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Paying a visit to China used to involve a whole load of rigamarole, but if you're planning a trip to the country before the end of this year, then we've got some incredibly exciting news.  China has just announced that visa-free entry to the country for up to 30 days will be extended to 47 countries, the majority of which are in Europe . UK citizens are included – here's Time Out's guide for Brits planning to visit China visa-free . Recommended: The world's most powerful passports in 2026 – with one European country jumping from sixth to third place . Photograph: Shutterstock There are other nations with bilateral arrangements with China that allow citizens visa-free entry, such as Azerbaijan, which signed a mutual agreement back in mid-2025, and Canada, a deal that was cemented during PM Mark Carney's state visit, according to Travel Tomorrow .  Why is this happening? Well, authorities are keen to support the continued growth of China's t...

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BEIJING: Beijing said on Thursday (Jan 29) that attempts to contain it are "doomed to fail", days after the US defence department announced it would prioritise curbing China this year while maintaining respectful ties. "Facts have proven that any attempt to contain or block China is doomed to fail," defence ministry spokesman Jiang Bin told a news briefing. But he added that Beijing was "willing to work with the US side" to promote ties, with President Donald Trump expected to visit China in April for talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping. The United States' 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), released last week, said Washington would "deter China in the Indo-Pacific through strength , not confrontation". It was a significant departure from past Pentagon policy as it took a softer tone on traditional foes China and Ru ssia. The previous NDS - released under Trump's predecessor Joe Biden - described China as Washington's most co...

BEIJING: China on Thursday (Jan 29) executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including "key members" involved in telecom scam operations, state media reported. They were sentenced to death in September by a court in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou, Xinhua said, adding that the court also carried out the executions. Among the executed were members of the "Ming family criminal group", whose activities had contributed to the deaths of 14 Chinese citizens and injuries to "many others". Fraud compounds have flourished in Myanmar's lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The centres are typically staffed by foreigners - including many Chinese - with many saying they were trafficked and forced to swindle people online. Their crimes included "intentional homicide, intentional injury, unlawful detention, fraud and casino establishment", the report said. "The criminals' close relatives were al...

The furniture retailer announced that it will shut seven of its stores in China starting Feb 2, according to a statement posted on its official WeChat account on Jan 7. The closure will affect locations including suburban Shanghai, Guangzhou, and several second-tier cities such as Nantong, Xuzhou and Harbin. The store shutdowns coincide with Ikea's strategic pivot in China, as the retailer plans to shift from scale expansion to targeted growth in major markets such as Beijing and Shenzhen, while boosting online sales, Reuters reported. According to its statement, Ikea currently operates about 40 stores in mainland China and has recently opened five new outlets of varying sizes. Ikea said it aims to open more than 10 smaller stores across China in the next two years, with new outlets in Dongguan and Beijing slated to launch in the first half of 2026. Online reactions to the footage were la rgely critical of the shoppers' behaviour, though some users made light of the situat...

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Siemens and Nvidia announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to develop industrial and physical AI solutions to bring AI-driven innovation to industrial workflow. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China has approved its first batch of Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips for import, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a shift in position as China seeks to balance its AI needs against spurring domestic development. The approval covers several hundred thousand H200 chips and was granted during Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang's visit to China this week, the sources said, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. The first batch of approvals has been al located primarily to three major Chinese internet companies, with ...

Follow us on  Instagram ,  TikTok , and  WhatsApp  for the latest stories and breaking news. A domestic disagreement over a kitchen appliance went viral after a man in Guangdong allegedly trashed his living room upon discovering his wife had purchased a dishwasher without his prior consent The dispute, triggered by a 1,500 yuan (RM980) appliance, has sparked an intense debate on Chinese social media regarding household roles, financial stress, and domestic behaviour. Image via SCMP The conflict began when a technician called to confirm the installation of the dishwasher Because the wife's phone was with her husband at the time, he answered the call and immediately attempted to cancel the order. Despite his objections, the wife allowed the technician to proceed with the installation. When the husband returned home to find the installer drilling holes in the kitchen, he reportedly lost his temper. He ordered the technician to leave immed...

