Political analyst Courtney Donovan Smith looks at the differences in tone and substance between the New Year addresses given by Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

Celebrations will echo around the globe as the New Year arrives in different time zones, with American Samoa among the last ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Macau’s new government to have the “courage” to diversify the economy of the world’s biggest gambling hub as the former Portuguese enclave swore in its ...

Now China’s political experiment in Macau is undergoing another transition. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, who visited Macau this week to mark the anniversary of the territory’s “return to ...

MACAO (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the casino hub of Macao to diversify its economy as he swore in the former Portuguese colony's new government on Friday at an event marking the ...

Xi urges Macau to align with national development strategies Macau's economy heavily reliant on casino industry New leader Sam Hou Fai to push for economic diversification MACAU, Dec 20 (Reuters ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday inaugurated a new Macao leader and called for the gambling hub to diversify its economy as the former colony marked 25 years since being returned to China.

Records and interviews show that Beijing has used pandas as leverage to shape policy on Taiwan and to cultivate relationships ...

(241218) -- MACAO, Dec. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Ho Iat Seng, the outgoing chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), in Macao, south China, ...

Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and... On Saturday, Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden met in Lima, Peru on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic ...

Xi Jinping describes the United Front Work Department ... Last November, Xi arrived in San Francisco for a meeting with Joe Biden – a key meeting in efforts to bounce back from the lowest ...