Experts from the World Health Organization met Chinese officials on Friday ahead of their first site visits in Wuhan for a coronavirus origins probe which will take in a food market presumed to be "ground zero" of the pandemic. The fieldwork was set...

A team of experts from the World Health Organization left quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday to begin a heavily scrutinised probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, after Washington urged a "robust and clear" investigation. The group started a ...

A senior New Zealand minister advised Australia to adopt his country's softly-softly approach to China on Thursday, a rare public disagreement between the neighbours on how to deal with a more assertive Beijing. The comments – which closely echo C...

The United States rejects China's maritime claims in the South China Sea beyond what it is permitted under international law and stands with Southeast Asian nations resisting its pressure, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Blin...

Relatives of Wuhan's coronavirus dead on Wednesday said Chinese authorities have deleted their social media group and are pressuring them to keep quiet while a World Health Organization team is in the city to investigate the pandemic's origins. Scor...

Chinese military exercises near Taiwan are a "solemn warning to external forces", Beijing said on Wednesday, after the new US government expressed strong support for the self-ruled island. China views democratic Taiwan as part of its territory that ...

China has administered about 22.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, a health official said on Wednesday, as the country steps up its campaign ahead of next month's Lunar New Year holidays and the accompanying flurry of travel. The world's most pop...

China said on Tuesday that it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week, just days after Beijing bristled at a US aircraft carrier group's entry into the disputed waters. A notice issued by the country's Maritime Safety Admini...

Armed and ready to go, Taiwan air force jets screamed into the sky on Tuesday in a drill to simulate a war scenario, showing its fleet's battle readiness after dozens of PLA warplanes flew into the island's air defence zone over the weekend. Taiwan ...

President Xi Jinping on Monday called on the world to strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination and bolster the role of the G20 in global economic governance as he pointed to a "rather shaky" recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a ...

Indian and Chinese troops have fought a new brawl on their contested Himalayan border, leaving injuries on both sides, military officials said on Monday. The fighting on January 20 came six months after a pitched battle which left at least 20 Indian...

The mainland reported a climb in new Covid-19 cases driven by a spike in infections among previously symptomless patients in northeastern Jilin province, official data showed on Monday, The total number of confirmed cases in the mainland rose to 124...

Rescuers in Shandong province on Sunday pulled 11 miners from hundreds of metres underground where they had been trapped for two weeks, state media reported, as the race to locate the remaining 10 intensified. The miners were brought to the surface ...

Eight mainland bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan's air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the incursion, the island's defence ministry said. Beij...

The Chinese city of Wuhan marked one year since the start of its traumatic 76-day coronavirus lockdown on Saturday, while the pandemic raged elsewhere and governments scrambled to put in place new measures. Europe faced a worsening struggle with pro...

China on Saturday reported a slight increase in new cases of Covid-19 as it marks the anniversary of the world's first coronavirus lockdown, in the city of Wuhan where the disease emerged in late 2019. The National Health Commission said 107 new Cov...

Rescuers believe it could take at least another two weeks to free miners trapped underground in eastern China, dashing hopes of an imminent retrieval for a group that has already spent 12 days entombed by an explosion. The increasingly desperate att...

Beijing launched mass Covid-19 testing in parts of the city on Friday, while Shanghai was testing all hospital staff, as the mainland battles the worst outbreak since March 2020. The mainland reported a slight decline in new daily Covid-19 cases on ...

A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the world's largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two new...

China on Thursday congratulated President Joe Biden on his inauguration and called for a reset in relations between Beijing and Washington, as the new administration brought an end to the fractious term of Donald Trump. Beijing also said it welcomed...