Simone McCarthy

Beijing — As US President Donald Trump accused Beijing of exploiting US election data in a televised speech in Washington, halfway across the world in China, Xi Jinping was sending a very different message.

Fuping county, China — Soccer players in red jerseys jump up and down, spraying their cheering teammates with champagne, as confetti

For the first time, two Chinese nationals have been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics achievement – a win hailed across China as a milestone in the country's bid to cement its role as a science and technology powerhouse.

For the first time, two Chinese nationals have been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics achievement – a win hailed across China as a milestone in the country’s bid to cement its role as a science and technology powerhouse.

Beijing — A top Chinese medical university is investigating the death of a young girl in an experimental gene-editing trial conducted

Even as results from related research were published in the Nature journal, the outcome was never made public by the doctors or their institutions.

Beijing — Beijing announced a swath of measures against the United States and its firms on Wednesday, in what it described as retaliation against recent moves by Washington targeting Chinese companies.

Beijing's countermeasures come weeks before an expected summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump, as tech rivalry between the two nations intensifies.

Beijing — The road to Chinese leader Xi Jinping's expected visit to the United States next month is shaping up to be rockier than Beijing would have hoped.

Beijing/Hong Kong — Ice was still heavy on the water when the hulking Christophe de Margerie tanker set off on the first journey of the season along the Northern Sea Route in late May.