Shanghai authorities are conducting another round of citywide Covid-19 testing on Wednesday as new infections hit a new record high. The city logged 311 local symptomatic cases and 16,766 local asymptomatic cases, including 7,892 from Pudong. That...

China's ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, warned on Tuesday against measures that might fuel a crisis like the Ukraine conflict elsewhere in the world. He had been asked about a deal between Australia, Britain and the United States to co-o...

Emerging markets suffered their first portfolio outflows in a year in March, driven by investors selling Chinese assets and growing anxiety over recent geopolitical events, a report by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) showed on Tuesday. ...

Shanghai on Tuesday reported a surge in local asymptomatic cases as the city remains locked down for mass testing. The city reported 268 local symptomatic cases and 13,086 local asymptomatic cases, including 6,788 from Pudong. That compares with 42...

Shanghai on Monday recorded another 425 symptomatic Covid infections and 8,581 new asymptomatic cases. While the number of symptomatic cases fell compared with the 438 reported on Sunday, asymptomatic infections were up from 7,788. Vice Premier Sun...

Shanghai on Sunday ordered its 26 million residents to undergo two more rounds of tests for Covid-19 as the officials try to stop the transmission of the Omicron variant. Residents should self-test on Sunday using antigen kits and report any positiv...

The daily tally of local asymptomatic coronavirus cases on the mainland soared past the 10,000 mark on Sunday. A total of 11,691 people tested positive for Covid-19 without any symptoms, two-thirds of whom were from Shanghai. There were 1,455 sym...

Local Covid cases in Shanghai remained high on Saturday as the city continued its lockdown and testing to curb the spread of Omicron. The daily tally of symptomatic cases in the city dropped to 260 compared to 368 the day before, but asymptomatic i...

Premier Li Keqiang told EU leaders on Friday that Beijing would push for peace in "its own way" in Ukraine after Brussels pressed for assurances that China would not supply Russia with arms or help it circumvent Western sanctions. Li spoke with the ...

Shanghai authorities on Friday reported a slight drop in local Covid-19 cases as its 10-day lockdown moves into its second phase. The city had been expected to lift the lockdown east of the Huangpu River on Friday morning. Instead, it announced th...

Former CGTN presenter Cheng Lei went on trial on Thursday on charges of providing state secrets to a foreign country. The hearing for the Chinese-born Australian journalist was held in a court in Beijing behind closed doors. Cheng, 46, was detained...

Shanghai was set to put the vast majority of its residents under lockdown from Friday, as it expands Covid-19 curbs to include the western half of the city and extends restrictions in the east, where people have already been forced to stay at home si...

Beijing and Moscow on Wednesday pledged to strengthen bilateral ties, during a meeting held between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. According to Xinhua news agency, Wang said China-Russia ties have stood the new t...

Beijing will roll out policies to stabilise the economy in the face of downward pressures, CCTV quoted a cabinet meeting as saying on Wednesday. CCTV reported that a State Council meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang said the central government had...

The mainland’s tax regulator said on Wednesday that it will crack down on tax evasion in China’s booming live-streaming industry, and will start requiring online platforms to report live-streamers' identities, income and profits every six months....

Covid-19 cases in Shanghai continued to rise in Wednesday, as the city reported 326 cases of people displaying symptoms and 5,656 asymptomatic infections. That compares to 96 symptomatic cases and 4,381 asymptomatic ones on Tuesday. Pudong continu...

Beijing has complained to Australia about turning back Chinese students who had flown to Sydney because they did not disclose that they had undergone mandatory military training at Chinese universities. Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a ...

The number of new Covid-19 cases in Shanghai hit a fresh record on Tuesday, with people displaying symptoms almost doubling to 96 and asymptomatic cases jumping to 4,381. That compares to 50 symptomatic infections and 3,450 asymptomatic cases on Mon...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow's relations with China are at their strongest level ever, as Western nations seek to isolate Russia with unprecedented sanctions over its military actions in Ukraine. Beijing has repe...

The daily Covid toll in Shanghai continued to increase on Monday, with authorities reporting 50 symptomatic infections and 3,450 asymptomatic cases.   That compares to 47 symptomatic infections and 2,631 asymptomatic cases recorded on Sunday.   The...