China

UN Event Turns Spotlight On Plight Of Uyghurs

Dozens of countries raised awareness about China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang at a meeting at the United Na... Read more

Hainan Teams Intentionally Score Own Goals To Lose

Two Chinese football teams purposely scored own goals to try to lose a farcical match in what has been described as "an ... Read more

Taiwan May Raise Covid Alert Level In Coming Days

Taiwan may raise its Covid-19 alert level in the "coming days", Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Wednesday, accor... Read more

'Central Govt Should Offer 1mn Yuan For Each Newborn'

A Chinese professor has urged the government to offer parents 1 million yuan (US$156,000) for each newborn child in a bi... Read more

Two Plead Guilty In China Over Sensitive Web Archive

Two amateur computer coders pleaded guilty Tuesday to “stirring up trouble and picking quarrels" in a case that highli... Read more

Hangzhou Safari Park Conceals Leopards' Escape

Authorities in eastern China used drones and hunting dogs to search for the last of three leopards that escaped from a s... Read more

China's Population Grows To 1.41 Billion: Beijing

China's population has grown at its slowest pace in decades reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday, Bei... Read more

Beijing Urges UN Members To Boycott Summit On Uyghurs

China on Monday urged the United States, Germany and Britain to cancel an upcoming video conference on Beijing's crackdo... Read more

Taipei Still Pushing For Seat At WHO Summit

Taiwan will fight to the end for an invitation to a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting this month, its foreign mini... Read more

Beijing Defends Handling Of Rocket That Fell To Earth

Beijing defended its handling of a rocket booster that burned up over the Indian Ocean and said Monday it was unfairly b... Read more

China To Set Up Covid Separation Line On Everest Peak

China will set up a "separation line" on the peak of Mount Everest to avoid possible Covid-19 infections by climbers fro... Read more

Mothers Demand Answers, 13 Years After Sichuan Quake

It's been 13 years since the massive Sichuan earthquake that killed thousands of children, and most of their parents hav... Read more

Mainland Duo To Be Tried Over Sensitive Web Archive

Two men who have been held in custody for allegedly backing up sensitive articles from the internet are expected to be b... Read more

Plummeting Chinese Rocket Burns Up Over Ocean

A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday,... Read more

China Says 'extremely Low' Risk From Rocket Debris

China said on Friday the risk of damage from a rocket falling back to Earth was "extremely low", after the United States... Read more