A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck a mountainous area in Sichuan province after midday on Monday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. The epicentre was located at the town of Luding at a depth of 16km, the centre said, about 180km southwest of...

A lockdown in Chengdu has been extended as mainland health authorities reported 1,552 new Covid-19 cases. According to the National Health Commission, there were 303 locally transmitted and 1,249 local asymptomatic cases on Sunday. Sichuan accounte...

Top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported on Sunday, becoming the highest-ranking Communist Party politician to travel to the country since Moscow's military offensive in Ukraine began. Li will pay official visits t...

Cities in eastern China have suspended ferry services and suspended classes as they brace for the arrival of Typhoon Hinnamnor, a strong storm that is expected to also affect Japan and Korea. Shanghai on Sunday suspended ferry services and deployed ...

Beijing has warned Washington of counter-measures after the United States announced a US$1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan. The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island, also angering Beijing. China urged the United ...

Sichuan province accounted for 128 of the 318 locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases reported on the mainland on Thursday. The provincial capital of Chengdu on Thursday announced a lockdown of its 21 million residents and four days of citywide testing. ...

Astronauts of the Shenzhou-14 spaceship have conducted extra-vehicular activities for the first time. According to the China Manned Space Agency, astronauts Chen Dong and Liu Yang exited the space station lab module Wentian for their first spacewalk...

China on Thursday dismissed a report on Xinjiang by the United Nations human rights office as a ‘farce’ based on false information, saying it’s designed to be used as a political tool by the west against the country. In a statement posted on i...

The city of Guangzhou on Wednesday imposed Covid-19 curbs in parts of the city, joining Shenzhen in battling local flare-ups. Several of the mainland's biggest cities have stepped up Covid-19 restrictions this week, affecting the activities of tens ...

China's ruling Communist Party will open its five-yearly National Congress on October 16, the Politburo announced on Tuesday. The meeting, which typically lasts about a week and is held mostly behind closed-doors, is the highest level political con...

State support for the mainland economy this year is now greater than it was in 2020, Premier Li Keqiang has said, surpassing help given at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. "In response to new challenges, [we have] decisively launched a packag...

Police on the mainland have arrested more than 200 suspects linked to what authorities have called a "complex" banking scam. Four banks in central Henan province suspended cash withdrawals in April as regulators cracked down on mismanagement, freezi...

The southern technology hub of Shenzhen reported 35 new locally transmitted Covid-19 infections for Monday, up from 11 a day earlier, the Health Commission of Guangdong Province said on Tuesday. Monday's local infections – including 24 symptomati...

Shenzhen on Monday suspended services at 24 subway stations after reporting new Covid-19 cases. According to CCTV, the stations are located in Luohu and Futian districts. It's not immediate known when services will resume. The world's largest elect...

A southwestern part of the mainland that has suffered scorching temperatures this month is now on alert for flooding amid days of torrential rain. Downpours in the sprawling manufacturing hub of Chongqing and nearby areas of Sichuan province follow ...

Mainland oil giants have made record first-half profits helped by rising gas prices, despite an economy hobbled by Covid restrictions. The world's largest refiner by capacity, Sinopec on Monday said it recorded an interim net income of US$6.3 billio...

The mainland on Sunday reported 1,294 new Covid infections locally, as city-wide testing begins in Tianjin. Among the latest infections, 259 are symptomatic and the rest did not show any symptoms. Hainan and Sichuan provinces saw the highest tally ...

The China Volleyball Association has apologised after the national women's team wore N95 masks in their Asian Cup match against Iran on Thursday. The players wore masks in the first set, which China lost 24-26. They then removed their masks and won ...

The Commerce Ministry on Thursday criticised the United States for adding seven Chinese entities to its export control list. Spokeswoman Shu Jueting said Washington's move severely damaged normal business activities between the two countries and wen...

China is easing restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The website of the Chinese Embassy in India said the updated procedures would...