BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) - China’s fiscal spending rose 2.6% in the first quarter from a year earlier, accelerating from a 1% increase in 2025, the finance ministry said on Friday, as Beijing steps up support for economic growth amid rising global risks caused by the Middle East conflict.

The next generation of China's EVs will not just be network-connected, but self-reasoning machines running on Chinese chips and software.

On a crisp Sunday morning, the starting gun rang out at an innovation zone on the southeastern outskirts of Beijing. More than 100 humanoid robotic

(Corrects wording in first paragraph to clarify that drills extend towards and not to disputed areas of the South China Sea) BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) - China conducted military drills recently including live-fire exercises in waters east of the Philippines' Luzon Island,

China said it is closely monitoring US legislative plans after the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced export-control bills targeting semiconductors, which Beijing warned could disrupt global supply chains if passed.

With the price of fuel rising China's BYD says it is positioning itself to benefit from the global shift away from fossil fuels.

The conflict in the Middle East has yet to pose a major threat to the Asian nation Read more at The Business Times.

Smart Automobile Co., Ltd., the new Chinese-German joint venture formed by Geely and Mercedes-Benz in 2019 is returning to the roots of the smart brand

BEIJING - China's Commerce Ministry said on Friday (April 24) it was banning exports of dual-use items to seven European entities over arms sales to Taiwan, placing them immediately on its export control list,