Mainland authorities on Saturday reported 43 new locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases, all in Fujian Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday. Also reported were 23 new imported cases, including nine in Yunnan, three...

China will make its due contribution to humanity's ultimate victory over the Covid-19 pandemic, President Xi Jinping said on Friday. Xi made the remark via video link in Beijing while addressing the 21st meeting of the Council of Heads of State of t...

Chinese astronauts returned to earth on Friday after completing the country's longest-ever crewed mission. The capsule carrying the three astronauts was suspended on a parachute and landed in the Gobi desert at 1:35 pm local time. The crew of the S...

The government of Macau has expressed strong opposition to and deep regret over a so-called report passed by the European Parliament, Xinhua News Agency reports. Regarding references to Macau in the European Parliament's so-called new EU-China strat...

China is ready to join hands with Belarus to lift the friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries to a higher level, says Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Wang made the remarks during a meeting with Belarusian Foreign Minister ...

Beijing on Thursday slammed a new US alliance with Australia and Britain, under which Canberra will acquire nuclear submarine technology, as an "extremely irresponsible" threat to regional stability. The agreement "seriously undermines regional peac...

Three people were killed and dozens injured when a shallow earthquake struck Sichuan province in the early hours of Thursday, triggering the second-highest level of emergency response by rescuers, mainland media said. The quake struck Luxian county ...

Fujian province reported 120 locally-transmitted Covid cases on Tuesday, the Xinhua news agency said. Authorities there are battling, what appears to be, an outbreak linked to the highly-infectious delta variant. There were also 19 local asymptomat...

Mainland media on Tuesday said it was "imperative and urgent" to regulate advertisements for cosmetic surgery, procedures and treatments, saying that some made excessive or false claims. "From posters at bus stops and in subway, to introductions on ...

New local Covid-19 infections more than doubled in southeastern Fujian province, health authorities said on Tuesday, in the mainland's latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The National Health Commission said 59 new locally transmitted cases wer...

Authorities in Shanghai and neighbouring coastal regions cancelled flights, and suspended schools, subways and trains as Typhoon Chanthu approached the mainland. The storm, with winds of more than 170 kilometres per hour near its eye, had been downg...

Macau election officials blamed the Covid-19 pandemic after turnout fell sharply in the SAR's legislative election on Sunday. Voters went to the polls to choose 14 directly elected lawmakers, while professional sectors chose 12 lawmakers in indirect...

Mainland authorities have classified Fengting town in Fujian as a high-risk area after the province reported 21 Covid cases since Friday, Xinhua news agency said. The outbreak appears to be linked to the highly-infectious delta variant. The provinci...

China reported 25 new Covid-19 cases on the mainland for September 10, up from 17 a day earlier, the national health authority said on Saturday. One of the new infections was locally transmitted while the rest were imported, the National Health Comm...

President Xi Jinping on Friday morning held a phone conversation with his US counterpart Joe Biden, Xinhua News Agency reported. The two leaders held candid, in-depth and broad strategic communication and exchanges on bilateral relations and relevan...

Chinese authorities have ordered gaming giants Tencent and NetEase to end their focus on profits and cut content perceived to be breeding "effeminacy", as Beijing tries to direct youth culture, gender ideals and the reach of big tech. The move is t...

China said on Wednesday it welcomed the end of "three weeks of anarchy" in Afghanistan with the establishment of a new interim government in Kabul, pledging US$31 million in immediate aid as it urged the Taliban to restore order. The Islamist group ...

China will set price ranges for after-school tutoring classes and will probe institutions' costs like teacher salaries, the state planner said on Monday, after the country barred for-profit tutoring in any school subject earlier this year. Local au...

"Shared Destiny-2021", an international peacekeeping drill, kicked off on Monday in Henan province, Xinhua News Agency reported. It was the first time the Chinese military organised such a drill, with the participation of troops from countries inclu...

Vice Premier Liu He says the private economy must be supported and "guidelines and policies for supporting the private economy have not changed...and will not change in the future," according to a report from Xinhua News Agency. Liu was speaking via...