China’s progress in building a modern economy, evident in its kung-fu fighting robots and self-parking cars, is hitting limits as a downturn in its housing industry drags on and young people struggle to find jobs.

BEIJING: China's top political advisory body has voted to remove three generals, state media said, a week after nine military officials were ousted from its legislature.The move comes as Beijing escal

The Chinese Navy has “dramatically increased” submarine production and could soon deploy a new vessel that’s able to hit “large portions” of the US with nuclear missiles from Chinese waters, according to the head of intelligence for the US Navy.

"The U.S.-Israeli strikes have no United Nations Security Council authorization and violate international law. China is deeply concerned over the regional spillover," ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during Monday's regular press conference.

Beijing urges US and Israel to ‘immediately cease military operations, prevent further escalation of tensions,’ Foreign Minister Wang Yi says in phone call with his Iranian counterpart - Anadolu Ajans

By Marius Zaharia HONG KONG, March 3 (Reuters) - For more than a decade China pledged to make the consumer sector a more prominent driver of economic growth but has struggled to achieve this goal. Analysts say potential costs in the trillions of dollars and risks that reform could bring instability are making officials wary of bold policy decisions.

The late Thursday announcement did not say why the deputies had been removed, but such removals are generally tied to corruption investigations.

At the National People’s Congress, representatives are expected to approve a five-year economic blueprint that will prioritize turning China into a technological superpower.

China is the world's largest energy importer and would therefore appear vulnerable to the surge in crude oil and natural gas prices from the conflict between Israel and the United States against Iran.

Certain beliefs about the United States once seemed unshakable in China: that America was hopelessly far ahead, for example, and that moving there guaranteed a better life. That’s no longer how people talk in Beijing, where I live, or on Chinese social media.