China's cybersecurity regulator said on Thursday it has fined Didi Global 8.026 billion yuan, after a year-long probe found that the ride hailing giant had violated laws, including ones pertaining to data security. Didi had illegally collected sever...

The leaders of China and the United States could be holding another round of talks later this month. US President Joe Biden said he expected to speak with President Xi Jinping sometime in the next 10 days. If confirmed, that would be their first di...

China's search engine giant Baidu on Thursday unveiled its new autonomous vehicle with a detachable steering wheel, with plans to put it to use for its robotaxi service in China next year. Cost per unit will drop to 250,000 yuan for the new model, c...

Macau said it will relax its pandemic restrictions from Saturday as its latest Covid-19 outbreak eases. The gambling hub reported 18 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the total number in the latest outbreak to 1,783. Authorities in the S...

The People's Liberation Army on Wednesday said the United States is a "maker of security risks" in the Taiwan Strait with its frequent provocations there, after a US warship again sailed through the waterway. The US Navy's 7th Fleet said the destroy...

Beijing on Tuesday said a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would seriously undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. At a media briefing, foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian responded to a question about a news r...

China's banking regulator has urged lenders to extend more credit to real estate developers, as a growing number of homebuyers withhold mortgage payments on unfinished housing projects across 50 cities. The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Com...

Macau authorities said non-essential businesses will be suspended for five more days until 12am Saturday. Officials also said three more rounds of citywide PCR testing will be conducted next week, and people also need to do rapid tests every day. T...

China's gross domestic product expanded 2.5 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2022, while GDP grew 0.4 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, mainland authorities announced on Friday. However, there was a 2.6 percent drop in second quar...

Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday the government will support the economy while preventing inflation. The premier was quoted by CCTV as saying during a meeting with economic experts and entrepreneurs that the mainland economy was hit hard in the s...

TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance is looking for its next big hit by wading deeper into the lifestyle sector of social media with Kesong, a shopping and lifestyle recommendations app similar to market leader Xiaohongshu. Kesong, launched last week, a...

Flooding and extreme high temperatures have caused multiple deaths in eastern China as summer heat descends earlier than usual. Record-high temperatures have been reported in Zhejiang province, east of the business hub of Shanghai, topping out abov...

Beijing said the People’s Liberation Army has “driven away” a US destroyer that had illegally entered Chinese territorial waters by sailing near the Xisha Islands. The USS Benfold's actions seriously violated China's sovereignty and security, ...

Dozens of Chinese cities baked in scorching temperatures as heatwaves melted the roofs of buildings and buckled roads and sweltering weather drove people to seek the cool in raid shelters underground. Nearly 70 cities – including Shanghai and near...

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...