President Xi Jinping has said China must stick to its strict "dynamic Covid clearance" policy as the global pandemic remains very serious, and promised those enduring lockdowns that persistence will win out in the end. The country's zero-Covid polic...

Shanghai reported a slight increase in new Covid infections on Thursday. According to the National Health Commission, the country's financial hub reported a total of 27,719 cases. That's 1,389 more than the previous day. Authorities said 25,146, ...

China's overall trade with Russia rose to 243 billion yuan (US$38.18 billion) between January and March, up nearly 28 percent from a year earlier, a Chinese customs spokesman said on Wednesday. The country's total trade with Ukraine, meanwhile, clim...

Shanghai on Wednesday reported another surge in Covid-19 infections, as authorities banned most cars from the roads and warned anyone who violates lockdown rules will be dealt with strictly. According to figures released by the National Health Com...

Guangzhou officials on Tuesday announced that the city added 10 symptomatic Covid-19 cases and another three infections without symptoms. Authorities said the new infections were linked to previous cases with clear transmission chains. “The epi...

Shanghai on Tuesday saw a slight drop in new local Covid-19 infections. The financial hub reported over 23,000 new local cases for the day, among them 994 symptomatic and 22,348 asymptomatic. That compares with more than 26,000 local infections t...

As Shanghai continues to battle a high number of Covid-19 infections, new cases emerging in Guangzhou have prompted local authorities to suspend in-person classes. Shanghai on Monday reported over 26,000 new local Covid cases – among them 914 wer...

Most of the latest Covid-19 cases across the border were again reported from Shanghai. Health authorities recorded a total of 26,355 new infections on the mainland in the past day. That compared with a little more than 25,000 the day before. The Na...

Shanghai will soon begin lifting lockdowns in communities that report no positive cases within 14 days after another round of Covid testing, authorities said on Saturday. The fresh round of testing comes as the city reported about 23,000 cases on Sa...

The mainland reported 1,350 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, the country's national health authority said on Saturday, compared with 1,576 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 1,334 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said...

China will step up policy measures to support the economy while studying new stimulus plans, state media on Friday quoted Premier Li Keqiang as saying. "Currently, some emergency events in the international and domestic environment have exceeded exp...

The number of new Covid infections found in Shanghai has continued to rise with authorities reporting 21,222 cases on Friday, up from 19,982 the day before. Of the latest patients, 824 people were showing symptoms of the virus. Wu Qianyu, an inspec...

Vice Premier Hu Chunhua on Thursday called for all-out efforts to stabilise and expand employment. Hu, made the remarks while chairing a symposium on the mainland's employment situation, Xinhua News Agency reported. The stability of employment sho...

The number of coronavirus cases in Shanghai continued to spike on Thursday, as authorities reported 19,660 new local asymptomatic infections.   There were also 322 symptomatic cases – up from 311 recorded the previous day. Tens of thousands of...

The mainland on Wednesday issued a draft law on financial stability in a bid to strengthen safety nets and prevent systemic financial risks in the world's second biggest economy. China plans to launch a financial stability protection fund to help co...

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...