Shanghai has continued to see a decline in Covid-19 infections, logging 122 new local cases on Sunday – 29 of which were symptomatic. Beijing saw 21 new local cases, including 14 symptomatic ones. Nationwide, health officials reported a total o...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday signed a cooperation deal between China and the government of Samoa on Saturday as he continued his diplomatic tour of Pacific nations. Samoan authorities said the pact covered economic and technical cooperation ...

Health authorities on the mainland on Saturday reported just 264 new local Covid infections – down 90 from the previous day. There were 170 cases in Shanghai, including 131 that were asymptomatic infections. Officials said one of the cases were f...

The number of new local Covid-19 infections and deaths in Taiwan reached new highs on Friday. The island reported 94,808 new locally-transmitted cases and 126 additional fatalities, both single-day highs since the pandemic began. New Taipei City re...

Foreign minister Wang Yi on Friday visited the Pacific nation of Kiribati, where the future of a vast fishing ground is at stake. The four-hour visit by Wang was his second stop on an eight-nation trip, which is taking place at the same time as a co...

Profits at China's industrial firms fell at their fastest pace in two years in April as high raw material prices and supply chain chaos caused by Covid-19 curbs squeezed margins and disrupted factory activity. Profit shrank 8.5 percent from a year e...

China and Russia vetoed a United Nations resolution sponsored by the United States on Thursday that would have imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea for its spate of intercontinental ballistic missile launches that can be used to deliver nuclear...

Beijing on Friday accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of “smearing” China, after he delivered a speech calling for action to counterbalance Beijing's influence. In the 45-minute address, Blinken said the US will not block China from gro...

Health authorities on the mainland on Friday reported 354 new local coronavirus infections, a drop of 106 cases from the previous day. Of the 80 symptomatic cases, 45 were from Shanghai, 22 from Beijing and there were seven from Tianjin. Shanghai...

Premier Li Keqiang has called for more to be done to stabilise China's economy, issuing a stark warning as the country battles to defeat Covid-19. Restrictions around the nation in recent months – including in the manufacturing hubs of Shenzhen a...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday said China has “no intention at all” to build a military base in the Solomon Islands, where he began a 10-day tour of Pacific nations. Australia's former government had said that any move to create a Chinese ...

Mainland authorities on Thursday reported 460 new local Covid cases, that’s 60 cases fewer than the day before. Among the new patients, 104 were symptomatic and 356 did not show symptoms. Shanghai took up the bulk of the cases, having reported ...

China on Wednesday said its trade practices are "lawful and legitimate", in response to calls by Australia for it to drop import restrictions if Beijing wants to thaw frozen relations. Australia's Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Chinese sanctions and ta...

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday defended China's human rights progress in a virtual meeting with UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who is visiting the mainland. Bachelet's six-day trip, which began on Monday, will include a visit to the Xin...

Mainland authorities on Wednesday reported 520 new Covid cases. That’s 168 fewer than the day before. About 100 of the infections were symptomatic. Shanghai accounted for around 75 percent of the total cases, and one of the patients was found o...

Airbnb on Tuesday announced it will stop representing short-term rental properties in China and focus its business in the country on serving Chinese tourists looking for lodgings abroad. The vacation rental firm joins a series of foreign internet co...

Premier Li Keqiang has congratulated newly-elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, ending a year-long freeze in diplomatic contact between the two countries. Li said Beijing is ready to work with Canberra to review the past, look into t...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has welcomed the United Nations human rights chief to China, saying he hopes her trip will "clarify misinformation". Michelle Bachelet's landmark trip to China is the first by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in 17...

Mainland authorities on Tuesday reported 688 new Covid-19 infections, 181 fewer than the day before. Of the latest cases, 639 were locally transmitted. The National Health Commission said there were a total of 156 symptomatic infections. Among them...

Beijing on Monday said it is ready to defend its national interests over Taiwan, in a rebuke to US President Joe Biden's vow to defend the island militarily if it is attacked. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the comments at a press brief...