U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday ⁠said ⁠there was a possibility that President Donald Trump's planned ⁠visit to China at the end of March may be delayed, but insisted that the cause would not be trade ​or shipping disputes with Beijing,

Amid the escalating war with Iran, Donald Trump may delay his planned visit to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping. The crisis deepened after Iran disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a sharp rise in global oil prices.

MANILA, March 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines said on Monday it rejected Beijing's assertion of sovereignty over the entire South China Sea, disputing a claim by China's embassy that a Filipino diplomat had once conceded the disputed Scarborough Shoal was not part of Philippine territory.

From a new US maritime strategy to the Iran crisis, here are highlights from SCMP’s overseas correspondents in the first half of March 2026.

In quick succession, US President Donald Trump has taken out two of Beijing’s closest allies: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

China accused of enabling Russia's war while offering Ukraine humanitarian aid at Munich conference. U.S. official says Beijing could end conflict.

Air China Ltd. will resume direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on March 30, according to booking information on travel platform Ctrip.com.

Taikoo Li Sanlitun has recently gone through a luxe transformation teeing up a slew of high-profile luxury flagships.

China's Hua Hong Group has developed advanced chip manufacturing technologies that can be used to produce artificial intelligence chips, four people familiar with the matter said, a major milestone in Beijing's efforts to boost tech self-sufficiency.