French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting China for three days to focus on trade talks and the global crisis.

China's government is imposing a value-added tax (VAT) on contraception as part of a policy to reverse the country's declining birth rates, according to reports. Under the plan, citizens would pay a 13 percent levy on contraceptive drugs and devices for the first time 1993, Bloomberg reported.

China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft back to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead NASA, billionaire SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman, will warn lawmakers during a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that falling behind in the space race against China could have grave consequences for the United States.

By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Shipments of U.S. crops to China are accelerating after a tense tariff war had stalled trade for months, with at least six bulk cargo vessels scheduled to load with soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December,

In medicine, meanwhile, China has turned itself from a copycat maker of generics into the world’s second-largest developer of new drugs, including those tackling cancer. Western rivals are licensing its firms’ wares.

China’s fast-food and beverage brands have an opportunity to expand in the United States and escape cutthroat competition at home.

SYDNEY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said China is more frequently projecting military power further into the Pacific, in a speech highlighting the challenges Australia faces as it competes for influence in its neighbourhood.

For the architects of a new venue at the heart of China’s push for AI supremacy, it seemed only fitting to use artificial intelligence in the building’s design.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a measure forcing the US State Department to review guidelines for the country’s engagement with Taiwan, according to the White House, amid escalating concerns that China could move against the self-governing island.

BEIJING, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales rose 9.9% in November from a year earlier, as the U.S. automaker grapples with intense competition in China and Europe. Sales of Model 3 and Model Y vehicles made at Tesla's Shanghai factory,