Former justice minister Fu Zhenghua is being prosecuted for alleged corruption. According to Xinhua News Agency, "a public prosecution has been initiated... over suspected bribe-taking and bending the law for personal gains" in the case against Fu. ...

Streets in Macau were largely empty on Monday with all casinos and other non-essential businesses shut on the first day of a week-long suspension, as the gambling hub raced to contain a growing Covid outbreak. Residents were ordered to stay at home...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi held in-depth and candid talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Bali on Saturday, officials from both sides said. The foreign ministry in Beijing said the tw...

The Macau government on Saturday ordered a one-week suspension of all non-essential commercial and industrial businesses, including casinos, starting next Monday to curb its latest Covid outbreak. Only companies authorised by the government, those ...

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. ...