A handful of damaged fuel rods is behind a build-up of radioactive gases at a nuclear power station in southern China, authorities said on Wednesday, describing the problem as "common" with no need for concern. CNN reported earlier this week that th...

Macau said it was closing its representative office in Taiwan, following neighbouring Hong Kong which made the same move last month in protest at Taipei's support for pro-democracy activists. The Mainland Affairs Council in Taiwan called the move "...

China is set to send the first three crew members to its new space station on Thursday morning, China's space agency said. Two of the astronauts flew in previous missions while the third is going to space for the first time, China Manned Space Agen...

China reported 21 new Covid-19 cases in the mainland for June 15, up from 20 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Wednesday. The National Health Commission said in its daily bulletin that all of the new cases were imp...

Beijing flew a record 28 fighter jets towards Taiwan on Tuesday, the island's defence ministry said, the largest such display of force since the mainland began sending planes on a near daily basis last year. Taiwan's air force deployed its combat ai...

Beijing said Tuesday that there had been no change in radiation levels at the Taishan nuclear power station in Guangdong, after its French operator said it was working to resolve an issue linked to gas build-up. "There is no abnormality in the radi...

Beijing on Tuesday accused Nato of exaggerating the threat from China and "creating confrontation", after a vow from the Western allies to work together to counter the challenges posed by its policies. Nato leaders said on Monday they would join for...

The first crew for China's new space station prepared to blast off this week for the latest step in Beijing's ambitious programme to establish itself as a space power. The mission is China's first crewed spaceflight in nearly five years, and a matt...

The Chinese scientist at the centre of theories that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak from her specialised lab in the city of Wuhan has denied her institution was to blame for the health disaster. "How on earth can I offer up evidenc...

A French nuclear firm said on Monday it was working to resolve a "performance issue" at a plant it part-owns in China's southern Guangdong province following a US media report of a potential leak there. CNN reported earlier that the US government is...

China on Monday accused the G7 of "political manipulation" after it criticised Beijing over its human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. In a communique after a three-day summit in England, G7 leaders slammed China over abuses against minoriti...

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...