Authorities in Shanghai on Friday reported three new Covid-19 cases outside the city's quarantine areas, the first community infections identified after five days of no infections. The three cases, from the same family, were found in Qingpu district...

The World Health Organization on Thursday authorised the use of Chinese manufacturer CanSinoBIO's single-shot Covid-19 vaccine -- the ninth jab to get the WHO green light. The WHO granted emergency use listing (EUL) to the Tianjin-based firm's Convi...

Health authorities on the mainland on Thursday reported 1,016 new coronavirus infections, down 289 from the day before. Most of the new cases were recorded in Shanghai, which reported 82 symptomatic infections and 637 patients without symptoms, as ...

Premier Li Keqiang has called for greater urgency in rolling out measures to support the virus-battered economy. "All localities and departments should step up their sense of urgency, and new measures that can be used should be used," Li said at a s...

Health authorities reported a slight increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases in Shanghai, though no new cases were found outside quarantined areas for a fourth consecutive day. The financial hub reported 759 new local asymptomatic cases, up fro...

The US Justice Department on Tuesday sued Steve Wynn, the former CEO of Wynn Resorts , to compel him to register as an agent of China and accused him of lobbying then-President Donald Trump at Beijing's behest in 2017. Wynn's lawyers denied the alle...

Shanghai on Tuesday achieved the milestone of three consecutive days with no new Covid-19 cases outside quarantine zones. There has also been a drop in the number of new locally-transmitted infections in the business hub. According to the National H...

A market analyst said on Tuesday that the planned easing of Covid-19 restrictions in Shanghai should help boost the mainland economy in the third quarter of the year, though it’s still too early to say how significant such a rebound would be. Ben ...

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...