The arrest of the media tycoon marks the most aggressive action yet under new anti-sedition legislation.
The highest-level American visit to Taiwan in decades shows the island’s importance as ties between the United States and China deteriorate.
The pro-democracy figure is the most high-profile person detained under the sweeping legislation imposed by Beijing. “It’s hard to believe this is Hong Kong,” said a journalist.
The virus has infected more than 19,974,200 people and has been detected in nearly every country.
A Hong Kong bookseller has recreated his shop in Taipei, and it has become a symbol of Taiwan’s vibrant democracy.
The president has repeatedly called for a big payment to the Treasury Department if a Chinese company sells the app to Microsoft, but there is no provision in the law for that.
The restrictions on the two Chinese-owned apps followed a familiar model for other policy announcements on China from the Trump administration.
But a new assessment says China would prefer to see the president defeated, though it is not clear Beijing is doing much to meddle in the 2020 campaign to help Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Even as the White House moves against the Chinese social media app, the intelligence agencies do not see it as a major issue along the lines of Huawei.
The sanctions are the first punishments brought against officials in China and Hong Kong for suppressing pro-democracy protests.
The government cited national security concerns in announcing sweeping restrictions on two popular Chinese social media networks, a move that is likely to be met with retaliation.
A court in eastern China convicted Zhang Yuhuan in 1995 for the murder of two boys. His exoneration has grabbed headlines, though legal reforms have been sluggish.
Infections have surged in the city, and its labs have been going at full speed. But wariness of the Chinese Communist Party runs deep.
Intelligence agencies are scrutinizing whether the kingdom’s work with China to develop nuclear expertise is cover to process uranium and move toward development of a weapon.
A transmissão do vírus pelos aerossóis importa e, talvez, muito mais do que ainda sabemos.
The trip by Alex M. Azar II, a rare high-level U.S. visit, is being billed as an opportunity to highlight Taiwan’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic.
The president’s interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm’s-length approach of predecessors of either party.
Las 14 variedades reconocidas incluyen plantas comunes como hibisco, campanilla morada y lavanda. Aún así, los expertos advirtieron a los destinatarios que no las sembraran.
The founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, dreamed of building a global tech company based in China. Then the geopolitical reality set in.
The founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, dreamed of building a global tech company based in China. Then the geopolitical reality set in.
The uncertainty over the future of the wildly popular video app has brought chaos to its user community — and to the entertainment and advertising industries as well.
The announcement came after the company consulted with President Trump, who has threatened to ban the app and expressed national security concerns about it in recent weeks.
Chinese academics have been honing the Communist Party’s authoritarian response in Hong Kong, rejecting the liberal ideas of their youth.
Millions of dollars of Paycheck Protection Program loans went to China-backed businesses in critical sectors, a study found.
The 14 varieties identified include common ones, such as hibiscus, morning glory and lavender. Still, experts warned recipients not to plant them.
The government blames the pandemic. More likely, it was afraid to lose.
La transmisión por aerosoles es importante, y quizá sea mucho más relevante de lo que hemos podido comprobar hasta ahora.
President Trump is talking about banning the app. TikTok may also sell its U.S. operations. Let’s sort through it all here.
The discussions come as TikTok’s ownership by a Chinese company is under scrutiny by the White House and lawmakers.
Pro-democracy politicians, who had hoped to ride widespread discontent to big gains in the fall, saw the yearlong delay as an attempt to thwart their momentum.
William Stevenson was one of the first foreign correspondents to visit the People’s Republic of China. Decades later, despite its transformation, I recognize the same country.
Its first popularly elected president, he transformed a police state into a vibrant country while angering Beijing by insisting that Taiwan be treated as a sovereign state.
Critics of the government said they were held in rooms with barred windows and denied permission to contact their families, all in the name of public health.
Critics of the government said they were held in rooms with barred windows and denied permission to contact their families, all in the name of public health.
Transmission through aerosols matters — and probably a lot more than we’ve been able to prove yet.
Strong sales at China’s biggest construction equipment maker show Beijing’s strategy for recovery after the virus. But while the company, XCMG, is prospering, the rest of the economy is struggling.
Twelve candidates, including several prominent democracy advocates, were barred from an upcoming legislative election, and four activists were arrested over online posts.
