China

US Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Covid Claims

The United States on Friday summoned China's ambassador after a senior official in Beijing tweeted the "ridiculous" sugg... Read more

Apple Says All Stores In China Now Reopened

The last of Apple's 42 stores on the mainland reopened on Friday, as the country slowly goes back to work following week... Read more

Mainland Reports Lowest Number Of New Wuhan Cases

The mainland authorities reported just eight cases of the coronavirus on Friday, with no new domestic infections outside... Read more

Beijing Official Blames US Troops For Covid-19

A Beijing official has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, without providing ... Read more

US Lawmakers Seek Xinjiang Import Ban

Lawmakers in Washington have proposed a ban on most imports from Xinjiang, charging that goods produced by Uighur forced... Read more

China Shuts Down Everest Over Coronavirus

China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of the coronavirus, expedition organisers said on Thursday, ahead ... Read more

'Last Victim' Pulled From Rubble Of Quarantine Hotel

The death toll from the collapse of a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China rose to 29 on Thursday as the fin... Read more

Chinas Local Virus Cases Fall, Imported Cases Rise

The number of fresh infections at the epicentre of China's coronavirus epidemic dropped to a new low on Thursday but the... Read more

Beijing Orders Quarantine For All Foreign Visitors

Beijing on Wednesday ordered people arriving in the city from any country to go into 14-day quarantine as the mainland r... Read more

Uighur Activists Say Many More May Be Held In Camps

Uighur activists said Tuesday they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain the ethnic group,... Read more

Xi Calls On UK To Return Elgin Marbles

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged Britain to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, wading into a decades-old dispu... Read more

A Quarter Of German Firms In China Plan To Shift

Nearly a quarter of German companies operating on the mainland are planning to relocate all or part of their business ou... Read more

'Singles Day' Sales Sizzle Despite Economic Slowdown

Chinese consumers closed in on a new spending record on Monday during the annual "Singles' Day" frenzy, the world's bigg... Read more

Huawei Founder Sees US Challenge As Latest Test

For decades, Huawei's founder stayed out of sight as it grew to become the biggest maker of network gear for phone carri... Read more

Trump Pours Cold Water On Talk Of Tariff Removal

President Trump said on Friday that he's not agreed to roll back tariffs on Chinese imports, dampening recent optimism f... Read more