This year will serve as a critical proving ground for the long-awaited stimulus measures unveiled by Beijing in recent months.

Transgender dancer Jin Xing’s ascent to the upper echelons of Chinese show business is extraordinary in a nation where it has become increasingly difficult for LGBTQ+ people to live openly.

China will sharply increase funding from ultra-long treasury bonds in 2025 to spur business investment and consumer-boosting initiatives, a state planner official said on Friday, as Beijing cranks up fiscal stimulus to revitalise the faltering economy.

With high youth unemployment rates, Chinese graduates are resorting to working as waiters, cleaners and movie extras.

U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla said on Friday its China sales rose 8.8% to a record high of more than 657,000 cars in 2024, a strong performance in a competitive market in a year when its annual global deliveries fell for the first time.

Weak consumer demand is just one of a range of factors plaguing the economy as the calendar turns from 2024 to 2025, even after policy makers meted out stimulus measures throughout the past year.

It might be 2025, but for millions across the globe, the Year of the Snake has yet to begin. Later this month, it'll be 'goodbye' to the Year of the Dragon, but what will the Lunar New Year bring

That is enough to meet the needs of more than 300m people and more than triple the capacity of the Three Gorges dam, which is currently the world’s largest. The government hopes the new dam will help China eliminate net emissions of greenhouse gases (or become “carbon neutral”) by 2060.

Shoppers in China are getting rare discounts on iPhones as Apple faces growing competition from local brands. The four-day promotion, which starts this Saturday (4 January), includes discounts of as much as 500 yuan ($68.50, £55.30) on some of the US technology giant's newest handsets.

The Chinese leader projected confidence amid Beijing’s economic struggles and ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump, set to take a hard line on China.

As reports of a new virus outbreak circulate, here is everything you need to know about human metapneumovirus (HMPV).