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Sat, 04 Jun 2022 14:04:34 +0800
Driver dies in train derailment in Guizhou
A train driver died on Saturday after the vehicle was partially derailed by a sudden mudslide in Guizhou province. The train was heading from Guiyang to Guangzhou when the mud knocked two carriages off the tracks at a tunnel near Rongjiang station a...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 10:52:26 +0800
Nation's latest space launch set for Sunday
The China Manned Space Agency will launch a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the core module of the nation's unfinished space station, where they will work and live for six months as construction enters advanced stages. A Long March...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:57:31 +0800
Liu Jianchao appointed International Liaison head
Beijing has appointed Liu Jianchao to lead the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party, a national-level ministry in charge of relations with North Korea and other socialist countries. Liu, 58, replaces Song Tao, the party’s offici...

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:29:52 +0800
Beijing speaks out against US-Taiwan trade talks
Mainland officials on Thursday have spoken out against the launch of talks to deepen trade ties between the United States and Taiwan, an initiative that follows an agreement US President Joe Biden announced last week with a number of Asian economies....

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:27:34 +0800
Wang Yi heads to PNG amid tensions over election
Foreign Minister Wang Yi is visiting Papua New Guinea on Thursday, as he continued on his regional trip to shore up relations with Pacific island nations. A Xinhua commentary published on Thursday said Wang's 10-day trip has reflected Beijing's sinc...

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:32:06 +0800
Mainland sees 61 new local Covid-19 cases
Mainland authorities on Thursday reported 61 new local Covid-19 cases, compared with 68 infections the day before. This is the third day in a row the mainland reported fewer than a hundred local coronavirus cases. The new infections include 18 symp...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 19:56:11 +0800
Four killed, 14 injured as quakes hit Sichuan
At least four people are dead and 14 others injured after two earthquakes hit southwestern China on Wednesday, state media reported. A shallow 6.1-magnitude quake hit a sparsely populated area in Sichuan province about 100km west of provincial capit...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 12:12:46 +0800
Shanghai reopens as Covid tally continues to drop
Shanghai reopened on Wednesday following two months of lockdown, as the number of new Covid-19 infections continued to drop. The financial hub reported 15 new local cases, including five symptomatic infections. People were seen travelling on Shan...

Tue, 31 May 2022 18:30:11 +0800
Stimulus measures to support virus-hit economy
China's cabinet announced a package of 33 measures covering fiscal, financial, investment and industrial policies on Tuesday to revive its pandemic-ravaged economy, adding it will inspect how provincial governments implement them. The stimulus packa...

Tue, 31 May 2022 14:07:16 +0800
Beijing to appoint special envoy for Pacific nations
Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday arrived in Tonga as part of his tour through the region, shortly after Beijing issued a position paper on proposals to deepen partnership with Pacific island nations. The document said one of the ways China will s...

Tue, 31 May 2022 13:18:45 +0800
Mainland Covid caseload dips below 100
Mainland health authorities on Tuesday reported just 97 new local Covid infections, down from 184 a day earlier. Among the new cases, 28 were symptomatic and 69 did not show symptoms. The latest infections were mainly from Beijing, where authoritie...

Tue, 31 May 2022 11:58:46 +0800
Pilot killed in jet trainer crash in Taiwan
A jet trainer crashed in Taiwan on Tuesday, killing the pilot, the authorities there say, the second such fatal accident this year. The AT-3 jet crashed during a training mission from the Gangshan air base in the city of Kaohsiung and the body of th...

Tue, 31 May 2022 11:16:04 +0800
China's factory activity falls at slower pace
China's factory activity contracted at a slower pace in May as Covid-19 curbs in major manufacturing hubs were relaxed, but movement controls still depressed domestic demand, restrained production and weighed on the economy in the second quarter. Th...

Mon, 30 May 2022 18:23:11 +0800
Beijing man breaks Covid rules, neighbours isolated
A Beijing man has landed thousands of his neighbours in quarantine after he ignored a stay-at-home order and later tested positive for Covid, prompting a police investigation. The capital city has ordered hundreds of thousands of residents to stay h...

Mon, 30 May 2022 12:38:20 +0800
China sees shared future with Pacific nations: Xi
President Xi Jinping on Monday told leaders of Pacific island nations that China is willing to work with them to build a community "with a shared future". In a written address to a meeting of China-Pacific foreign ministers, Xi stressed that no matt...

Mon, 30 May 2022 10:46:19 +0800
Shanghai Covid cases continue to fall
Authorities in Shanghai on Monday reported 61 new domestically transmitted asymptomatic infections for May 29, down from 93 a day earlier, while local symptomatic cases fell to 6 from 29. Officials said one new case was reported outside quarantined ...

Sun, 29 May 2022 10:39:11 +0800
Shanghai continues to see a drop in Covid infections
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...

Sat, 28 May 2022 16:22:17 +0800
Wang Yi seals Samoa deal as Pacific visit continues
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 ...

Sat, 28 May 2022 11:52:23 +0800
Mainland sees local Covid case tally drop to 264
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...

Fri, 27 May 2022 17:00:16 +0800
Taiwan Covid caseload, deaths hit new highs
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...



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