China

Mainland Reports 27 New Covid Cases

Mainland China reported 27 new Covid-19 cases on Dec. 28, up from 21 cases a day earlier, the country's national health ... Read more

EU Members OK Planned Investment Pact With China

EU member states gave political backing to Brussels' planned investment pact with China on Monday, clearing the way for ... Read more

Beijing Blasts US For Taiwan, Tibet Support

Beijing expressed anger on Monday after US President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support fo... Read more

Zhang Zhan Jailed 4 Years For Wuhan Virus Reporting

A mainland citizen journalist was jailed for four years for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak... Read more

Seven People Killed In Knife Attack In Kaiyuan

A man armed with a knife killed seven people and wounded seven others in northeastern China on Sunday, state media repor... Read more

Beijing Districts Urged To Enter 'emergency Mode'

Beijing has tightened Covid-19 curbs over concerns that China's mass travel during the holiday period could cause cases ... Read more

Court Upholds Ruling On Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng

A court in Jiangsu province has refused to deal with the appeal application of prominent human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng... Read more

Beijing Achieved 'glory' In Handling Pandemic: Govt

China's ruling Communist Party leaders have congratulated themselves on their "extremely extraordinary" success in handl... Read more

Mainland To Overtake US Economy In 2028: Report

China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously ... Read more

Beijing Denies Hitch In EU Investment Pact Talks

The Foreign Ministry on Thursday denied that talks on an investment pact between the European Union and China had run in... Read more

Mainland To Suspend UK Flights Indefinitely

The mainland will suspend direct flights to and from the United Kingdom indefinitely over fears of a new strain of the c... Read more

Sinovac Vaccine 'more Than 50 Percent Effective'

Brazilian researchers said on Wednesday the Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech is more than 50 percen... Read more

EVA Airways Sacks Kiwi Pilot Over Covid Case

Taiwan's EVA Airways Corp sacked a New Zealand pilot on Wednesday whom the government has blamed for the island's first ... Read more

Detained Writer Tells Readers To Pursue Democracy

An Australian writer detained in Beijing on spying allegations has told his readers to "pursue democracy, rule of law an... Read more

Good Riddance, Says China As Germany Leaves UN Organ

Germany's UN envoy, during his last scheduled UN Security Council meeting, appealed to China to free two detained Canadi... Read more