Typhoon Gaemi made landfall in Fujian province on Thursday night after it swept through Taiwan where it killed three people, triggered floods and sank a freighter. Gaemi is the biggest typhoon to hit China's eastern seaboard this year, with its spir...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will visit China for five days from Saturday, Beijing said. "At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang of the State Council, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will pay an official visit to China from July 27 to ...

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Thursday cut a medium-term interest rate, marking the latest move by the authorities to boost economic growth. The country's central bank cut the rate for its medium-term lending facility (MLF) – the interest f...

China's legendary table tennis player Ma Long and artistic swimmer Feng Yu will carry China's flag at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday evening. Ma, who has claimed three team golds and two singles titles in previous Olympic Ga...

China's ambassador to France said the Paris Olympics will further boost sports and cultural cooperation between the two countries. In an exclusive interview with RTHK in Paris, Lu Shaye said China and France can leverage the Games and work together ...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday hosted his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Guangzhou, with both sides calling for peace amid the war between Ukraine and Russia. Kuleba said he is seeking common ground in talks with Wang on ending the wa...

China and Russia on Tuesday pushed back against a US warning over their military and economic cooperation in the Arctic, where climate change is opening up greater competition. Beijing said it acts on the "principles of respect, cooperation, mutual ...

Hamas on Tuesday announced it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including rivals Fatah to work together for "national unity", with China describing it as a deal to rule Gaza together once the war ends. Foreign M...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit China this week for talks on the war with Russia. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday that Kuleba will visit China from Tuesday to Friday at the invitation of his Chinese counterpa...

Economists are anticipating more interest rate cuts by the mainland’s central bank this year, after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced the reduction of two benchmark rates on Monday. The PBOC lowered the one-year loan prime rate from 3...

China cut benchmark lending rates at a monthly fixing on Monday, after the central bank surprised the markets by lowering a key short-term policy rate earlier in the session. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was lowered by 10 basis points to 3.35 ...

State media on Sunday said rescuers had found the bodies of ten people swept away by flash floods in Sichuan province, as extreme weather continues in many parts of China. The official Xinhua news agency said 29 people remained missing after heavy r...

The director of Beijing's liaison office on Saturday said young people from Hong Kong can play a key role in the nation's technological development. Zheng Yanxiong said people in Hong Kong now had a better understanding of the country, as patriotic ...

State media reports say 12 people have been confirmed dead after a highway bridge partially collapsed amid downpours on Friday night in northwestern Shaanxi province. The official Xinhua news agency says sudden heavy rain and flash floods caused the...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday he would meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi next week at an Asean ministerial meeting in Laos. "I speak to him on a fairly regular basis, and I'll be seeing him next week, in fact, in Laos," Blin...

A Beijing-based commentator said China is trying to boost people's confidence to help shore up domestic demand and overall economic growth. The end of the Communist Party's third plenum on Thursday saw the adoption of a resolution on further deepeni...

Beijing on Friday said it will boost local governments' fiscal capacity and expand their tax sources, a day after it laid out a resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernisation. At a press conference to explain...

High-quality development is China's priority in building a modern socialist country, and the nation must consciously place reform in a more prominent position, according to a communique issued on Thursday after a top-level meeting in Beijing. Chinaâ...

A preliminary investigation into Wednesday's fire at a shopping centre in Sichuan province that killed 16 people indicated that it was caused by construction work. The blaze started at around 6pm in the mall at the foot of a 14-storey building in th...

At least eight people have been killed in a fire that swept through a shopping mall in Sichuan province. 75 others were rescued from the blaze in the city of Zigong. "Eight people have been killed at the moment. The rescue teams are continuing sear...