Retail sales and industrial production on the mainland slumped to their lowest growth in two years amid Covid-19. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, retail sales shrank 11.1 percent on-year in April to 2.95 trillion yuan. That...

Health authorities on the mainland on Monday reported 1,159 new local Covid infections – 820 fewer than the day before – as Shanghai announced a timetable for returning to normality. The majority of the day's new cases still came from Shanghai, ...

Shanghai officials on Sunday said the city will gradually begin reopening businesses from Monday, following a weeks-long lockdown that began in late March. The announcement came as the business hub reported 166 symptomatic Covid-19 infections and 1...

The mainland on Saturday reported 1,979 new local coronavirus cases, of which 253 were symptomatic. The bulk of infections continued to come from Shanghai, which reported 1,691 new cases, including 194 symptomatic ones. One more Covid patient –...

Authorities in Shanghai said on Friday they were devising a plan for the resumption of work and classes as they aim to reach zero-Covid in the community by the middle of May. The city reported 2,096 new cases on Friday, of which 227 were symptomati...

Mainland health officials on Thursday logged a total of 1,852 new Covid cases across the country. 1,449 of the new patients were in Shanghai. 144 were symptomatic cases while the rest were asymptomatic infections. "The number of newly infected ...

A Tibet Airlines plane caught fire on Thursday at China's Chongqing airport after veering off the runway, but all passengers and crew were safely evacuated, the airline said. The flight, carrying 113 passengers and nine crew, was headed from the sou...

China on Wednesday defended sticking to its zero-Covid approach, calling critical remarks from the head of the World Health Organisation “irresponsible”. The response from the Foreign Ministry in Beijing came after WHO Director-General Tedros Ad...

Consumer inflation on the mainland has risen at its quickest pace in five months. The Consumer Price Index climbed 2.1 percent in April year on year, up from a 1.5 percent gain the month before. The latest figures also showed that after four consec...

The number of new local Covid cases in Shanghai has dropped by half to 1,487, from more than 3,000 the day before. Of the latest infections, 228 showed symptoms and 1,259 were asymptomatic. "With the efforts from all front, new infections have sign...

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said the Chinese Communist Party always opens its door to young people and warmly welcomes them to become the fresh blood of the party. Xi made the remarks at a ceremony in Beijing marking the centenary of the Communi...

China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-4, carrying supplies for the upcoming Shenzhou-14 crewed mission, successfully docked with the combination of the space station core module Tianhe and the Tianzhou-3 cargo craft on Tuesday. The Tianzhou-4 spacecraft...

The number of symptomatic Covid infections in Beijing almost doubled on Tuesday to 61, from 33 the previous day. The Beijing Municipal Health Commission reported that asymptomatic cases in the capital dropped slightly to 13. To curb the spread of ...

China's export growth slowed to single digits in April, the weakest in almost two years, while imports were barely changed as tighter and wider Covid-19 curbs halted factory production and crimped domestic demand, adding to wider economic woes. Expo...

Buildings shook briefly in Taipei on Monday as a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's eastern coast, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake had a depth of 27.5 km with its epicentre 89.5 km off Taiwan's east coast, roughly ...

Shanghai municipal authorities reported 11 new Covid-19-related deaths on Monday, up from eight the day before. The number of new coronavirus infections reported in China's business capital fell very slightly to 3,947 from the 3,975 reported on Sund...

Mainland authorities have reported 4,384 new local coronavirus cases, of which 319 were symptomatic and 4,065 were asymptomatic. That compared with 4,620 a day earlier, consisting of 345 symptomatic and 4,275 asymptomatic infections. Shanghai accou...

Macau police said on Saturday that two women are suspected to have been murdered, after their bodies were found naked inside a casino hotel room. Officers said they found the bodies overnight after receiving a call from MGM Cotai asking for an ambu...

Daily Covid-19 infections in Shanghai continued to fall on Saturday, with the city reporting 4,214 new locally transmitted cases. Of the latest infections, 253 showed symptoms and 3,961 were asymptomatic. The city also reported 13 more Covid-rela...

Shanghai on Thursday reported 4,269 new Covid infections, down 382 from the day before. Of the new cases, 245 were symptomatic and 4,024 asymptomatic. The city also reported 12 more Covid-related deaths. Wu Qing, vice mayor of Shanghai, said th...