A young Tibetan appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest leader of Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese.

In particular it has beefed up its nuclear capabilities and is now believed to possess more than 600 warheads, according to the US State Department. This is almost triple the amount Beijing's army was estimated to have in 2020. Defence spending surged in 2024, with official Chinese data indicating a 7.2 percent increase.

Wong was already convicted in a separate subversion case linked to an unofficial primary election and was sentenced last year to four years and eight months in jail for that charge.

China is willing to strengthen exchanges and dialogue in various fields with Canada to find solutions that address each other's concerns, Premier Li Qiang told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday.

OTTAWA--Canada and China have agreed to restore regular communications between the two countries following years of testy relations following Ottawa's role in the arrest of a senior Huawei Technologies executive last decade.

A press conference of WTT China Smash 2025 is held in Beijing on June 6. Photo: Li Hao/GT. More efforts will be made to enhance the spectator experience during the World Table Ten

Growth in China's exports likely slowed in May despite a lowering of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, as the fallout from the still-unresolved trade war and uncertainties in Sino-U.S. ties weighed on shipments.

Seeking détente with China, therefore, is still a dangerous game for the EU. Instead, the EU must realize it has other cards to play, including forging more advantageous trade agreements elsewhere in the world and changing China’s calculus about supporting Russia.

UBS Asia experts and representatives from 3,500 companies met at the UBS Asian Investment Conference. Trump's tariffs dominated discussions, with experts concluding that Beijing will need to do more to prevent declines in China's economic growth.