China will make port operations more efficient and hold more online trade fairs, among new measures to ease pressure on foreign trade, Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said on Wednesday. Export growth in the world's second largest economy slowed ...

Beijing on Monday warned Australia to "act prudently" or face "serious consequences" after Canberra accused a Chinese fighter jet of intercepting one of its spy planes over the South China Sea. Australia has argued it is not unusual for it to undert...

Mainland health authorities reported 86 new local coronavirus cases on Monday, as Beijing lifted Covid restrictions in most areas. Of the latest infections, the National Health Commission said 25 showed symptoms, while 61 were asymptomatic. Beiji...

China's services activity contracted for a third straight month in May, pointing to a slow recovery ahead, despite the easing of some Covid lockdowns in Shanghai and neighbouring cities, a private business survey showed on Monday. The Caixin service...

Three taikonauts arrived at China's space station on Sunday, the Chinese space agency for human flights said, the latest stride in Beijing's aim to become a major space power. The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket at 0244 GMT from the Jiuqu...

Mainland health authorities on Sunday reported 88 new local coronavirus cases, 12 more than the day before. The National Health Commission said of the latest locally transmitted infections, 33 of them were symptomatic. Beijing accounted for 16 of t...

China on Sunday launched a new three-person mission to complete assembly work on its permanent orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-14 crew will spend six months on the Tiangong station, during which they will oversee the addition of two laboratory ...

A train driver died on Saturday after the vehicle was partially derailed by a sudden mudslide in Guizhou province. The train was heading from Guiyang to Guangzhou when the mud knocked two carriages off the tracks at a tunnel near Rongjiang station a...

The China Manned Space Agency will launch a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the core module of the nation's unfinished space station, where they will work and live for six months as construction enters advanced stages. A Long March...

Beijing has appointed Liu Jianchao to lead the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party, a national-level ministry in charge of relations with North Korea and other socialist countries. Liu, 58, replaces Song Tao, the party’s offici...

Mainland officials on Thursday have spoken out against the launch of talks to deepen trade ties between the United States and Taiwan, an initiative that follows an agreement US President Joe Biden announced last week with a number of Asian economies....

Foreign Minister Wang Yi is visiting Papua New Guinea on Thursday, as he continued on his regional trip to shore up relations with Pacific island nations. A Xinhua commentary published on Thursday said Wang's 10-day trip has reflected Beijing's sinc...

Mainland authorities on Thursday reported 61 new local Covid-19 cases, compared with 68 infections the day before. This is the third day in a row the mainland reported fewer than a hundred local coronavirus cases. The new infections include 18 symp...

At least four people are dead and 14 others injured after two earthquakes hit southwestern China on Wednesday, state media reported. A shallow 6.1-magnitude quake hit a sparsely populated area in Sichuan province about 100km west of provincial capit...

Shanghai reopened on Wednesday following two months of lockdown, as the number of new Covid-19 infections continued to drop. The financial hub reported 15 new local cases, including five symptomatic infections. People were seen travelling on Shan...

China's cabinet announced a package of 33 measures covering fiscal, financial, investment and industrial policies on Tuesday to revive its pandemic-ravaged economy, adding it will inspect how provincial governments implement them. The stimulus packa...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday arrived in Tonga as part of his tour through the region, shortly after Beijing issued a position paper on proposals to deepen partnership with Pacific island nations. The document said one of the ways China will s...

Mainland health authorities on Tuesday reported just 97 new local Covid infections, down from 184 a day earlier. Among the new cases, 28 were symptomatic and 69 did not show symptoms. The latest infections were mainly from Beijing, where authoritie...

A jet trainer crashed in Taiwan on Tuesday, killing the pilot, the authorities there say, the second such fatal accident this year. The AT-3 jet crashed during a training mission from the Gangshan air base in the city of Kaohsiung and the body of th...

China's factory activity contracted at a slower pace in May as Covid-19 curbs in major manufacturing hubs were relaxed, but movement controls still depressed domestic demand, restrained production and weighed on the economy in the second quarter. Th...