Mainland weather forecasters on Saturday said a tropical storm threatening to hit Shanghai was now very likely to miss the financial hub, but warned of wind gusts and downpours in eastern industrial cities as it churned northwards off the coast. Son...

President Xi Jinping told his US counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday that "those who play with fire will eventually get burned," as the two discussed China-US relations and issues of mutual interest, according to reports by Xinhua. In a video call, t...

Former justice minister Fu Zhenghua pleaded guilty to corruption and other crimes in his trial in Changchun on Thursday. According to CCTV, the court heard that Fu accepted bribes worth 117 million yuan from 2005 to 2021. The court was also told th...

China will try hard to achieve the best possible results for the economy this year, state media said on Thursday after a high-level meeting of the Communist Party. In the second half of 2022, China should "stabilise employment and prices, maintain e...

The Macau government said on Wednesday that it did not record any new Covid-19 cases – the first time since its Omicron outbreak started more than a month ago. There have been a total of 1,816 coronavirus infections in the gambling hub since June...

The leaders of China and Indonesia pledged to scale up trade and expand cooperation in areas such as agriculture and food security, following a rare visit to China by a foreign head of state. Indonesian President Joko Widodo met President Xi Jinping...

Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday warned about military moves by Taiwan, after the island simulated intercepting attacks from the sea during a drill. Twenty warships including frigates and destroyers fired shells to intercept and att...

Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, has successfully docked with the combination of the Tianhe core module, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Hours later, Shenzhou-14 astronauts at the Tiangong space station ente...

China on Sunday launched the second of three modules needed to complete its new Tiangong space station. The Wentian lab module was sent into space at 2:22pm, with the Long March-5B Y3 rocket carrying the module blasting off from the Wenchang space l...

Macau's casinos reopened on a limited scale on Saturday, along with other non-essential commercial and industrial businesses, as the SAR eased its 12-day Covid shutdown. The gambling hub reported five more coronavirus infections, bringing the tally...

President Xi Jinping sent a sympathy message to his United States counterpart Joe Biden on Friday, broadcaster CCTV reported, a day after the 79-year-old US leader tested positive for Covid-19. Biden on Thursday insisted he was "doing great", and sa...

China will see the return of more heatwaves over the next 10 days from east to west, with some cities already issuing the highest-level warning on Friday. A sharp temperature spike is expected on Saturday, before building up into heatwaves, defined ...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit China from July 25-26, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday, becoming the first foreign leader in two years to be received individually by Beijing aside from February's Winter Olympics. Widodo h...

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...