China

Xi Warns Against Confrontation At Davos Forum

President Xi Jinping warned on Monday that confrontation between major powers could have "catastrophic consequences" in ... Read more

China's Birth Rate Falls To Record Low

China's birth rate dropped to a record low in 2021, data showed on Monday, extending a downward trend that led Beijing l... Read more

CNY Travel Season Starts Amid High Covid Alerts

The National Health Commission on Monday reported 223 new confirmed Covid-19 cases for January 16, up from 119 a day ear... Read more

PBOC Cuts Borrowing Costs On Medium Term Loans

China's central bank on Monday cut the borrowing costs of its medium-term loans for the first time since April 2020, def... Read more

China's Global Trade Surplus Surges In 2021

China’s global trade surplus surged to US$676.4 billion in 2021, likely the highest ever recorded by any country, as e... Read more

Covid-19 Infection Confirmed In Zhongshan

A woman in Zhongshan, just to the north of Macau, has tested positive for Covid-19. The Xinhua News Agency said the 24-y... Read more

Dalian Covid Cases Linked To Tianjin Omicron Outbreak

New locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on the mainland have jumped by more than 50 percent from Tuesday. The National He... Read more

China Inflation Falls Below 1 Percent In 2021

The mainland's consumer price index (CPI) climbed 0.9 percent last year, well below Beijing's annual inflation target of... Read more

Mainland Producer Inflation Drops For A Second Month

China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 10.3 percent in December fr... Read more

Cases Jump In Suspected Omicron Outbreak In Henan

Another 58 local Covid-19 infections, possibly linked to the outbreak of the Omicron variant in Tianjin, have been repor... Read more

Two Omicron Cases Confirmed In Central Henan Province

The outbreak of the highly-transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant has spread from Tianjin to the central province of ... Read more

Tianjin Starts Citywide Covid Testing

Authorities in Tianjin have ordered citywide Covid testing after 20 people tested positive for the virus, authorities sa... Read more

Mainland Sees Slight Increase In Covid Cases

The mainland reported 165 confirmed coronavirus cases for Saturday, up from 159 a day earlier, its health authority said... Read more

Blast Rips Through Chongqing Canteen, People Trapped

At least 20 people were trapped after an explosion on Friday caused a building housing a government canteen to collapse ... Read more

Local Covid Transmission Persists In Henan, Shaanxi

The National Health Commission has confirmed another 116 locally transmitted Covid-19 infections in its daily report on ... Read more