China

About 75pc Of Mainland Residents Have Had Covid Jabs

China has given complete doses of Covid-19 vaccines to about 75.6% of its population as of October 23, National Health C... Read more

China Aims To Cut Fossil Fuel Use To Under 20 Percent

China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 percent by 2060, according to ... Read more

Beijing Passes Law To Limit Homework For Children

The nation's top legislative body has approved a draft law that will reduce the amount of homework mainland children hav... Read more

China Hits Out At Joe Biden's Comments On Taiwan

The United States would come to Taiwan's defence and has a commitment to defend the island, US President Joe Biden said ... Read more

Pianist Li Yundi Held Over Beijing Prostitution Case

Police in Beijing say famed international pianist Li Yundi is a suspect in a prostitution case. A message on the forc... Read more

Three Dead, Dozens Hurt In Shenyang Restaurant Blast

Three people were killed and more than 30 others injured in an explosion on Thursday in Shenyang, Liaoning province, acc... Read more

Winter Games Host Beijing Welcomes Olympic Flame

China lit its Olympic flame on Wednesday after the arrival of the ceremonial torch from Athens, ahead of Beijing's hosti... Read more

NPC Standing Committee Begins Session

The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress started its 31st session on Tuesday to review multiple dra... Read more

China Did Not Test Missile: Foreign Ministry

The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that China tested a space vehicle in July, not a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile ... Read more

Key Party Plenum To Be Held November 8-11

The Communist Party will hold the sixth plenary session of its 19th Central Committee from November 8 to 11. Accordin... Read more

Shenzhou-13 Crew Arrive At Space Station

Three taikonauts successfully docked with China's new space station on Saturday on what is set to be Beijing's longest c... Read more

China Launches Longest Crewed Space Station Mission

China on Saturday launched a rocket carrying three astronauts, including one woman, to the core module of a future space... Read more

Dozens Dead In Kaohsiung Fire

Authorities in the city of Kaohsiung in Taiwan on Thursday said 46 people had died in a fire at a residential building. ... Read more

China Pledges 1.5bn Yuan For Biodiversity Fund

China on Tuesday pledged 1.5 billion yuan (US$233 million) to establish a fund to protect biodiversity in developing cou... Read more

China Liberalises Pricing For Coal-fired Electricity

China's top economic planner announced on Tuesday an improved pricing mechanism for coal-fired power to deepen market-or... Read more