Manila.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines says joint exercises show ‘China definitely wants Russia to be working with them and we see no reason why [Russia] wouldn’t’.

Mayer Brown’s Hong Kong partners plan to reestablish their firm as Johnson Stokes & Master, which was the name of the Hong Kong-based entity that merged with Mayer Brown in 2008.

The visit by John Bass to Islamabad comes a week after Iran and Pakistan held talks on restarting their long-delayed gas pipeline.

Huawei’s recognition as an accredited lab expired on Tuesday and its request for an extension of its recognition was denied by US authorities.

Scientist defends collaboration with Wuhan lab as yielding ‘direct public health benefits’ for the US, with virus work saving ‘countless lives’.

Antony Blinken is the latest senior US official to visit China, but some analysts believe Washington needs to set out a clear vision for future relations.

20 companies based in mainland China and Hong Kong were among hundreds of entities hit by the wide-ranging move.

Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.

Four out of five people who responded to the poll say their opinion of mainland China is unfavourable, about the same as last year.

Readers discuss the US law targeting the social media platform, and the bipartisan silence in Australia on defence policy.

Allies and partners described as more willing and comfortable to stand alongside Washington when they understand stance espouses ‘peace and stability’.

The use of Uygurs for forced labour is impossible to properly document because of Beijing’s intentional moves, Biden administration official tells the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.