China

Sites Packed Amid China Labour Day Travel Rush

Millions of travellers criss-crossed China as the Labour Day holiday got under way on Saturday, packing out tourist site... Read more

China Rebuts Reports, Says Population Grew Last Year

China's population grew last year, the statistics bureau said on Thursday, in an apparent bid to quash reports that it h... Read more

Yellow Sea Tanker Collision Spills 400 Tonnes Of Oil

Around 400 tonnes of oil spilt into the Yellow Sea after a tanker collided with another ship off China's largest crude-r... Read more

China Launches First Module For New Space Station

China on Thursday launched the first module of its new space station, state television showed, a milestone in Beijing's ... Read more

Biden Takes Aim At China Over Trade

President Joe Biden took aim at China in his first speech to Congress on Wednesday, pledging to maintain a strong US mil... Read more

Knifeman Kills Two Kids In Kindergarten Rampage

A man wielding a knife killed two children and wounded 16 more people at a kindergarten in China's southwestern region o... Read more

US 'scrutinising' Trade Deal With China: Official

Washington is looking closely at the trade agreement signed with China by the Trump administration to ensure Beijing is ... Read more

Merkel Presses China For Human Rights Dialogue

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed China's prime minister Wednesday for broader discussions on human rights issues,... Read more

Wall Of Sand Engulfs County In Gansu Province

A towering wall of sand rushed over factories and apartment blocks in northwestern China's Gansu province as seasonal sa... Read more

Tiger Attacks Farm Worker, Damages Car

Villagers in China's far northeast were left terrified when a Siberian tiger pounced on a field worker and attacked a ca... Read more

Mainland Censors Oscars Success Of Chloe Zhao

Beijing-born Chloe Zhao was scrubbed from mainland social media on Monday as a nationalist backlash airbrushed out her r... Read more

Philippines Holds Drills In Contested Waters

The Philippine coast guard is conducting drills in the South China Sea which an official said on Sunday were part of eff... Read more

China Reports 13 New Covid Cases

Mainland authorities reported 13 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, up from nine cases a day earlier. The National Health ... Read more

Beijing Seeks Talks On Asteroid Defence Plan

China will hold discussions on building a defence system against near-Earth asteroids, a senior space agency official sa... Read more

Washington To Lobby G7 Allies Over China

The United States will urge its Group of Seven allies to increase pressure on China over the use of forced labour in its... Read more