The report said athletes were struck by coaches, housed in crowded conditions and not given schooling as promised.
Some members of the Trump administration believe the superpower country poses an existential threat to the U.S. — one they are working to address now.
A Pentagon leader argues that as Beijing’s weapons grow in size and sophistication, the U.S. and Russia will have to reassess their own arsenals.
In one attack, the hackers weaponized an electronic file with a letter that had a note of condolence from Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state.
U.S.-China ties haven’t been this strained for decades. What happens if they snap?
Recent cases reveal the evolution of a crime that often exploits worry over family members abroad with digital savvy and old-fashioned coercion.
Republican and Democratic administrations have failed to thwart aggressive expansion in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes. The solution isn’t flashy, but it could work.
Instead of banning the app, U.S. officials could force it to be more transparent.
State agriculture officials are urging residents not to plant the seeds, which were mailed in pouches featuring Chinese characters.
Tokyo has not confronted Beijing as the United States and other allies have, mindful of its neighbor’s economic might and its own limited military options.
Top aides to President Trump want to leave a lasting legacy of ruptured ties between the two powers. China’s aggression has been helping their cause.
The trade deal is providing a rare point of stability as relations between the United States and China fray over Hong Kong, the coronavirus and accusations of espionage.
Is America prepared for a Cold War with China?
Authorities are systematically gathering genomic data from tens of millions of people.
Stationed all over the world, my colleagues and I can feel isolated. But a weekly call that began because of the pandemic has provided a comforting support system.
A judge said there was no direct evidence against the two, who made headlines when they got married days after their arrest. A teenager was also acquitted.
The country now finds itself on a treacherous new stage. “America First” won’t cut it.
The party accused Ren Zhiqiang, an influential property tycoon who criticized Xi Jinping, of being disloyal, took aim at his children and paved the way for criminal prosecution.
The tit-for-tat consulate closures marked yet another round of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.
A move by the Chinese government to cancel international sporting events means the WTA Tour will lose its lucrative championships and six other tournaments.
The move would reduce ownership by a Chinese company, ByteDance, amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and China.
After the closure of the Houston consulate and other actions, Chinese officials are trying to respond without endangering the economy or inviting further global isolation.
Researchers found a potential vulnerability in an app that helps power the drones, highlighting U.S. officials’ concerns that Beijing could get access to information about Americans.
More than 190 organizations have come together to demand an end to garments made by forced labor in China.
The combined orbiter, lander and rover will reach the red planet in February, if all goes well. NASA plans a Mars launch of its own next week.
So far, there is scant evidence that these punishments have limited the cyberattacks and other bad behavior from America’s two greatest rivals for influence and power around the world.
In defense, trade, technology, media and diplomacy, among other areas, the cold war between the Trump administration and China’s ruling Communist Party is widening and worsening.
In defense, trade, technology, media and diplomacy, among other areas, the rancor between the Trump administration and China’s ruling Communist Party is worsening.
Chinese vessels have caught $560 million worth of squid off the North’s shores since the United Nations banned the practice in 2017, says a group that tracks commercial fishing.
A goal of the Tianwen-1 launch is to catch up with decades of American success on the red planet, all in one mission.
Chinese stocks are surging. Foreign investors have rushed in. University graduates and factory workers are opening up trading accounts. Is disaster on the horizon?
The Trump administration accused Chinese citizens of stealing scientific research and told the country’s diplomats in Texas to leave. Beijing warned it would retaliate.
It’s a moment of reckoning for global supply chains. But that doesn’t mean companies are flocking back to the United States.
My father, a Chinese pulmonologist, believes his brother could have been saved.
Several firms that were blacklisted by the U.S. Commerce Department said they had found no evidence of forced labor or other abuses.
Two suspects in China targeted companies working on vaccines as part of a broader cybertheft campaign to enrich themselves and aid the Chinese government, officials said.
Just because U.S. politicians and tech giants are blaming China, doesn’t mean we should be scared.
The global health agency sent two experts to China, but it is unclear how much access they are getting. They must first complete a two-week quarantine.
A growing partnership between America’s main Middle East adversary and Asia’s rising superpower bears careful watching in Washington.
Al inicio de la pandemia, cuando los ministros de salud de Europa se reunieron para discutir el nuevo coronavirus, elogiaron sus propios sistemas de salud. “Nuestra lección a aprender es la humildad”, dijo más tarde un asesor de salud europeo.
