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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...