Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart of the great-power ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China’s annual Congress ends with questions over how to revive its slowing economy, AP explains A Chinese ...

China has wrapped up its biggest political event of the year leaving one question unanswered: How far will it go to try to revive economic growth in 2025 BEIJING -- China wrapped up its biggest ...

Xi Jinping wants China to surpass rivals as a tech superpower, undeterred by economic woes or trade wars. Critics ask if this focus neglects struggling citizens. By Chris Buckley Throughout China ...

China is embracing AI in its bid to become a tech superpower by 2030. DeepSeek, the breakthrough Chinese chatbot that caught the world's attention in January, was just the first hint of that ambition.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Shoppers walk at a tourist attraction area, Nanluogu Alley in the evening in downtown Beijing, China ...

The annual gathering of the National People’s Congress, China’s parliament, is tightly choreographed, with all decisions made in advance by the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Security is even ...

As US President Donald Trump ratcheted up economic pressure on China over the past week, Beijing sent back its own message: Its rise won’t be interrupted. A major political meeting taking place ...

In July 2015, the Thai authorities sent 109 of them back to China. They did so even though Uyghurs and many human rights groups insisted that the Chinese government would treat them brutally.

Explore the incredible process of making car fender liners in a local factory. This journey takes you through each stage of production, from raw materials to the final product.

Guangdong will further strengthen its manufacturing and industrial base and make it more “modern” to maintain its decades-long status as China’s economic powerhouse, according to the top ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...