European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday's EU-China summit is an opportunity to "both advance and rebalance our relationship", hours before talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing.

The summit was abruptly shortened from two days to one at Beijing's request. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The key issue, economists say, is boosting productivity, something that requires a change in government incentives.

China has accused the US of "stirring up trouble" in the South China Sea in a fresh bid to stake claim to miles of international waters. Fu Cong, China's ambassador to the UN, this week launched into a series of attacks on America at the UN Security Council.

Beijing has ramped up espionage warnings in recent years as ties with the United States and other Western nations have cooled.

Washington had been a buffer against China’s efforts to use UNESCO to influence education, historical designations and even artificial intelligence.

The deployment of the Mid-Range Capability, or Typhon, system in the region has repeatedly irritated China. The US sees it as a key capability.

China’s commanding grip on the world’s market for battery materials could have potentially disastrous consequences for America’s defense industry, according to a new report. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controls more than 80% of the world’s supply of lithium-ion batteries,

Lovart, the latest AI design tool to hit the market, was created by a team that includes the former China head of popular video-editing app CapCut.