China's commercial hub of Shanghai faces an unexpected round of mass Covid-19 testing for most residents this weekend – just 10 days after a city-wide lockdown was lifted. Racing to stop a wider outbreak after discovering a few cases in the commun...

China's factory-gate inflation cooled to its slowest pace in 14 months in May, official data showed on Friday, depressed by weak demand for steel, aluminium and other key industrial commodities due to Covid-19 curbs. The producer price index (PPI) r...

Chinese authorities have given a tentative green light to Jack Ma's Ant Group to revive its initial public offering plans in both Shanghai and Hong Kong, Reuters news agency reported on Thursday. Ant, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alib...

A People’s Liberation Army J-7 fighter jet crashed during training on Thursday morning in the city of Xiangyang in Hubei province, state media reported. A CCTV report said one civilian died and another was hurt in the incident which occurred near ...

China's exports grew at a double-digit pace in May, shattering expectations in an encouraging sign for the world's second biggest economy, as factories restarted and logistics snags eased after authorities relaxed some Covid curbs in Shanghai. Impor...

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...