China

Delta Variant Drives Virus Spread To Three Provinces

China on Thursday reported small coronavirus outbreaks driven by the Delta variant in three provinces as a cluster linke... Read more

Tycoon Jailed For 18 Years For 'provoking Trouble'

A mainland court sentenced agricultural tycoon Sun Dawu to 18 years in jail on Wednesday for a catalogue of crimes inclu... Read more

Taliban Delegation In China For Talks

A nine-member Taliban delegation is on a two-day visit to China where they met Foreign Minister Wang Yi for talks on the... Read more

Sandstorm Engulfs Desert City In China

A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China, in scenes ... Read more

Beijing Tells US To Remove Sanctions, Tariffs

Beijing's top diplomat urged the United States on Monday to remove all unilateral sanctions and tariffs as well as "long... Read more

US Should Stop Demonising China: Beijing

Beijing urged the US to stop "demonising" China during Monday talks with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the hi... Read more

Mainland Reports 76 New Covid Cases

China reported 76 new Covid-19 cases on July 25, up from 32 cases a day earlier, as Nanjing city starts a second round o... Read more

Shanghai Cancels Flights As In-fa Makes Landfall

Shanghai and neighbouring coastal regions cancelled all flights, slowed or suspended subway trains and shuttered busines... Read more

Beijing Targets Tutoring For Profit To Help Families

China is barring tutoring for profit in core school subjects to ease financial pressures on families that have contribut... Read more

Operator EDF 'would Have Closed Nuclear Plant'

French energy group EDF said on Thursday it would have shut down a nuclear reactor if it suffered problems similar to th... Read more

WHO Plan To Audit Labs Is Arrogant, Says China

China on Thursday said a WHO proposal to audit Chinese labs as part of further investigation into the origins of the cor... Read more

Zhengzhou Picks Through The Debris After Record Rains

Piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city on Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a ... Read more

Top US State Department Official To Visit China

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to China this weekend, the State Department announced on Wednesda... Read more

Severe Rainstorms Kill 16 In Central China

At least 16 people have died after torrential rains caused landslides and flooded a city in central China, with shocking... Read more

Twelve Killed As Zhengzhou's Subway Floods

Twelve people died after torrential rains flooded the subway in the Henan city of Zhengzhou, authorities said on Wednesd... Read more