Shanghai reported 39 new deaths among its Covid-19 patients on April 23, up from 12 the day before, the local government said on Sunday. The city also recorded 19,657 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases, down from 20,634 a day earlier. The nu...

Shanghai reported that 12 people infected with Covid-19 died on April 22, up from 11 the previous day, the local government said on Saturday. The city also recorded 20,634 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases on the day, rebounding from 15,698 a...

Shanghai on Friday reported 11 more Covid-related deaths and over 17,000 new local infections, as authorities doubled down on their efforts to fight the outbreak by launching a new round of city-wide testing. The new cases comprise of 1,931 symptoma...

President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for Asia to be the anchor for world peace and the powerhouse of global growth, adding that countries should add "splendour" rather than trouble to the region. Addressing attendees of the annual Boao Forum for...

Shanghai on Thursday reported eight more Covid-related deaths as it reported around 18,500 new local infections. Officials said the deceased patients – the oldest of them aged 93 – had other illnesses, such as cerebral haemorrhage, coronary hea...

China's aviation authority said on Wednesday the black boxes of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed last month were badly damaged and it was still recovering and analysing the data to help determine the cause. The crash, China's...

Shanghai has reported Covid-related deaths for three straight day as seven more patients passed away. Officials said the seven patients – most of them aged above 70 – had suffered from a range of illnesses, including as cancer, high blood press...

Shanghai on Tuesday reported seven more Covid-related deaths. Officials said the new deaths were all elderly patients who were unvaccinated and suffering from other illnesses. “These people were suffering from the complications of underlying di...

Shanghai authorities on Monday confirmed the deaths of three Covid patients in the city, the first reported in the current outbreak. They included two women and one man, aged between 89 and 91. Health officials in the financial hub said all three...

A space agency official said on Sunday that China would launch three more astronauts to its newest space station in June after a crewed mission returned this weekend following a six-month stay in orbit. The crew of Shenzhou 14 will spend six months ...

Shanghai recorded 21,582 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases and 3,238 new symptomatic cases on Saturday, health authorities said on Sunday. The number of asymptomatic cases was up from 19,923 a day earlier, while the number of symptomatic cases fell...

Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases on Saturday, as other areas across China imposed restrictions in response to the spread of the Omicron variant. The Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, manufacturing area in central China ...

Three mainland astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, the country’s longest space mission to date, state television reported. The astronauts landed nine hours after leaving a key module of China's first space station. W...

The northwestern city of Xian said on Friday it will temporarily impose a partial lockdown to reduce its 13 million residents' movement, after reporting dozens of Covid-19 infections this month, as China fights a record wave of cases. Since March, ...

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Friday it had identified 666 companies in Shanghai that it will help to resume production amid the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in the city. In a public notice, the regulator said it wi...

New home prices on the mainland stalled for a second straight month in March, official data showed on Friday. Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities remained unchanged month-on-month in March, the same as in February, according to calcul...

Shanghai recorded 19,872 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases and 3,200 new symptomatic cases on Thursday, the local government said on Friday. The number of asymptomatic cases was down from 25,146 a day earlier, while the number of symptomatic cases ...

Beijing hopes the United States will remove tariffs on Chinese goods and stop cracking down on Chinese firms as soon as possible, commerce ministry spokeswoman Shu Jueting told a news conference on Thursday. Stable and healthy bilateral trade relati...

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, ...