Guangzhou on Sunday reported seven new local confirmed Covid-19 patients for June 5, bringing the city's total since May 21 to 80 amid a resurgent outbreak. Overall, China reported 30 new mainland coronavirus cases for June 5, up from 24 a day earl...

A man armed with a knife killed six people and wounded 14 others in a city in eastern China, state media reported. The attack occurred on Saturday afternoon in the streets of Anqing, Anhui province, 430 kilometres west of Shanghai, state television ...

The United States will donate 750,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country's plan to share shots globally, US Senator Tammy Duckworth said on Sunday, offering a much-needed boost to the island's fight against the pandemic. Taiwan ...

Taiwan is in talks with US companies about making their Covid-19 vaccines, following similar talks with European firms, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Saturday. Taiwan, like much of the world, has been trying to speed up its vaccination pro...

Two people died and six were missing after an accident in a coal mine in central China, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday. The "accidental outburst" occurred at a coal mine run by Henan Hebi Coal and Electricity Co in the late afternoon on...

China has approved emergency use of Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine in people aged between three and 17, its chairman Yin Weidong told state TV late on Friday. China's mass vaccination drive, which administered 723.5 million doses of vaccines as ...

China on Friday ripped into the United States' human rights record and told Washington to "look in the mirror" after America's top diplomat said he would honour those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. Beijing urged the United States to "face ...

Tokyo is donating more than one million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan, Japan's foreign minister announced Friday, as Taipei struggles to secure jabs, accusing Beijing of interference. "We have received requests from variou...

The United States said on Thursday it stands "with the people of China" in their fight for human rights on the eve of the anniversary of Beijing's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, amid heightened tensions between the two economic giants. Secretary of Sta...

China on Thursday blasted Hungarian politicians as being "beneath contempt" after Budapest renamed streets over human rights flashpoints from Hong Kong to Tibet in protest against a planned branch of a top Chinese university. The sprawling project f...

Joe Biden intends to this week overhaul a list of Chinese firms that US investors are allowed to own shares in, as the president re-evaluates the world powers' post-Trump relationship while maintaining pressure on Beijing. Donald Trump prohibited Am...

China on Wednesday said it would suspend all sports competitions that lack national safety standards, after extreme weather at an ultramarathon killed 21 runners and sparked calls for more regulation. Beijing's General Administration of Sport said t...

China will help to modernise and expand Cambodia's largest naval base but will not be the only country given access to the facility, Cambodian media reported on Wednesday, quoting the country's defence minister. In October, Cambodia confirmed it had...

Taiwan reported a rise in domestic coronavirus infections on Wednesday after six days of falls, and unveiled details of a mass vaccination plan that aims to eventually cover 1.7 million people a week. After months of relative safety, Taiwan is battl...

China said on Wednesday a flight by 16 military aircraft over hotly contested waters off Malaysia was routine training, after the Southeast Asian nation accused Beijing of breaching its sovereignty. Malaysia scrambled fighter jets on Monday to inter...

A herd of 15 wandering elephants on an epic trek through southwestern China have entered villages to gorge on crops, broken into barns and caused a million US dollars of losses. Over the past week, the animals drained a water tank, helped themselve...

President Xi Jinping said China must improve the way it tells its "stories" to a global audience as it seeks to develop an international voice that reflects its status on the world stage, official news agency Xinhua reported. Speaking at a Communist...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved a Covid-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing, the second Chinese-produced shot to get its endorsement, a WHO statement said on Tuesday. WHO emergency listing is a signal to nat...

China reported the world's first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low. A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in the eastern city of Zhenjiang o...

Fifteen tutoring firms have been hammered with millions of dollars of fines over alleged fraud, Chinese state media said on Tuesday, as the government's chastening of the tech sector seeps into the private education businesses. The groups, including...