BEIJING: China has cancelled all scheduled flights on 49 air routes with Japan as the Chinese foreign ministry reiterated travel warnings, urging citizens to avoid visiting Japan , especially during the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday. Data released by Chinese travel platform Flight Master showed cancellation rates for flights between mainland China and Japan reaching 47.2 per cent in January - a 7.8 percentage point increase from December 2025. As of Monday (Jan 26), flights on 49 scheduled routes in February have been cancelled. This includes 113 affected flights between Beijing's Daxing International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport, as well as 13 flights between Shenzhen's Bao'an International Airport and Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport. Chinese carriers including Air China, China Eastern and China Southern Airlines have also extended flight changes and refund policies for Japan-related travel until Oct 24. Previously, the free refund and c...

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BEIJING – China's investigation into its top general is taking President Xi Jinping's years-long corruption purge into his innermost circle, underlining that even close personal ties do not offer protection when it comes to loyalty to the party leadership. China experts said Mr Xi's move against his long-term ally and politburo member, General Zhang Youxia, also concent rates even more power in the President's hands, makes the already secretive command of China's military more opaque, and suggests that a near-term attack on Taiwan is less likely. "Zhang's removal means that truly nobody in the leadership is safe now," said Mr Jonathan Czin, of the Washington-based Brookings Institution, who called the investigation "astonishing". Mr Czin, who spent years as a top China analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and, in 2021 to 2023, served as director for China at the United States National Security Council, added that the probe marked...

Beijing – China warned its citizens on Monday against traveling to Japan during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, citing deteriorating public security, with Tokyo and Beijing locked in a diplomatic spat. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's suggestion in November that Tokyo could intervene militarily in any attack on Taiwan triggered a sharp backlash from China. That included Beijing urging its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan. The number of Chinese visitors to Japan plummeted by 45% last month from a year earlier, to around 330,000, as a result of the spat. China's foreign ministry reiterated its travel warning on Monday by telling citizens to avoid visiting Japan, especially during the lengthy Lunar New Year holiday in February. "Recently, public security in Japan has deteriorated, with frequent incidents of illegal and criminal acts targeting Chinese citizens," th...

On this Five Live special report, Gaurav Sawant examines the massive purge within the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Reports indicate that General Zhang, a top member of the Central Military Commission and once a close ally of President Xi Jinping, is under investigation for allegedly leaking highly sensitive nuclear secrets to the CIA. Gaurav Sawant notes, 'General Zhang is second only to Chinese President Xi Jinping, one of the top generals in China, and he was at one point of time described as one of the most trusted allies of Xi Jinping.' The discussion with Pranay Upadhyay highlights a potential power struggle and friction within the Communist Party, suggesting that over-centralization of power has led to internal camps. The investigation also involves Liu Zhenli, Chief of Staff of the CMC's Joint Staff Department. This crackdown follows a reported purge of 100 generals as Xi Jinping consolidates control, raising questions about China's military rea...

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Saturday's announcement came after about a week of speculation, largely confined to overseas Chinese-language and Taiwan-based media, that Zhang could be in trouble. The reports highlighted his absence on Jan 20 from a high-level study session on the fourth plenum that was attended by senior party and military leaders. In footage of the event broadcast by CCTV, newly minted CMC vice-chair Zhang Shengmin appeared seated in the front row alongside other Politburo members. Zhang Youxia, a Politburo member, was not seen. He and Liu were last seen in public on Dec 22, when they attended a CMC ceremony conferring the rank of general on two senior officers. Xi - who is also CMC chairman - was present at the event, and Zhang Youxia read out the promotion orders signed by the president, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The investigation into Zhang Youxia carries particular weight, considering his senior position and long-standing ties to Xi, noted analysts. "Very unusual to ...

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BEIJING (AP) — Late last month, a car struck children near an elementary school in an outlying district of Beijing, according to a Chinese news report. A four-sentence police statement said a 35-year-old male driver hit pedestrians due to "improper operation" of the car. It didn't mention the school or that the victims included children. Photos of the aftermath, which showed a half-dozen people lying in the street, were scrubbed from China's closely controlled internet . "We need the truth," said one post on Weibo, a leading social media platform similar to X. The ruling Communist Party has expanded information control since leader Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, seeing it as a way to prevent unrest. More and more topics, from negative news about the economy to LGBTQ+ iden tity, have become subject to some form of censorship. In the past half year, mass attacks — in which a person kills or injures multiple people with a vehicle or knife — appear to...

