China

Beijing, US 'plan Climate Change Cooperation Group'

China and the United States will set up a joint working group on climate change, the official Xinhua news agency said, i... Read more

China Reports First Local Covid Case Since February

China's first local coronavirus case since February was a staff worker at a hospital and had received two shots of a vac... Read more

Trudeau Rebukes China Over Closed-door Trial

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reacted angrily on Friday to the closed-door trial of a Canadian man detained in China for... Read more

Canadian Spy Hearing In China 'over In A Few Hours'

The hearing for a Canadian man detained in China for more than two years on espionage charges finished after less than t... Read more

Taiwan Drills Wells, Seeds Clouds To Tackle Drought

Taiwan is drilling wells, seeding clouds and beseeching a gold-faced sea goddess to help the sub-tropical island ride ou... Read more

Diplomats Barred From Trial Of Detained Canadian

China was expected to open the first trial Friday for one of two Canadians who have been held for more than two years in... Read more

Mainland Summons Tech Giants For Security Talks

Chinese authorities on Thursday summoned 11 tech companies including Tencent, Alibaba, and TikTok parent ByteDance, for ... Read more

Taiwan Urges People Not To Change Name To 'Salmon'

A top Taiwanese official issued a plea on Thursday for people to stop changing their name to "salmon" after dozens made ... Read more

France Rebuffs China After Taiwan Visit Warning

French Senators are free to meet whomever they wish when they travel, the country's foreign ministry says, after the Chi... Read more

China To Put Two Canadians On Trial In Coming Days

China will put two Canadians on trial within days following their arrests more than two years ago in apparent retaliatio... Read more

Taiwan Bolsters South China Sea Deployments

Taiwan's newly-appointed defence minister said on Wednesday that Taipei has strengthened deployments in the disputed Sou... Read more

Don't 'politicise' Trade Deal, Beijing Tells EU

China warned the European Union on Tuesday against planned EU sanctions for human rights violations, saying Beijing woul... Read more

Messaging App Signal Stops Working On Mainland

The encrypted messaging app Signal, recommended by Tesla's Elon Musk, appeared to have been blocked on the mainland on T... Read more

US Tells China To Improve Ties With Australia

The Biden administration has told China that normalising relations with Australia is a precondition to Washington taking... Read more

Sharp Jump In US Navy Transits To Challenge China

Activity by the US Navy in its campaign to challenge China's efforts to restrict transit in the South China Sea and in t... Read more