China's top planning authority has allowed shuttered coal mines to restart production as the country works to meet surging power demand while forging ahead with ambitious climate goals. Fifteen mines across China's northern regions ranging from Inne...

Thousands of Macau residents queued up on Thursday to get checked for Covid, on the second day of a mandatory territory-wide testing programme. At around 10am, queues ranging from dozens to around 2,500 people formed outside 41 testing stations. An...

Macau authorities on Wednesday ordered various types of entertainment venues to close from midnight to prevent the spread of Covid-19. But casinos will stay open for the time being. Macau officials have already ordered a "state of immediate prevent...

China on Wednesday reported its highest daily number of local coronavirus cases in months as mass testing and contact tracing campaigns uncovered a trail of Delta variant infections. Health authorities reported 71 domestic cases, the highest since J...

Macau on Wednesday launched a mass Covid-19 testing exercise with the aim of checking everyone in the SAR within three days. Authorities ordered the tests for the city of 680,000 people after a family of four were confirmed to have the more infecti...

Macau authorities are on alert after a couple who recently returned from Zhuhai and their two children tested positive for Covid-19. The SAR said it received notification from Zhuhai authorities on Tuesday that samples they collected from two Macau...

Authorities in Wuhan on Tuesday said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. The city of 11 million is "swiftly launching comprehensive ...

The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least 302 with dozens of people still missing, officials said on Monday, after record downpours dumped a year's worth of rain on a city in just three days. Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan ...

China on Sunday reported 75 new cases of Covid-19 for July 31, up from 55 cases a day earlier, including new locally transmitted cases in eight provinces. The wave is part of an expanding Covid -19 Delta variant outbreak in China that is becoming i...

China on Saturday raced to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months as fresh cases were reported in two more parts of the country, including the sprawling megacity of Chongqing. The highly contagious Delta variant has already been confirmed ...

A reactor at a Guangdong nuclear plant has been shut down because it is damaged, the operator said Friday, but it insisted there were no major safety issues. Mainland authorities last month blamed minor fuel rod damage for a build-up of radioactive ...

China on Thursday reported small coronavirus outbreaks driven by the Delta variant in three provinces as a cluster linked to an eastern airport spreads despite mass testing and a vaccination drive. The flare up, which began after nine workers at the...

A mainland court sentenced agricultural tycoon Sun Dawu to 18 years in jail on Wednesday for a catalogue of crimes including "provoking trouble" after the outspoken billionaire and grassroots rights supporter was tried in secret. The court in Gaobei...

A nine-member Taliban delegation is on a two-day visit to China where they met Foreign Minister Wang Yi for talks on the peace process and security issues, the group said on Wednesday. "Politics, economy and issues related to the security of both co...

A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China, in scenes reminiscent of a disaster film. Dunhuang, a tourist draw with a colourful history as a Silk Road outpost, momentarily disappeared...

Beijing's top diplomat urged the United States on Monday to remove all unilateral sanctions and tariffs as well as "long-arm jurisdiction" against China as soon as possible, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. State Councillor and Foreign Mini...

Beijing urged the US to stop "demonising" China during Monday talks with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the highest-level official to visit under President Joe Biden's administration. Sherman arrived in the city of Tianjin on Sunday, aimi...

China reported 76 new Covid-19 cases on July 25, up from 32 cases a day earlier, as Nanjing city starts a second round of mass testing. China has taken a zero-tolerance approach to Covid cases, quickly tracing and testing wide swathes of its populat...

Shanghai and neighbouring coastal regions cancelled all flights, slowed or suspended subway trains and shuttered businesses as Typhoon In-fa made landfall on Sunday. The typhoon landed in the Putuo district of the city of Zhoushan, a major port in t...

China is barring tutoring for profit in core school subjects to ease financial pressures on families that have contributed to low birth rates, news that sent shockwaves through its vast private education sector and share prices plunging. The move th...