"Domestic priorities - enhancing economic growth quality, managing employment and social expectations, and safeguarding political stability - inevitably elevate the opportunity cost of external commitments", said Sun of Tsinghua University. But it will not mean that China is retreating from the international stage altogether. Instead, emphasis will be on areas where domestic and external interests overlap, Sun added. "The key lies in delivering public goods where domestic objectives align with external benefits," he said, pointing to development cooperation, infrastructure connectivity, public health, disaster relief, selective climate and energy initiatives, peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance. Such engagement, he added, allows China to contribute internationally without overextending itself. To manage costs and risks, Beijing is also expected to place greater weight on multilateral channels that diffuse responsibility. China i s likely to prioritise ...

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China has made some major gold discoveries in recent months, and among the biggest has been a "superlarge" deposit found in central China with estimated reserves of over 1,000 tons of gold worth $85.9 billion. Geologists detected 40 gold veins, with a reserve of 300 tons of gold, within a depth of around 6,562 feet buried beneath the Wangu gold field in Pingjiang County of the Hunan province, the Geological Bureau of Hunan Province have reported, according to Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency. Described as a "superlarge gold deposit," the site's gold reserve within a depth of about 9,842 feet was approximated to be at over 1,000 tons, which is valued to be around 600 billion yuan, the bureau noted. "Many drilled rock cores showed visible gold," Chen Rulin, an ore-prospecting expert at the bureau, said in a statement, noting that a ton of ore in the 2,000-meter (around 6,562 feet) range contained a maximum of 138 grams of gold. The "buried...

China is pushing consumption to grow faster than overall economic expansion as the nation accelerates a shift to domestic demand-driven growth amid external criticism over trade imbalances, a former deputy governor of the People's Bank of China said at the World Economic Forum. "The policy says consumption growth [should be] stronger than GDP growth … [and] income growth will be higher than GDP growth," Zhu Min said in Davos, Switzerland, explaining that this is the key performance indicator for officials, and that it reflects Beijing's commitment to rebalancing the economy. "I think that China realised that you cannot depend on real estate, exports and credit increases," Zhu added, speaking during a panel discus sion on Wednesday. "You have to move to your own solid footing – there is a domestic market." China "has no choice" but to shift its focus to domestic consumption from an export-dependent model, given a volatile internation...

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 takes place in Davos from January 19 to January 23, 2026. Photo: VCG China's participation in the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026 , including a special address by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, highlighted its advocacy for multilateralism, free trade, and an open global economy, positioning the country as a reliable partner committed to inclusive globalization, positions that are being hailed by multinationals and international institutions. China called on the global community to firmly support multilateralism and free trade, and stay committed to win-win cooperation, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said on Tuesday in his address at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the Xinhua News Agency reported. This year's WEF, under the theme "A Spirit of Dialogue," has bro ught together nearly 3,000 representatives from more than 130 countries and regions. Key topics include how to cooperate...

Inside China, there's a nickname for US President Donald Trump that tells you everything you need to know about how his actions are increasingly seen as a gift to Beijing. They call him Chuan Jianguo, which translates to Chinese "nation-builder" — a mocking title that suggests the US president's foreign and domestic policies are driving countries away from Washington and pushing them into the embrace of China. Trump has been openly vocal about the fact that his America-first attitudes towards Venezuela — and Greenland — are to counter so-called threats from China and Russia. And while he insists his actions are justified, including bombings and imposing tariffs on several European countries that have disagreed with him, they are proving to be uncomfortable for some traditional US allies. It's little surprise then that several countries are now recalibrating their relationship with America and, in some cases, drifting closer towards its biggest competitor. China...

China 's President Xi Jinping has unveiled a range of cruise and hypersonic missiles at a massive military parade in Beijing. The event on Wednesday (3 September) was held to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan 's defeat in World War Two , and 26 world leaders, including Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un , were in attendance. It is the first time that the leaders from China, Russia and Nor th Korea have ever met in public. Some of the weapons unveiled during the event included brand new nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles, advanced underwater drones and a new model of hypersonic missile.

