Lee said on Jan. 8 that he had laid the groundwork for fully restoring ties with Beijing, according to The Korea Times.

Strategic Stakes China’s reaction has drawn attention from analysts who say Beijing has significant economic and geopolitical interests tied to Tehran.

Merz is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing during a visit from Feb. 24 to 27.

Based on its near-monopoly, Beijing has weaponized rare earths in the U.S.–China trade war.

He noted that targeting these criminal networks has already proven to be a more effective strategy than engagement, providing Washington with significant leverage against Beijing.

This tactic fits into the broader campaign waged by Beijing against the Falun Gong diaspora overseas, according to Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, a nonprofit that monitors the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong.

The Eastern Theater Command is responsible for operations related to Taiwan and the East China Sea, while the Central Theater Command is tasked with defending Beijing and the surrounding political centers.

Think tanks in the United States, worried about cyberattacks, tread lightly on China's research for fear that Beijing will target their own work.

Missouri was the first U.S. state to take legal action against Beijing over the pandemic.

The Dutch government has made contact with Beijing to resolve a stand-off between the two countries over Chinese chipmaker Nexperia, the country's Economic Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans said on Tuesday.

Former Solomon Islands provincial Premier Daniel Suidani, an outspoken critic of his country's embrace of Beijing, has died.

The Beijing Garrison occupies a unique position in the CCP’s security apparatus.

“So few people are coming to Beijing to look for work now that many trains at Beijing West Railway Station have been canceled,” he said. “At night, you barely see anyone.” Chen estimated foot traffic has dropped by at least two-thirds.

The United States has asked Australia for its backing in a trade battle with Beijing over the control of the global critical minerals supply.

The report came just four days before Beijing is to stage a key plenum that will include Chinese leader Xi Jinping and other Communist Party elites.

Yuen attended a military parade in Beijing in 2015, where Chinese leader Xi Jinping was present, at the invitation of a key organization of the regime's United Front Work Department, which Canadian officials have said is used by Beijing for foreign influence

Nick Coyle runs Qland Pharma and Diagnostics based in the PNG capital, Port Moresby, and was previously CEO of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) in Beijing.

Payne said the Canadian government had made a deal to give Beijing market access without “guarantees or any real commitments.”

Delegates from the Chinese military line up before the closing session of the National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 11, 2025.

The documentary State Organs lays bare the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) forced harvesting of organs from Falun Gong practitioners.

Still, Chen predicted that Beijing will likely resort to its usual underhanded schemes to erode Canada's democratic institutions from within.

Washington and Beijing held their second Military Maritime Consultative Agreement sessions for 2025 in Hawaii from Nov. 18 to 20, Chinese state media CGTN reported on Nov. 22, against a backdrop of intensifying rivalry.

Liu also urged Beijing to support the early development of a new airport in the resort city of Sanya.

The prediction that Europe would pivot toward Beijing has not materialized. The facts on the ground point the other way.

Armed policemen patrol during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2025.

Beijing has previously placed sanctions on multiple U.S. defense companies for their involvement in the U.S. government's arms sales to Taiwan.

At the same time, a group of Beijing-based dissidents was also placed under official monitoring, according to a Beijing-based rights activist surnamed Li.

Furthermore, Moscow is now the weaker partner in its relations with Beijing, reliant on China for trade and diplomatic cover.

He believes the current government generally strikes the right note when dealing with Beijing.

The CCP's latest actions continue ongoing overseas repression against Falun Gong practitioners while Australia continues to struggle with social division.