China’s Ming dynasty, which lasted nearly three centuries, began as Zhu Yuanzhang was formally acclaimed Hongwu Emperor, following the collapse of the Yuan dynasty.

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...

Chinese billionaire Richard Liu, founder of e-commerce giant JD.com, has pledged to give US$1,400 in cash to each person over 60 in his hometown village as a thank-you for funds they donated to ...

Games Workshop has unveiled the new range of Warhammer 40,000 models for the refreshed Emperor’s Children army, as part of its Las Vegas Open preview stream on Thursday. These latest reveals include ...

Thanks for joining us. Here are the key takeaways from China’s 2024 economic figures, the last big data release for the year. The numbers show the world’s No. 2 economy has picked up in the ...

The iPhone maker has turned to rare discounts to stimulate sales. The company launched a four-day promotion in China from Jan 4 to 7, offering price cuts of up to 500 yuan (US$68.50) on its iPhone ...

As he prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever. China just posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of almost $1 trillion for 2024 ...

LIKE LORD VOLDEMORT from Harry Potter, “Made in China 2025” is an initiative which induces so much fear and loathing abroad that Chinese officials dare not speak its name. The plan ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. As potential TikTok ban looms, some U.S. users are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu instead Icons for the ...

The model would sometimes begin “thinking” in Chinese, Persian, or some other language — even when asked a question in English. Given a problem to sort out — e.g. “How many R’s are in ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is bringing the country’s financial sector to heel, one banker at a time. For decades, China sought to learn from Western finance. Now it’s purging many of the ...

demonstrated in a computer simulation that nearly 1,400 Starlink satellites could be approached within 12 hours using just 99 Chinese satellites. These satellites could be equipped with lasers ...