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In a speech on Jan 12, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the fight against corruption remains "severe and complex", while calling for an "unwavering high-pressure stance".  China must promote the anti-corruption efforts with stronger determination and find innovative ways to tackle any new trends of corruption, Xi said during a CCDI plenary session.  "Corruption is a roadblock and stumbling stone to the Party and nation's development," he added. "The fight against corruption is a major battle that we cannot afford to lose and must not lose."  His high-profile campaign against corruption continues. Two top Chinese military leaders were expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on corruption charges in October.  In their 2025 campaign, authorities investigated 33,000 individuals for offering bribes and transferred 4,306 of them to prosecutors.  Figures were up from 26,000 investigations and 4,271 transfers recorded in 2024, ...

A video clip released by a woman in China in which her husband is seen smashing up their home because she bought a 1,500-yuan (US$215) dishwasher has gone viral on social media. The woman, who lives in Guangdong province, southern China, said in a video posted on January 8, that she had bought the machine from an online platform without telling her husband. She said she needed it because the tap water in winter was too cold for her to wash by hand, the Dahe News reported. The distraught woman was left in tears after her husband's violent outburst. Photo: 163.com Her husband does not do any washing up, according to the unidentified woman. The man only found out about the purchase when a worker came to install the dishwasher in their rented flat. The husband ordered his wife to cancel the order and return the machine but she refused. He said that the family could not afford the dishwasher because of high water and electricity charges.

The move shows that officials are focused on levelling the playing field for investors and ensuring market stability [SHANGHAI] China is pulling the plug on a key advantage held by high-frequency traders, removing servers dedicated to those firms out of local exchanges' data centres, according to people familiar with the matter. Commodities futures exchanges in Shanghai and Guangzhou are among those that have ordered local brokers to shift servers for their clients out of data centres run by the bourses, according to the people, who said the move was led by regulators. The change does not only affect high-frequency firms but they are likely to feel the biggest impact. The Shan ghai Futures Exchange has told brokers they need to get equipment for high-speed clients out by the end of next month, while other clients need to do so by Apr 30, the people said. The clampdown will hit China's army of domestic high-frequency firms but will also impact a swathe of global firms that ...

US-China For more than two decades, the African Growth and Opportunity Act has been the anchor of US–Africa economic relations. The decision by the US House of Representatives on Monday to overwhelmingly (340-54) extend the trade pact for a further three years reflects a strategic recalibration by Washington in the face of China's deepening economic and diplomatic engagement with Africa. As China cements its role as Africa's largest trading partner, financier and infrastructure builder, the US has found itself increasingly exposed, especially under the Donald Trump administration. Through his "America First" domestic and foreign policy, President Trump has rolled back critical aid programmes and withdrawn from key UN and other multilateral institutions that mostly deal with problems in the Global South, particularly Africa. While the proposed ext...

China's birth count plummeted to a record low last year, falling by about 10 million from its 2016 peak and slashing the total by more than half in less than a decade, as the country's population shrank for a fourth consecutive year. Only 7.92 million babies were born in 2025, down 17 per cent from 9.54 million in 2024 , according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday. This marked the lowest birth figure since records began in 1949 and broke the previous record low set in 2023. China's total population also fell by 3.39 million in 2025 to 1.4049 billion from 1.4083 billion a year earlier, the bureau said. By sheer numbers, that marked the steepest annual population decline on record, apart from during China's devastating famine from 1959 to 1961. Meanwhile, about 11.31 million people died last year – one of the highest totals in five decades. "The pace of the decline is striking, particularly in the absence of major shocks," said ...

BEIJING: China's economy grew at one of the slowest rates in decades last year, according to official data released Monday (Jan 19), as officials struggle to overcome persistently low consumer spending and a debt crisis in the country's property sector . While the 5 per cent expansion was in line with Beijing's annual target - a low-ball figure analysts have likened to a political comfort blanket - observers warned it was driven largely by exports and masked weak sentiment on the ground. Analysts had forecast 4.9 per cent growth, and the economy grew 5.0 per cent in 2024. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the fourth quarter slowed to a three-year low as domestic demand softened, ⁠and while the full-year pace hit Beijing's target, trade tensions and structural imbalances pose significant risks to the outlook. China's economy grew 4.5 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, data from NBS showed on Monday, slowing from the ⁠third-quarter's ‍4.8 pe...