Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Friday, in the largest incursion yet reported by the island's defence ministry and marking a dramatic escalation of tension across the Taiwan Strait. The island's d...

Britain on Friday accused China of attempting to "silence those highlighting human rights abuses" after Beijing sanctioned British lawmakers leading calls for action over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims. "We condemn China's attempt to silence those ...

Taiwan premier Su Tseng-chang has accused some of the island’s artistes of being selfish for expressing support for cotton made in Xinjiang, or cutting ties with companies which have voiced concerns about reports of forced labour in the region. D...

Beijing said on Friday that its efforts to crack down on drug use among young people have been so successful that the problem has essentially been eradicated from the nation's schools. The announcement was made in a Xinhua News Agency article with a...

Australia’s ambassador to Beijing has reportedly described China as a “vindictive” and “unreliable” trading partner as Australian officials revealed steep declines in most exports to the nation’s most important market. Ambassador Graham...

Beijing has started offering domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines to foreigners, the city's foreign affairs office said on Friday. Foreigners without the city-backed insurance scheme will pay 93.5 yuan per dose for the two shot-based regimen, wh...

Taipei and Washington have signed their first agreement under the Biden administration, establishing a Coast Guard Working Group to coordinate policy, following China's passing of a law that allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels. The new...

China sanctioned organisations and individuals in the United Kingdom on Friday over what it called "lies and disinformation" about Xinjiang, days after Britain imposed sanctions for alleged human rights abuses in the northwestern Chinese region. The...

Nearly 1,000 Uighurs rallied in Istanbul on Thursday as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Turkish counterpart for talks expected to focus on coronavirus vaccines and the countries' extradition treaty. Wang also met privately with Turkish Pres...

A growing number of multinational brands have come under attack in China, with state media urging people to boycott the firms for making “scathing and false" remarks about the human rights situation in Xinjiang. The calls come after Swedish fashi...

Anger with Nike erupted on Chinese social media late on Wednesday after China's netizens spotted a statement from the sporting goods giant saying it was "concerned" about reports of forced labour in Xinjiang and that it does not use cotton from the r...

Facebook said on Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uyghurs living abroad with links to malware that would infect their devices and enable surveillance. The social media company said the hackers, kno...

Beijing accused the EU of "hypocrisy" on Wednesday after the two sides summoned each other's envoys in an escalating row over the treatment of China's Muslim Uyghurs. France, Germany and other EU nations called in Chinese ambassadors to protest agai...

Germany and other EU nations called in Chinese ambassadors on Tuesday to protest at sanctions imposed by Beijing targeting their citizens, as China and Europe faced off over claims of rights abuses against China's Muslim Uyghur minority. The diploma...

French officials expect China's ambassador in Paris to comply "as quickly as possible" with a foreign ministry summons over recent tweets targeting French lawmakers and a researcher, Europe Minister Clement Beaune said on Tuesday. The foreign minist...

China and Russia on Tuesday rejected accusations they are seeking to use coronavirus vaccines to project their influence around the world, with Beijing saying they only want to help the whole world tackle the virus. Speaking to reporters after talks...

Sinovac says its Covid-19 vaccine is safe in children ages 3-17, based on preliminary data, and it has submitted the data to Chinese drug regulators. More than 70 million shots of Sinovac’s vaccine have been given worldwide, including in China. ...

The leaders of China and North Korea are reaffirming their traditional alliance following contentious talks between top diplomats from Washington and Beijing and diplomatic isolation and economic problems in the North that have left it ever-more depe...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Tuesday that Western forces should know that the days when they could "wantonly interfere" in China's internal affairs are over – and they won't be coming back. Wang made the remark during talks with his Russian ...

Four people were killed when a man detonated a homemade bomb in a village government office in Guangdong province, authorities said. A 59-year-old man suspected of being responsible for the explosive device was also killed in the explosion, local po...