Alarmingly, methane emissions rose by 1.1m tonnes a year between 2010 and 2015 in China

Beijing lashed out at the U.S. for slapping a string of criminal charges on Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, saying that the move is politically motivated and aimed at strangling fair and just competition.

China ramped up its environmental efforts after images of its cities obscured in thick smog garnered  attention.

Chinese media accused the U.S. of resorting to hooliganism over the arrest of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou, accusing Washington of attempting to hamstring the expansion of its leading competitive technology company.

Beijing called on Canada to immediately release Meng Wanzhou, Chinese telecoms giant Huawei's CFO, who was detained in Vancouver and faces extradition to the U.S. over a possible breach of sanctions against Iran.

From ambitious plan of AI dominance, Beijing moves towards collaboration. 

Charles Xue, who has over 12M followers on a Twitter-like platform, is suspected of visiting a prostitute.

Move hailed by Washington as significant step in Asian giant's economic reforms that are friendly to Western businesses.

New administration under President Xi Jinping expected to attempt economic reforms.