China has described as "groundless" claims by the US and UK that Beijing is determined to steal their technology for competitive gain. The heads of MI5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a rare joint address at the British intelligence serv...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday Beijing was ready to work with new Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to help usher in what he called a "new golden era" in bilateral relations. That relationship "turned a new page" with the election...

Macau has locked down the Grand Lisboa, one of the city's most famous hotels, after more than a dozen Covid-19 cases were found there on Tuesday, as infections spread in the world's biggest gambling hub. At least 16 other buildings across the specia...

China sweltered under the hottest June in decades, while rainfall hit records during the month. The average temperature across the nation hit 21.3 degrees Celsius in June, up 0.9 Celsius from the same period last year and the highest since 1961, the...

Chinese authorities could dip into strategic pork reserves in a bid to rein in prices of the staple meat, Beijing's top economic planner said on Tuesday. Pork prices in the world's second-biggest economy spiked late last month, with the meat selling...

Vice Premier Liu He had a "constructive" exchange over macro economies and global supply chains via a video call with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday, the Commerce Ministry in Beijing said. According to Xinhua News Agency, the two side...

Beijing on Monday rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of Nasa that China might "take over" the moon as part of a military programme, saying it has always called for the building of a community of nations in outer space. China...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his counterparts from Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam during a meeting of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation group on Monday in the Myanmar city of Bagan. The grouping is a Chinese-led initiative that includes ...

Macau authorities on Monday announced three rounds of mass testing this week in light of the SAR's coronavirus outbreak. Residents are required to get a test before 6pm on Tuesday, with the other two rounds of testing to get underway on Wednesday a...

Cities in eastern China tightened Covid-19 curbs on Sunday as coronavirus clusters emerge, posing a new threat to China's economic recovery. Wuxi, a manufacturing hub in the Yangtze Delta on the central coast, halted operations at many public venues...

The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family. Fossils dating back about six million years found in Yun...

China accused Group of Seven countries on Wednesday of irresponsibly sowing division after the forum condemned Beijing's trade practices in an end-of-summit statement. G7 leaders criticised what it called China's "non-transparent and market-distorti...

An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft has acquired imagery data covering all of Mars, including visuals of its south pole, after circling the planet more than 1,300 times since early last year, state media reported on Wednesday. The Tianwen-1 reached the R...

China will halve to seven days its Covid-19 quarantine period for inbound travellers, with a further three days spent at home, health authorities said on Tuesday. The change came in the National Health Commission's latest guideline on measures agai...

The State Council on Tuesday officially removed Zhang Xiaoming as a deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. This comes after Zhang, 58, was appointed a deputy secretary-general of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Con...

China will roll out tools in its policy reserve in a timely way to cope with more economic challenges, as Covid-19 outbreaks and risks from the Ukraine crisis pose a threat to employment and price stability, a state planner official said on Tuesday. ...

China Evergrande said on Tuesday it will "vigorously oppose" a winding-up petition filed by an investor, while dismissing that the lawsuit will affect its restructuring efforts. The cash-strapped mainland developer acknowledged in a stock exchange ...

Profits at China's industrial firms shrank at a slower pace in May following a sharp fall in April, as activity in major manufacturing hubs resumed, but Covid-19 restrictions still weighed on factory production and squeezed factory margins. Profits ...

Macau launched a third round of mandatory Covid-19 testing for its more than 600,000 residents on Monday, in a push to curb a rise in infections in the world's biggest gambling hub. Officials during a media briefing said they discovered 96 new Covid...

The Macau government announced on Sunday that it will conduct a third round of universal testing of residents over the next two days. Officials there reported that the number of Covid-19 cases in the latest outbreak had jumped to 299. Thirty-eight ...