As the Dalai Lama turns 90, China prepares to name a rival successor. But the spiritual leader’s soft power has already ...

N Korea-tourism SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese travel agency was accepting registrations for a tour of North Korea's northeastern city of Rason next week, in yet another sign of reopening to ...

The 17th BRICS Summit kicked off on Sunday in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, bringing together leaders from major emerging ...

Rason, near North Korea’s border with China, was established in 1991. ... Beijing-based agency Young Pioneer Tours posted a similar announcement: ...

As an unprecedented Israeli attack on Iran last week sparks a spiraling conflict between the two enemy states, China has seen an opportunity to cast itself as potential peace broker – and an ...

The Trump administration appears to be softening its rhetoric towards China after Washington and Beijing rapidly escalated a trade war in the past few weeks.. Donald Trump said this week they were ...

Rason became North Korea’s first SEZ in 1991 and has been a testing ground for new economic policies. It is home to the socialist country’s first legal marketplace and has a separate visa ...

The U.S. has urged China, Iran’s biggest oil customer, to stop Tehran closing the vital Strait of Hormuz. WSJ’s Austin Ramzy looks at just how much influence Beijing has. Photo: Iranian ...