Thousands queue to mourn victims, highlighting tensions between public grief and Beijing’s strict controls on dissent

US Treasury Secretary tries to ease further tension after Trump signs act aimed at regularly reviewing and updating guidelines with Taiwan.

After Beijing reshaped the political order in Hong Kong in its image, the fire has become a test of how well that new system can govern in a crisis.

BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) - China is likely to stick to its current annual economic growth target of around 5% next year, government advisers and analysts said, a goal that would require authorities to keep fiscal and monetary spigots open as they seek to snap a deflationary spell.

Seven Chinese universities plan to launch an "embodied intelligence" major as Beijing races to build a pipeline of robotics and AI talent.

The city that has reinvented itself across dynasties has no shortage of new must-see attractions in 2026. Here’s how to see the best of Beijing, from the Forbidden City to its hidden courtyards and alleyways.

STORY: Large crowds of people turned out on Sunday to mourn the victims of Hong Kong's deadly high-rise fire, as Beijing warned it would use a national security law to crack down on any “anti-China” protest.

Rep. Andy Barr, who introduced the Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act that mirrors the language the Senate included in its version of the NDAA, said Tuesday that the measure remains “in flux,” according to Politico.

Officials are rushing to tamp down anger over the blaze, which killed at least 159 people in the Chinese territory’s deadliest fire in almost 80 years.

BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping met French President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday, the French leader's fourth state visit to the Chinese capital as Europe seeks to rebalance economic and security threats from the world's second-largest economy.