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Sun, 27 Mar 2022 13:42:58 +0800
Searchers find second black box from crashed plane
Recovery crews on Sunday found the second black box - the flight data recorder - from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed into a mountainside in southern China, state media reported. Flight MU5735, with 132 peopl...

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 21:28:26 +0800
No survivors in Guangxi crash, officials confirm
Mainland officials confirmed late on Saturday that all 132 passengers and crew on a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week had died. Flight MU5735 was travelling from the southwestern city of Kunming to Guangzhou when the Boeing 737-800...

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 15:56:00 +0800
Shanghai vows to keep health facilities open
Authorities in Shanghai on Saturday vowed to ensure healthcare services are readily accessible, after some residents were reportedly denied medical attention as a number of hospitals suspended outpatient and emergency services due to Covid measures. ...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 23:33:15 +0800
Wang Yi seeks normal India ties in New Delhi meeting
Beijing struck a conciliatory note during a meeting in New Delhi between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday. India said that ties with China could not be normal, however, until tensions wer...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:36:00 +0800
Beijing autoshow postponed due to Covid: report
Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be held in late April, have reportedly postponed the event due to a recent flare up of Covid-19 cases. Auto China, the event's organisers, have yet to decide on a new date, sources told the...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:52:37 +0800
China hopes Afghanistan can fend off external forces
China hopes Afghanistan will fulfill its commitment to not allowing any external forces to use its territory to oppose neighbours or harm the security of other nations, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday. In a statement published by the Forei...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:25:00 +0800
Wing, engine parts found at China Eastern crash site
Hundreds of people in rain gear and rubber boots searched muddy, forested hills in southern China on Thursday, looking for the second flight recorder from a jetliner that crashed with 132 people on board. No survivors have been found since the China...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:20:29 +0800
Solomon's cabinet to consider China security pact
The Solomon Islands has signed a policing deal with China and will send a proposal for a broader security agreement covering the military to its cabinet for consideration, an official of the Pacific island nation's government said on Thursday. The a...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:17:00 +0800
Macau to cut quarantine for arrivals from overseas
The government in Macau on Thursday announced that from March 28, the quarantine period for inbound travellers from overseas will be shortened from 21 days to 14, bringing the rule in line with that for people arriving from Hong Kong. Health officia...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:23:37 +0800
Do not ignore people's needs in Covid fight: expert
A mainland infectious disease expert on Thursday said allowing people to live a normal life during the Covid-19 pandemic is just as important a task as achieving the “dynamic zero” target. Writing on his Weibo social media account, Zhang Wenho...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:24:58 +0800
Beijing sets green hydrogen goal, eyes widespread use
Beijing on Wednesday announced a target to produce up to 200,000 tonnes per year of carbon-free green hydrogen by 2025. The mainland also aims to have about 50,000 hydrogen-fuelled vehicles by that year, the National Development and Reform Commissio...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:57:20 +0800
One black box from Guangxi plane crash recovered
Emergency workers found on Wednesday one of two black boxes from a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week with 132 people onboard. The black box device recovered is the plane's cockpit voice recorder, based on an early assessment, a Civ...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:58:19 +0800
Shanghai dismisses lockdown rumours
Authorities in Shanghai on Wednesday dismissed rumours that a lockdown would be imposed in the city, even as officials said anti-epidemic measures would be stepped up to contain the spread of Covid-19. The city reported four symptomatic coronavirus...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:11:37 +0800
Taiwan hit by two early morning quakes
Buildings shook in Taipei early on Wednesday morning after two earthquakes hit Taiwan in quick succession. The China Earthquake Networks Centre says a 6.6-magnitude quake jolted waters off Taitung county at 1.41 am. Two minutes later, it was follow...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:45:42 +0800
'Damaged plane complicates crash investigations'
Mainland investigators looking into the nation's worst air disaster in a decade said on Tuesday evening no survivors have been found so far from the crash site of a China Eastern Airlines passenger jet in Guangxi. Speaking at a news briefing, Zhu Ta...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:30:19 +0800
Mainland reports 2,281 symptomatic Covid cases
Mainland authorities on Tuesday reported an increase in Covid-19 infections, with Jilin province continuing to be hardest hit. In total, the National Health Commission reported 2,281 symptomatic local cases, compared with 1,947 the day before. The...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:16:50 +0800
So far, no MU5735 crash survivors found: CCTV
No survivors have been found as the search continued Tuesday of the scattered wreckage of a China Eastern plane carrying 132 people that crashed a day earlier in a forested mountainous area in China's worst air disaster in a decade. “Wreckage of t...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:30:21 +0800
Boeing offers full support of experts into crash
Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told employees on Monday that the plane manufacturer has offered the full support of its technical experts in the investigation of the crash of a China Eastern Airlines 737-800 aeroplane. Calhoun said in an email ...

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:06:16 +0800
China to give small firms 1tn yuan in tax rebates
China will give nearly 1 trillion yuan in tax rebates to small firms to shore up economic stability, state media CCTV quoted a cabinet meeting as saying on Monday. The State Council meeting, chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, resolved that China will al...

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:03:48 +0800
132 downed in Guangxi air crash, no sign of survivors
A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 which had 132 people on board crashed in mountains in Guangxi on Monday following a sudden descent from cruising altitude. Media reports said there was no sign of survivors and the airline said it was in mourn...



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