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Taiwan: Mainland Chinese Behind Attacks On Tedros

Taiwan authorities said alleged online racist comments against the World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebre... Read more

Popular Switch Game Goes Offline In China

A viral Nintendo Switch game, Animal Crossing, has apparently been pulled from all online and physical stores on mainlan... Read more

Mainland Reports 42 New Covid-19 Cases

Mainland health authorities on Friday reported 42 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, of which 38 were imported, the state-... Read more

Tsai Ing-wen Invites WHO Chief To Visit Taiwan

President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday invited the WHO chief to visit Taiwan to see for himself how the people there are fig... Read more

Mainland Reports Slight Rise In New Infections

The mainland reported a slight increase in new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, as the number of infection... Read more

Taiwan Condemns Claim It Attacked WHO Chief

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned "groundless" accusations from the head of the World Health Organization ... Read more

No Special Preference Given To China, Says WHO

World Health Organisation officials on Wednesday denied that the body was "China-centric" and said that the acute phase ... Read more

Beijing Says Missing Xi Critic Facing Bribery Probe

An outspoken Chinese Communist Party critic and millionaire property tycoon, Ren Zhiqiang, has been placed under investi... Read more

Thousands Leave Wuhan As Travel Ban Finally Lifted

Thousands of mainland travellers flocked to catch trains leaving coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan early on Wednesday as authori... Read more

China Reports No New Virus Deaths For The First Time

The mainland on Tuesday reported no new coronavirus deaths for the first time since it started publishing figures in Jan... Read more

US Warns Beijing Over South China Sea Disputes

The United States on Monday warned China not to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to exert itself in the South ... Read more

China Sees Rise In Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases

The mainland has reported 39 new coronavirus cases, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also ... Read more

Activist Lawyer Freed After Five Years In Prison

A leading Chinese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after almost five years behind bars, his wife said o... Read more

Pokemon Hot Mic Incident Leads To Apology

A French rolling news channel was forced to apologise on Saturday after one of its reporters was heard to whisper "they ... Read more

Nation Falls Silent To Remember Covid-19 Victims

China came to a standstill on Saturday to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus, with the world's m... Read more