The appointment of China's new defence attache to Niger signals a larger move by Beijing to fortify security in Africa, experts say China's first ever defence attache to Niger, Colonel-Major Chen Xuming,

Chinese warships have been circumnavigating Australia’s coastline for more than three weeks, passing within 200 miles of Sydney, and staging unprecedented live-fire drills on its doorstep with New Zealand.

China's retaliatory tariffs against United States farm produce are designed to hurt Donald Trump's voter base, analysts say, but remain restrained enough to allow room for the adversaries to hash out a trade deal.

China has the largest navy in the world by hull count with over 370 vessels, including two aircraft carriers in service. Last November, France sent its only aircraft carrier, which is nuclear-powered, for a five-month mission to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, maintaining a steady growth rate as Beijing faces headwinds from three years of sluggish economic expansion amid mounting geopolitical challenges from Taiwan to Ukraine.

As Chinese leaders meet in Beijing, they are striking a confident posture despite serious challenges to the economy and growing pressure from the United States.

France's WEST fusion reactor has shattered a nuclear fusion record set by China just a few weeks ago, marking yet another small but significant step on the road toward near-limitless clean energy. The CEA's (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux ...

China has set an economic growth target of around five percent for 2025, broadly in line with analysts' expectations. Beijing has struggled to sustain its recovery from the pandemic, with a property sector crisis, flagging consumption and high youth unemployment weighing on growth.

Cognac producers are asking the French government to start negotiations with China to resolve bilateral trade tensions, due to which the sector is losing 50 million euros per month. This is reported by Bloomberg.

Asian markets were mostly up Wednesday as investors weighed bullish growth targets announced by China despite its sluggish economy and the looming prospect of a global trade war.