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(Bloomberg) -- A Japanese tourist in his 20s was arrested near the besieged Hong Kong Polytechnic University that has become a flashpoint between police and protesters, with Tokyo looking to raise its concerns about the unrest with China. The man, whose name…

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for a fifth day on Friday, forcing schools to close and blocking some major highways, as university students barricaded campuses and authorities struggled to calm the violence. Ch…

China's state disinformation campaigns against the Hong Kong protesters are unwelcome on Youtube, Twitter and Facebook, with the mainstream platforms shutting down accounts that spread propaganda videos; but increasingly these blocked videos are available on …

Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down in Athens on Sunday, for a three-day visit looking at "a deeper cooperation with Greece in all sectors". Xi is expected to meet President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the two count…

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities readied on Friday for a series of student demonstrations and further weekend protests, the latest in more than five months of anti-government unrest that has sparked the Chinese-ruled city’s worst crisis in decades.…

A trade war between the world's top two economies cut United States imports of China's goods by more than a quarter or $35bn in the first half of this year - and also drove up prices for US consumers, a United Nations study showed on Tuesday. Beijing and Was…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Drug law enforcement officers from China and the United States will jointly brief the media on Thursday on a fentanyl smuggling case, in an unusual disclosure of rare Sino-U.S. cooperation in cracking down on fentanyl crimes. China's Nati…

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s administration will cherish and safeguard freedom of the press, its acting chief executive, Matthew Cheung, said on Tuesday, as protests that have roiled the Chinese-ruled city for more than five months show no sign of lettin…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption The protests in Hong Kong began in response to a bill championed by Ms Lam China's President Xi Jinping has told embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam that the central government has a "high degree of confidence" in her,…

President Donald Trump has played up the prospect that the US could soon defuse trade tensions with China in recent days.The two sides could sign a so-called phase one agreement in Iowa this month, he said. But administration offici…