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Sun, 06 Mar 2022 13:01:52 +0800
Beijing warns against 'adding fuel' to Ukraine crisis
Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that China opposes any moves that “add fuel to the flames” in Ukraine. The Foreign Ministry said the two spoke by phone on Saturday. Wang said the Ukraine crisis is somethin...

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:00:25 +0800
Mainland sees Qingdao hotspot among Covid cases
The National Health Commission (NHC) reported 175 locally transmitted Covid cases for Saturday, up from 102 on Friday. Eighty-eight of the new local cases were in the port city of Qingdao, in Shandong province. The Qingdao outbreak was mainly among ...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 13:39:03 +0800
Beijing pledges to control Covid, improve livelihoods
Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday mainland authorities will control the Covid situation in a precise manner while ensuring people can carry on with their lives as normal. Presenting the government's work report during the National People's Congres...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 13:35:16 +0800
China reports slight drop in Covid cases
China reported 281 new confirmed coronavirus cases on the mainland on March 4, the national health authority said on Saturday, compared with 294 a day earlier. Of the new confirmed cases, 102 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission ...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 11:26:38 +0800
Mainland's military spending to rise by 7.1 percent
China's military budget – the second-largest in the world after the United States – is set to increase by 7.1 percent in 2022, Beijing announced on Saturday. Some 1.45 trillion yuan (US$230 billion) has been set aside for national defence, accor...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 10:10:23 +0800
Mainland sets 5.5% GDP growth target for 2022
The nation's top legislature, the NPC, on Saturday morning began its annual meeting in Beijing. The session opened with Premier Li Keqiang delivering the government's work report - which has set a target for GDP growth in 2022 of 5.5 percent. The r...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:28:30 +0800
US shouldn't treat China as a rival: NPC spokesman
A spokesman for the National People’s Congress (NPC) said on Friday that the US will only harm its own interests if it uses China’s development “as an excuse” to treat it like a strategic rival. Zhang Yesui made the remarks a day ahead of t...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:36:06 +0800
China's Covid fight did not harm global trade: CPPCC
A spokesman for the central government’s top advisory body on Thursday dismissed suggestions by overseas media that China’s policies against Covid-19 infections have disrupted global supply chains. Guo Weimin made the comment in Beijing at a vi...

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:25:09 +0800
China offers to mediate in Ukraine
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked his Chinese counterpart in a phone call on Tuesday to use Beijing's ties with Moscow to stop Russia's military action on its territory, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said in a statement. According to t...

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 02:09:56 +0800
Beijing says nothing can be gained from new Cold War
China's UN ambassador told an emergency meeting of the world body's General Assembly Monday that "nothing can be gained" from a new Cold War between America and Russia. "The Cold War has long ended. The Cold War mentality based on block confrontatio...

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:37:17 +0800
Mainland sees slight drop in Covid cases
The mainland reported 239 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Saturday, the country's national health authority said on Sunday, down from 249 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 112 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said, up from...

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:09:03 +0800
Mainland reports 249 new Covid cases
The mainland reported 249 new confirmed coronavirus infections for February 25, the national health authority said on Saturday, up from 224 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 93 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said, compared w...

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:07:15 +0800
Beijing hits out at claims it backed Ukraine attack
The Foreign Ministry has spoken about Russia's attack on Ukraine, saying on Friday that China opposes any act inciting war and has taken a responsible attitude from the very beginning to persuade all parties not to escalate tensions. The Xinhua News...

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:46:46 +0800
China seeks to fly its citizens out of Ukraine
China's embassy in Ukraine said Chinese nationals could register for chartered flights to leave the eastern European country, after Russia unleashed the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two. In a notice posted on the embassy's offi...

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 20:20:04 +0800
Beijing urges calm over Ukraine crisis
The Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Tuesday called on all parties in the Ukraine crisis to remain calm, ease tensions and resolve differences through dialogue and negotiation. The Xinhua News Agency reported a ministry spokesperson quoting Foreign Mi...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:40:34 +0800
Hohot at centre of Covid outbreak
The National Health Commission reported 71 new locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases on Monday, down from just over 100 the day before. Inner Mongolia accounted for the lion's share of the newly confirmed local cases. There were 32 in the autonomous r...

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:40:37 +0800
Mainland reports 195 cases, local infections up
The mainland reported 195 new Covid-19 cases for February 19, up from 137 cases a day earlier, the health authority said on Sunday. Ninety-four of the new infections were imported, the National Health Commission said in a statement, while 101 were l...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 09:31:58 +0800
Mainland reports 137 new Covid cases
The mainland reported 137 new confirmed coronavirus cases on February 18, the National Health Commission said on Saturday, up from 87 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 80 were locally transmitted, the commission said, compared with 40 a day earlier. ...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:45:29 +0800
Guangdong sending help to HK to fight Covid
Xinhua News Agency on Thursday said Guangdong authorities were sending epidemiology experts and Covid-19 testing vehicles to Hong Kong in order to help the city combat the outbreaks. The agency said it was per the instruction given by the National H...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:40:17 +0800
Macau tightens entry requirement for HK travellers
The Macau government has tightened the entry requirement for travellers from Hong Kong in light of what it calls "changes in the territory's epidemic situation". Starting from 6am on Thursday, people heading to the gaming hub via the Hong Kong-Zhuha...



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