The move, which affects suppliers to major international brands such as Apple, Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger, could force companies to sever some ties to China.
Several foreign governments have criticized the new law, which gives China broad powers to crack down on political crimes in the territory.
Several foreign governments have criticized the new law, which gives China broad powers to crack down on political crimes in the territory.
Several foreign governments have criticized the new law, which gives China broad powers to crack down on political crimes in the territory.
The coronavirus exposed European countries’ misplaced confidence in faulty models, bureaucratic busywork and their own wealth.
A Times video investigation identified Chinese companies using a contentious labor program for Uighurs to satisfy demand for P.P.E., some of which ended up in the United States and other countries.
Our visual investigation reveals that several Chinese companies are using Uighur labor from a contentious government program to produce P.P.E. during the pandemic. We track some of that equipment to the U.S. and around the world.
Three years after Xiao Jianhua was snatched from a luxury hotel in Hong Kong, Beijing is making it clear that his style of freewheeling finance is a thing of the past.
China and India are locked in a tense, deadly struggle for advantage on their disputed mountain border.
When the pandemic shut down pools and resorts around the globe, life slid to a halt in the seaside town of Xingcheng, a major producer of bikinis and trunks.
There’s good reason to remain skeptical about the Chinese-owned company, but for now it’s one of the best social media platforms.
The attorney general accused several companies by name of appeasing an authoritarian government to preserve access to a huge consumer market.
Beijing is offering several vaccine candidates to employees of state-owned companies and the armed forces, while also conducting clinical trials in other countries.
With more than 90 million members and led by Xi Jinping, the party encompasses people at the heights of Chinese power and the civil servants of everyday life.
Heavy spending on roads and rail lines reversed the economy’s outbreak-induced nose-dive in February and March. But retail sales stayed weak, alarming investors.
The presidential order under consideration would be based on the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act used in a 2017 travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries.
The viral social media app has beefed up its lobbying operation to counter several potential actions in Washington that could threaten the company’s future.
El presidente estadounidense habló en el Jardín de las Rosas durante 63 minutos. Solo dedicó seis de ellos a responder preguntas de los periodistas.
Beijing accused the United States of “gross interference in Hong Kong affairs” and promised a response.
The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes. He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters.
A sweeping national security law passed by China in June has unsettled news organizations and created uncertainty about the city’s prospects as a hub for journalism in Asia.
Banning the use of the Chinese tech giant’s equipment in high-speed wireless infrastructure is a major reversal by Prime Minister Boris Johnson — and a big victory for the Trump administration.
Relations are in free fall. Lines are being drawn. As the two superpowers clash over technology, territory and clout, a new geopolitical era is dawning.
Banning the use of the Chinese tech giant’s equipment in high-speed wireless infrastructure is a major reversal by Prime Minister Boris Johnson — and a big victory for the Trump administration.
The announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo portends more American military operations to push back Chinese maritime activity and sanctions on Chinese companies.
Voters turned out in high numbers to cast ballots in an unofficial primary for the city’s pro-democracy camp despite government warnings it might be against the new security law.
The sanctions, which target Republican members of Congress, were in retaliation for the Trump administration’s bans on Chinese officials accused of human rights abuses.
New legislation has chilled Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement — and potentially altered the city forever.
The 52-year-old driver, who was also killed, was aggrieved about the demolition of his home because of a redevelopment scheme, officials said.
“Take care tonight/ Things might not look like this tomorrow.”
Adrian Wojnarowski, who is known for his “Woj bombs” of breaking news, emailed a different kind to a U.S. senator.
Xu Zhangrun, a law professor in Beijing known for criticizing the Communist Party, was allowed to go home after being detained a week ago, people familiar with him said.
As the pandemic rages, the world is still far from getting global warming under control.
These charts show the pandemic’s trajectory in each nation. New cases appear to be leveling off in some places, but they may still be far from a slowdown.
Some metros in the U.S. could have worse outbreaks than those in Italy’s Lombardy region or in Wuhan, China.
These charts show the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic in each country. New cases have dwindled in China and South Korea, but the virus continues to spread rapidly in most of the world.
A satellite that detects pollution from human activity shows how the coronavirus is shutting down whole countries.