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Trump hails friendship with Xi as China’s leader urges ‘healthy’ competition

US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping

Trump welcomes China’s leader ahead of vital Washington summit

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Ceer launches as new EV-focused manufacturer

Huge waves crash on the coastline ahead of Typhoon Bavi in Wenling in eastern China’s Zhejiang province

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in east China with more than one million evacuated

People struggle with an umbrella

China evacuates more than one million people as region braces for Typhoon Bavi

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Hong Kong bookseller seized by Chinese authorities dies in Taiwan

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival links modern China to traditions more than 2,000 years old

Trump plans tariffs on 60 countries including UK over ‘forced labour’

US President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing

Trump and Xi wrap up summit claiming progress stabilising US-China relations

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China’s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a welcome ceremony with US President Donald Trump, left, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

Trump offers friendly words in Beijing while Xi issues cautionary warning

Donald Trump after getting off Air Force One in Beijing

Trump arrives in China for summit as war and inflation weigh on presidency

US rock climber scales Taiwan skyscraper without ropes

China announces it has ‘successfully completed’ military exercises near Taiwan

China flexes blockade capabilities near Taiwan on second day of military drills

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Japan’s prime minister says Trump called her amid China anger over Taiwan
Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, recently triggered China’s fury with a comment about Taiwan.
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China accuses US of cyber attack on national time centre

Tory MP says collapsed China spy case ‘sends a really dangerous message’

Russia helping China prepare for potential invasion of Taiwan, says think tank

Typhoon hits Hong Kong and China after killing dozens in Taiwan and Philippines

Trump’s broad tariffs go into effect

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Taiwan will ‘not provoke confrontation’ with China, vice president says

Chinese aircraft carrier sails into Hong Kong to boost patriotism

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Jenrick says Nato countries should raise defence spending to 3% of GDP

China holds live-fire drills opposite Taiwan, a week after large-scale exercise
Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said China’s drills were part of an annual exercise and was tracking them.
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UK needs ‘more diplomacy’ with China but will always put security first – Lammy

Lammy to make official visit to China, Beijing’s foreign ministry confirms

China hold military exercises around Taiwan as independence ‘warning’

Taiwan celebrates its National Day holiday against background of Chinese threats

Taiwan hospital fire kills at least nine as typhoon batters island

Thousands evacuated in Taiwan as typhoon brings heavy rain

Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Krathon heads for Taiwan

Asthma linked to higher diabetes risk and vice versa, researchers say

Malaysia says it won’t bow to demands to halt oil exploration in South China Sea

Taipei zoo’s veteran giant panda Yuanyuan celebrates her 20th birthday

China’s president Xi meets US security adviser Sullivan in bid to ease tensions

Taiwan conducts live-fire missile drills as China ramps up military threats

China accuses the Philippines of purposely crashing ship into vessel

15 killed by mudslide in China amid heavy rain from tropical storm Gaemi

Typhoon Gaemi hits China after leaving 25 dead in Taiwan and Philippines

Taiwan prepares for strong typhoon as monsoon rains kill 13 in the Philippines

China tells Taiwan’s coast guard not to interfere in detention of boat crew

Thailand becomes first country in south-east Asia to allow same-sex marriage

Dragon boat racing puts modern twist on an ancient tradition

Taiwan’s legislature passes changes seen as favouring China

Taiwan scrambles jets and puts naval units on alert over China’s military drills

New semiconductor institute to oversee UK computer chip sector

Taiwan’s new President urges China to stop military intimidation

China sanctions Boeing and two US defence contractors for Taiwan arms sales

Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan’s president which will likely bolster US ties

Filipino activists, fishermen sail to disputed shoal in South China Sea

Russian president Putin to make state visit to China this week

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