At least 12 people were killed and 39 seriously injured on Sunday after a gas line explosion tore through a residential neighbourhood in central China. Responders to the early morning blast in the Hubei province city of Shiyan sent more than 150 peo...

The mainland reported 34 new Covid-19 cases on June 12, down from 35 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Sunday. Of the new cases, six were local transmissions, compared with eight the previous day, the National Heal...

China's top diplomat on Friday condemned Washington's "small circle" diplomacy, state media reported, in a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as G7 leaders met for their first in-person summit in nearly two years. Yang Jiechi, the ...

A Taiwanese court on Friday handed prison terms to a dozen former presidential security agents and airline employees over their roles in a cigarette smuggling scandal on the island two years ago. A bodyguard in President Tsai Ing-wen's entourage tri...

Solar panel "wings" spread out and two camera "eyes" pointing ahead, China's Mars rover Zhurong struck a birdlike pose as it explored the red planet in photos released by the country's space agency on Friday. Zhurong's touchdown in May was the first...

China passed a law on Thursday to counter foreign sanctions, as it strives to resist US and EU pressure over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Individuals or entities involved in making or implementing discriminatory measures against Chines...

China passed a law on Thursday to counter foreign sanctions, as it strives to diffuse US and EU pressure over trade, technology, Hong Kong and Xinjiang. The new law is China's latest and most wide-ranging legal tool to retaliate against foreign sanc...

Police in China arrested over 1,100 people suspected of using cryptocurrencies to launder illegal proceeds from telephone and Internet scams in a recent crackdown, the Ministry of Public Security said. The arrests came as authorities in China step u...

Beijing on Wednesday accused Washington of "paranoid delusion" after the US Senate passed a sweeping industrial policy bill aimed at countering the surging economic threat from China. America's political parties overcame partisan divisions to suppor...

G7 nations must overhaul global trade rules to stop powerful countries using economic coercion, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday ahead of a meeting of the group's leaders in Britain. As Australia's shadow trade war with its...

A professor killed the Communist Party secretary at the school of mathematics at China's prestigious Fudan University, police and school authorities said. Police identified the suspect in custody as a 39-year-old professor whose surname is Jiang, sa...

The US Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology. The desire for a hard line in dealings with China is one of the few bipartisan sentiments i...

The United States will target China with a new "strike force" to combat unfair trade practices, the Biden administration said on Tuesday, as it rolled out findings of a review of access to critical products, from semiconductors to electric-vehicle ba...

China on Tuesday warned the United States against pursuing a trade deal with Taiwan after Washington said it would start negotiations with the island. Chinese social media erupted with fury at the weekend over a visit by US senators to Taipei where...

A herd of wild elephants in southwestern China have been captured on camera taking a breather from a 500-kilometre march of chaos that has caused more than US$1 million in damage. Chinese state television has launched a 24-hour live feed of the her...

Taiwan's health minister warned on Tuesday of further delays to getting more Covid-19 vaccines but said the government was doing all it could to get them, as he reported a stabilisation of new infections. Taiwan has been struggling to speed up its v...

Taiwan will extend its Covid-19 restrictions for another two weeks until June 28 and schools will remain shut until the summer vacation, the government said on Monday, adding that its outbreak has not yet stabilised. After months of relative safety...

Guangzhou on Sunday reported seven new local confirmed Covid-19 patients for June 5, bringing the city's total since May 21 to 80 amid a resurgent outbreak. Overall, China reported 30 new mainland coronavirus cases for June 5, up from 24 a day earl...

A man armed with a knife killed six people and wounded 14 others in a city in eastern China, state media reported. The attack occurred on Saturday afternoon in the streets of Anqing, Anhui province, 430 kilometres west of Shanghai, state television ...

The United States will donate 750,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country's plan to share shots globally, US Senator Tammy Duckworth said on Sunday, offering a much-needed boost to the island's fight against the pandemic. Taiwan ...