China

Twitter Locks China Account Over Post On Xinjiang

Twitter says it has locked the account of China's US embassy for a tweet that defended Beijing's policies in the Xinjian... Read more

Beijing Hoping Vaccines Can Win Hearts Of Taiwanese

Beijing is touting a state programme that gives Taiwanese on the mainland priority for Covid-19 vaccines, prompting conc... Read more

Biden Administration Blasts China's Latest Sanctions

China's move to sanction former Trump administration officials was "unproductive and cynical", a spokeswoman for Preside... Read more

China Sanctions Trump Officials Over 'crazy Moves'

China is sanctioning more than two dozen officials and members of former president Donald Trump's cabinet, including his... Read more

Beijing Partially Locked Down, Reports UK Variant

Beijing health officials on Wednesday said two cases of Covid-19 found in the capital were the highly-transmissible UK v... Read more

Taiwan Cancels More Events As Covid Cases Rise

Taiwan has cancelled or postponed more large-scale events after a rare outbreak of domestically transmitted Covid-19 cas... Read more

Mainland Deploys 16 Teams To Rescue Stricken Miners

China has deployed 16 professional rescue teams and dozens of medical personnel to try to save 12 miners trapped undergr... Read more

Beijing Steps Up Covid-19 Measures Over Outbreak

Beijing authorities said on Wednesday that they will investigate all individuals who entered the capital from abroad fro... Read more

China's Covid Outbreak Worst Since March 2020

The mainland is battling the worst outbreak of Covid-19 since March 2020, with one province posting a record daily rise ... Read more

Taiwan Cancels Lantern Festival Over Pandemic

Taiwan on Tuesday cancelled a major festival during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday as it reported four locally tran... Read more

Panel: China, WHO Too Slow On Covid Response

An independent panel said on Monday that Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in ... Read more

Shanghai Disney Resort Probes 'Uighur Snub'

Walt Disney's resort in Shanghai said on Monday it was investigating after a travel agency apparently refused to let a m... Read more

China To Sanction US Officials For 'nasty Behaviour'

US officials who have engaged in "nasty behaviour" over Taiwan will face sanctions, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said... Read more

Twelve Trapped Miners Still Alive, Authorities Say

Twelve workers who were left trapped underground after an explosion at a gold mine in eastern China a week ago are still... Read more

Beijing Tightens Security Around Late PM's Cemetary

Security was exceptionally tight at a cemetery in Beijing on the sixteenth anniversary of the death of the late reformis... Read more