China ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighborhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in coronavirus cases, setting off panic buying just weeks before the country hosts the Winter Olympic Games. ...

The northern city of Xi'an dramatically tightened Covid travel controls on Wednesday to fight a growing outbreak, with people banned from boarding trains without official permission and hundreds of flights cancelled. With Beijing preparing to host t...

China has the confidence, condition, and ability to keep economic growth at a reasonable level, a senior state planning official told the Xinhua News Agency. The world's second-largest economy faces multiple challenges heading into 2022, as a proper...

China said on Tuesday it has imposed sanctions on four US nationals in what it says is a "reciprocal countermeasure" to Washington's earlier sanctions against four mainland officials over Xinjiang issues. The Foreign Ministry said the four are Nadi...

China will give pregnant women the right to chose a caesarean birth for babies even if husbands object, state media reported on Tuesday, one of the latest steps to safeguard women's rights in a society in which traditions can play a powerful role. T...

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Tuesday conducted a total of 20 billion yuan (about US$3.1 billion) of reverse repurchase agreements, or repos, to maintain liquidity in the mainland's banking system, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The PBO...

The mainland reported 57 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, six of them in Guangdong. The National Health Commission said 43 of the infections were in Shaanxi and eight in Zhejiang, according to the Xinhua News Agency. It also c...

Four people were killed and another eight injured when part of a bridge ramp collapsed on Saturday in Ezhou City, in central Hubei province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The bridge collapsed over an expressway, causing three trucks to f...

Authorities in Shanxi province were on Thursday in a race against time to try to rescue 22 people trapped in a flooded coal mine. Authorities there blamed illegal mining for the incident. According to Xinhua News Agency, it happened on Wednesday ni...

President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a video call on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and international affairs, a summit that comes amid heightened tensions between Moscow and the West over a Russian troop bui...

Guangzhou has placed an area under lockdown after the city reported its first Omicron coronavirus infection. The case involved a man, 67, who returned from overseas late last month and repeatedly tested negative for Covid-19 during quarantine. He r...

A national commemoration was held in Nanjing on Monday to mark the 84th anniversary of the massacre in the city by Japanese troops. Those who attended the ceremony observed a minute's silence while sirens blared in the city. This was followed by the...

The central government has ordered some border cities to beef up vigilance against Covid-19 with measures such as mandatory testing for travellers, in its effort to prevent clusters caused by viruses arriving from abroad. Since mid-October, locally-...

The central government on Friday promised tax cuts and support for entrepreneurs to shore up slumping economic growth. China will continue implementing proactive fiscal policies and prudent monetary policies so as to pursue steady progress in the ec...

China has commended Nicaragua on its "right" decision to re-establish diplomatic ties and to break off relations with Taiwan. The statement from the foreign ministry comes as government representatives from China and Nicaragua signed a communique i...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, his spokesman said on Thursday, after the United States announced a diplomatic boycott and several other Western nations followed suit. "The secretary-general receiv...

Chinese astronauts on Thursday beamed back a science lesson from the country’s under-construction space station. The first live class from China's space station was given by Shenzhou-13 crew members Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu to stud...

Guangzhou and Shenzhen have warned of severe water shortages lasting into next spring as the East River, a tributary of Guangdong's Pearl River, continues to be hit by its most severe drought in decades. Authorities in both cities are asking residen...

A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Britain on Wednesday urged the government there to uphold the Olympic spirit and stop political manipulation, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK will “effectively” stage a diplomatic boycott of t...

China on Wednesday accused Australia of "political posturing and selfish games" after Canberra announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin slammed Australia for "bl...