China has allocated 1.67 trillion yuan ($230.6 billion) to military spending this year. Meanwhile, Beijing dropped reference to 'peaceful reunification' with Taiwan, a term used in previous reports

Government work report says it wants to mobilize resources to raise China's capacity for innovation to help it to become self-sufficient in emerging technologies

PM says party will "push ahead with transforming the growth model", while aiming to create 12m jobs and curbing excess spending. It will also issue $139 billion in special ultra-long-term treasury bonds.

The chairman of Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said over-investment in the industry had led to "severe overcapacity" and caused "significant declines" in industry utilisation

The advisory comes after India's top tech minister lambasted Google's Gemini AI tool for a response that said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of implementing "fascist" policies

Premier will outline key economic goals, but may also cast light on "new productive forces" - steps to promote strategic industries such as AI

Thai police helped transfer 900 Chinese nationals who were stuck in a notorious criminal enclave in eastern Myanmar get flights back to their homeland over the past few days

The sinking of the Rubymar on Saturday poses a major environmental threat to the Red Sea as it was carrying 21,000 tons of fertilizer. The ship could also be a subsurface risk to other vessels going through the sea

Information Technology minister said the move on Friday, which follows a long dispute over the group's service fee charges, 'cannot be permitted'

Premium electric vehicle brand IM Motors has raised more than 8 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) in its Series B round of equity financing. The money will be used on 'smart car' models and technologies

China's top 100 developers saw contracted sales of 185.7 billion yuan ($25.8 billion) during the month – a year-on-year decline of more than 60% and a 21% drop on sales in January

The state-funded platform called 'Supermind', at a information centre in Shenzhen, aims to be a database on key facets of science and technology, plus experts in the most significant fields