China

China Moves Further Away From One-child Policy

China is planning to include new measures to encourage more births and address its rapidly ageing population as part of ... Read more

Thousands Join KMT-backed Pork Protest In Taipei

Thousands of people thronged Taipei's streets on Sunday for the annual "Autumn Struggle" protest march organised by labo... Read more

Chinese Probe To Seek Rocks, Answers On Moon

China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any... Read more

Tianjin To Test Three Million For Coronavirus

The mainland reported 16 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, down from 17 the previous day, with seven cases of local transmis... Read more

Almost A Million People Given Chinese Covid Vaccine

Nearly a million people have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinopharm, the firm ... Read more

Taiwan To Start Building Submarine Fleet Next Week

Taiwan will start work next week to build the first of eight new domestically-developed submarines, it said on Friday, a... Read more

Canadians Held In China Get Virtual Consular Visit

Canada's ambassador to China has been allowed to speak virtually to two Canadians held on spying charges. It is the s... Read more

Taiwan Says Another Top US Official Planning Visit

The Cabinet-level head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, will visit Taiwan, the island's premie... Read more

Australia Rejects China's List Of Grievances

Australia's prime minister on Thursday pushed back over a list of more than a dozen grievances raised by China regarding... Read more

Xi Says China Must Focus On Innovation

President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China must rely on a growth model driven by innovation while continuing to de... Read more

China Defends Food Import Controls To Curb Virus

China’s government on Wednesday defended anti-coronavirus controls that have disrupted imports of beef, poultry and fi... Read more

Taiwan Pulls 'propaganda Machine' CTi News Off Air

Taipei has decided not to renew the licence of cable channel CTi News amid allegations that the station is operating as ... Read more

Taiwan Jails Three For Attack On Abducted Bookseller

Three men have been jailed by a Taiwan court for splashing Lam Wing-kee, one of the founders of Causeway Bay Books, with... Read more

Taiwan Grounds F-16 Fleet After Latest Crash

Taiwan's air force has grounded its F-16 fleet after losing a plane on a training mission, President Tsai Ing-wen said o... Read more

Australia, Japan Eye Pact To Counter China

The leaders of Australia and Japan held in-person talks on Tuesday and reached a basic agreement on a bilateral defence ... Read more