President Xi Jinping on Wednesday defended China's human rights progress in a virtual meeting with UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who is visiting the mainland. Bachelet's six-day trip, which began on Monday, will include a visit to the Xin...

Mainland authorities on Wednesday reported 520 new Covid cases. That’s 168 fewer than the day before. About 100 of the infections were symptomatic. Shanghai accounted for around 75 percent of the total cases, and one of the patients was found o...

Airbnb on Tuesday announced it will stop representing short-term rental properties in China and focus its business in the country on serving Chinese tourists looking for lodgings abroad. The vacation rental firm joins a series of foreign internet co...

Premier Li Keqiang has congratulated newly-elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, ending a year-long freeze in diplomatic contact between the two countries. Li said Beijing is ready to work with Canberra to review the past, look into t...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has welcomed the United Nations human rights chief to China, saying he hopes her trip will "clarify misinformation". Michelle Bachelet's landmark trip to China is the first by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in 17...

Mainland authorities on Tuesday reported 688 new Covid-19 infections, 181 fewer than the day before. Of the latest cases, 639 were locally transmitted. The National Health Commission said there were a total of 156 symptomatic infections. Among them...

Beijing on Monday said it is ready to defend its national interests over Taiwan, in a rebuke to US President Joe Biden's vow to defend the island militarily if it is attacked. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the comments at a press brief...

Michelle Bachelet begins her China visit on Monday, the first such trip for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the country since 2005. The six-day trip will see Bachelet visit the Xinjiang region. Beijing has repeatedly denied...

The mainland's National Health Commission on Monday reported another 802 domestic Covid-19 infections, with 174 symptomatic cases and 628 asymptomatic ones. Eighty-three symptomatic cases came from Beijing and 55 from Shanghai. But Shanghai account...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday hit out at US plans for the Indo-Pacific region, saying attempts to contain China are "bound to fail". State media reported that Wang made the comments during talks with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Za...

The mainland's National Health Commission on Sunday reported another 824 domestic Covid-19 infections, with 157 symptomatic cases and 667 asymptomatic ones. The majority of the cases were in Shanghai which added 622 infections, as well as three dea...

Shanghai on Saturday had no new coronavirus infections reported outside its quarantine areas, as the financial hub logged another 868 local infections. Of the latest cases, 84 were symptomatic and 784 did not show signs of infection. The city also...

China on Friday hit out at Canada for blocking telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE from Canadian 5G networks, describing the ban as "groundless" and based on spurious security risks. Canada's move follows the United States and other key allies, and comes...

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...