An article signed by President Xi Jinping hailing relations between China and Arab states was on Thursday published on the Saudi paper Al Riyadh, as the president began his state visit of Saudi Arabia. Beijing has touted the visit as its biggest dip...

President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on a visit Beijing hailed as its biggest diplomatic initiative in the Arab world. Xi was met on arrival by the governor of Riyadh, the kingdom's foreign minister and the governor of sovereign...

Mainland authorities on Wednesday announced a loosening of Covid-19 restrictions, which would allow Covid patients with mild or no symptoms to isolate at home, and reduce the frequency of mandatory testing. Explaining the optimised measures at a pre...

The nation should optimise epidemic prevention and control measures next year as it seeks to better coordinate policies with economic and social development, state media reported on Wednesday, after a meeting of the Communist Party's Politburo. Chin...

China should change its official name for Covid-19 to reflect the virus' mutation, and patients with light symptoms should be allowed to quarantine at home, a leading authority on traditional Chinese medicine was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Gu Xi...

President Xi Jinping will attend the inaugural China-Arab States Summit, and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry's spokesperson, Hua Chunying, s...

The nation's capital dropped the need for people to show negative Covid-19 tests to enter supermarkets and offices on Tuesday, the latest in an easing of curbs across the country. "Beijing readies itself for life again" read a headline in the China ...

China observed three minutes of silence on Tuesday morning for former president Jiang Zemin. The silent tribute came at the start of Jiang's memorial service held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, attended by President Xi Jinping and other...

Former President Jiang Zemin was cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on Monday morning, Xinhua News Agency reports, a day ahead of a memorial service that will see the entire nation observe three minutes of silence to mourn th...

The daily Covid-19 caseload on the mainland has dropped below 30,000 as local authorities relaxed coronavirus restrictions. According to the National Health Commission, there were 4,247 locally transmitted and 25,477 asymptomatic infections on Sunda...

Three taikonauts landed back on earth on Sunday on board the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft, after six months working to complete construction of the Tiangong station, a symbol of the nation’s ambitious space programme. The trio â€...

Mainland authorities on Sunday reported 31,601 new local Covid cases, down slightly on the previous tally of nearly 33,000. Health officials said 4,168, or around 13 percent, had symptoms, while the rest were asymptomatic. There were two more Covi...

Shenzhen on Saturday relaxed Covid-19 measures in the bustling city, dropping a previous requirement for people using public transport to first produce proof of a negative PCR test. The city's transport bureau announced that effective immediately, p...

The nation's economy will keep growing at a reasonable speed with stable employment and prices, finance minister Liu Kun said in a speech at the Asean plus Three Economic Cooperation and Financial Stability Forum in a video on Friday. Beijing will c...

A memorial for the late former president Jiang Zemin will be held on Tuesday in Beijing. An announcement from Jiang's funeral committee said it will start at 10am at the Great Hall of the People. The event will be broadcast live. During the cerem...

Beijing will strengthen strategic communication and coordination with the European Union, President Xi Jinping told the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, on Thursday. In a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in the Chinese capit...

Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black on Thursday and flags were flown at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin. Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai just after noon on Wednesday of leukaemia and multiple...

Vice Premier Sun Chunlan called for further efforts to improve Covid-19 prevention and control measures, urging "optimisation" of testing, treatment and quarantine policies, as the virus weakens in pathogenicity, according to state media. Her remark...

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday expressed profound mourning for former leader Jiang Zemin, hailing him as an outstanding leader of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Xi was speaking ahead of talks with President Thongloun S...

Flags are flying at half-mast at major government buildings across the country to mourn the death of former president Jiang Zemin on Wednesday at the age of 96. A committee organising the funeral said national flags will fly at half-mast at Tiananme...