The Mengtian lab module has successfully docked with the under-construction Tiangong space station. Mengtian, which was blasted into space on Monday afternoon, docked with Tianhe, the space station's core module, at 4:27am on Tuesday Beijing time af...

The United States should stop trying to contain and suppress China and avoid creating obstacles to the relationship between the two countries, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his US counterpart on Monday. Wang also said in a Monday phone call with US ...

China on Monday launched the Mengtian lab module, the third and final module of the nation's Tiangong space station. The module was carried into space by a Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket and lifted off at 3:37pm from Hainan. It will first unfold it...

Mainland Chinese residents will be allowed to visit Macau using an online visa system as of Tuesday, officials said, streamlining travel to the world's largest gambling hub after more than two years of pandemic restrictions. Macau is the only place ...

The nation's factory activity shrank in October, official data showed on Monday, after industries were hit by the pandemic. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) – a key gauge of manufacturing in the world's second-biggest economy – came in at 49...

President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent his condolences to South Korea, saying he was shocked to learn of the stampede that caused heavy casualties. "On behalf of the Chinese government and the people of China, I express our deep condolences for the vi...

Macau authorities on Sunday ordered all residents to undergo three consecutive days of rapid antigen tests, after the gaming hub reported three new Covid infections involving the same family. Officials said that in order to prevent social transmiss...

The Chinese embassy in South Korea confirmed on Sunday that four Chinese nationals were among those killed in a stampede in the Itaewon district of Seoul on Saturday night during Halloween celebrations. Two others, meanwhile, suffered minor injuries....

In what is believed to be a world first, Shanghai this week introduced a new type of Covid-19 vaccine that is inhaled rather than administered via injection. Mainland regulators approved the vaccine, produced by Chinese pharmaceutical firm CanSino B...

Beijing mayor Chen Jining has been appointed Communist Party secretary of Shanghai, succeeding Li Qiang who is now the second-ranked state leader. Chen, 58, was named a member of the Politburo at the recently concluded 20th party congress. Chen bec...

The International Monetary Fund on Friday said China's economic slowdown is expected to drag on growth across Asia through the end of next year. Worldwide economic prospects have dimmed this year as countries have faced higher living costs, tighter ...

Rich countries must move on from "empty slogans" when it comes to climate change and make progress in meeting funding commitments, a Beijing official said on Thursday ahead of a new round of global climate talks in Egypt next month. "It is importan...

Profits at China's industrial firms fell at a faster clip in the January-September period amid Covid-19 and property woes that weighed on factory activity. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, industrial firms with annual main b...

The German cabinet approved on Wednesday an investment by China's Cosco for a 24.9 percent stake in one of logistics firm HHLA's three terminals in Germany's largest port in Hamburg. This is less than the initially planned 35 percent stake that the ...

Beijing said on Tuesday it will promote foreign investment with a focus on manufacturing industries, after President Xi Jinping called on the nation to "win the battle" in core technologies during the Communist Party Congress that ended over the week...

The mainland's economy grew 3.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, according to official data released on Monday, beating forecasts. The data – published six days later than scheduled – showed higher growth than the 2.5 percent predicted...

China's new-look Politburo Standing Committee unveiled on Sunday has four new faces. Li Qiang, the second-ranked leader, has been a member of the Politburo and served as Shanghai party secretary since 2017. Li, 63, previously served as Jiangsu part...

President Xi Jinping on Sunday pledged to press forward with self-reform of the Communist Party to make it ever stronger, as he was re-elected for a third term as party general secretary. A day after the end of the 20th party congress, he led the ne...

The Communist Party's new Central Committee will have 205 members, state media reported, after President Xi Jinping declared the 20th congress a "complete success". The list published by Xinhua News Agency revealed new additions to the committee, bu...

President Xi Jinping on Saturday said the 20th CPC National Congress in Beijing has been a complete success in unifying and strengthening the party, as he closed the week-long event in Beijing. Xi was speaking to party members in the Great Hall of t...