China has condemned the latest package of US military assistance to Taiwan. The US Senate on Tuesday passed US$95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The package included US$8 billion for the island. In Beijing, the Taiwan Affairs Office ...

The city will soon learn the results of a national astronaut selection drive, which includes two positions open to candidates from Hong Kong and Macau. Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of China Manned Space Agency, said on Wednesday the selection of pay...

The China Manned Space Agency on Wednesday introduced the crew for the Shenzhou-18 mission, the latest in a programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030. The trio of astronauts will be led by Ye Guangfu, a fighter pilot and veteran as...

The US Senate voted late on Tuesday by a wide margin to send legislation to President Joe Biden that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok's US operations within about nine months or face a ban. The measure was passed by the US Hous...

The Shenzhou-18 crewed space mission on Tuesday completed its last joint practice before launch. The combination of the Shenzhou-18 crewed spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket has been transferred to the launch site. Both the rocket and spa...

China condemned on Tuesday what it called "groundless accusations" by the United States that Beijing is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine. "The United States has unveiled a large-scale aid bill for Ukraine while also making groundless accusations a...

Rescue operations were underway after unseasonably heavy rain caused rivers to overflow, triggering landslides in Yingde city in flood-ravaged Guangdong province, broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday. It comes as the latest figures showed that four ...

Australian swimming coach Denis Cotterell has rejected allegations of orchestrated doping in Chinese swimming, saying China is adamant about clean sport. Cotterell is working with China's top swimmers in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics and previou...

Authorities in Guangdong on Monday said four people were killed and 10 people were missing after continuous heavy rainfall hit many parts of the province over the past few days. The three deaths were reported in Zhaoqing City, while the remaining o...

China's ambassador to the United States said on Saturday that the two countries need to keep working to improve relations amid "unprecedented challenges". Xie Feng made the comments at Harvard University ahead of a visit to Beijing this week by the ...

Landslides in southern China injured at least six people and trapped others, state media reported on Sunday, as the region braced for severe floods "seen around once a century." Torrential downpours across swathes of Guangdong province since Thursda...

Triple world champion Max Verstappen took pole position on Saturday for the Chinese Grand Prix, 0.322 seconds ahead of Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez with Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso third. Verstappen clocked a fastest lap of 1 minute and 33.660 ...

Max Verstappen overcame early electrical gremlins to blast from fourth on the grid to an emphatic victory in the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday, 13 seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton. The Dutchman charged past the seven-time world champion ...

The top three in Sunday's Beijing half marathon have been stripped of their medals, organisers said, following an investigation into the finish that saw China's He Jie controversially win. "Today the 2024 Beijing Half Marathon Organising Committee i...

Mainland immigration authorities on Thursday said the country saw a total of more than 141 million inbound and outbound trips in the first quarter of this year, up 117 percent from the same period last year. Nearly 60 million of the trips were made...

China and Indonesia want to maintain peace and stability in the region, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday after holding talks with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Jakarta. Wang stressed the need to maintain peace and stability in...

The Chinese Embassy in the United States has criticised proposals by US President Joe Biden to impose higher tariffs on Chinese metal products. A spokesman for the embassy, Liu Pengyu, said "the US is making the same mistake again and again" by see...

Defence Minister Dong Jun has spoken with his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, the first engagement the defence chiefs of the two countries have had in more than a year as Beijing and Washington seek to restore military ties. The Defence Ministry cited...

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday told visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that China and Germany should be vigilant against rising protectionism and view the issue of production capacity objectively. Xi said the industrial and supply chains of the...

China's economy grew 5.3 percent in the first quarter year-on-year, official data showed on Tuesday, comfortably beating analysts' expectations, a welcome sign for policymakers as they try to shore up demand and confidence. Analysts polled by Reuter...