Myanmar's ambassador to China has died on Sunday in the southwestern city of Kunming, according to the Chinese government and an obituary in Myanmar state media. “I can confirm what you mentioned,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said ...

Beijing on Monday announced fresh military drills around Taiwan, one day after the scheduled end of exercises to protest against a visit to Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week. The PLA's Eastern Theater Command said it would conduct jo...

Sanya in Hainan province on Sunday accounted for more than half of the mainland's latest Covid-19 infections. According to the National Health Commission, the resort town reported 186 locally transmitted and 227 local asymptomatic cases, for a total...

The mainland on Sunday reported 736 new local coronavirus cases, around two-thirds of them from the island province of Hainan. The National Health Commission said among 337 patients who are showing symptoms, 297 were from Hainan, the nation's beach...

China on Friday announced a series of countermeasures against the United States as well as sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after her visit to Taipei earlier this week. The Foreign Ministry said it's cancelling or suspending dialogue with ...

The Foreign Ministry on Friday said it summoned diplomats from relevant European countries and the European Union to lodge solemn representations over a statement on Taiwan issued by G7 foreign ministers and the EU High Representative for Foreign Aff...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing has made its strongest diplomatic effort to try to avert the current cross-strait crisis, but made it clear it will never allow its core interests to be undermined. Speaking in Cambodia where he attended a meeti...

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday said it successfully conducted “precision missile strikes” in the Taiwan Strait as part of military exercises around the island in the wake of a visit to Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. �...

The People's Liberation Army on Thursday launched live-fire military drills in multiple zones encircling Taiwan in a show of force following a visit to Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. State media reported that the exercises are to end at no...

The Macau government announced on Wednesday that quarantine-free travel will return for those crossing its border into Zhuhai. From 6pm onwards, people leaving Macau for Zhuhai will not be required to undergo seven days of mandatory quarantine if t...

Mainland authorities on Wednesday announced that shipments of natural sand to Taiwan would be suspended, while imports of citrus fruits and some types of fish from the island would be halted. Customs authorities explained that the import ban was nee...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday said the United States was the “biggest destroyer” of peace across the Taiwan Strait in response to the visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei, stressing that the one-China principle is the key stab...

The Foreign Ministry in Beijing has condemned as a "wrong and serious violation of the One China principle" a visit by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, to Taipei. An aircraft carrying Nancy Pelosi arrived shortly before 11pm on Tuesda...

The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned a possible visit to Taipei by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "The US side will bear the responsibility and pay the price for undermining China's sovereign security interests," spokeswoman ...

The Foreign Ministry warned that a visit by the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan would "seriously threaten the peace and stability" of the Taiwan Strait if it goes ahead. "If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, China ...

Macau officials say coronavirus restrictions will be eased further on August 2 after the city reported no new community infections for nine consecutive days. Restaurants will be able to resume dine-in services and other businesses, including cinema...

Mainland weather forecasters on Saturday said a tropical storm threatening to hit Shanghai was now very likely to miss the financial hub, but warned of wind gusts and downpours in eastern industrial cities as it churned northwards off the coast. Son...

President Xi Jinping told his US counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday that "those who play with fire will eventually get burned," as the two discussed China-US relations and issues of mutual interest, according to reports by Xinhua. In a video call, t...

Former justice minister Fu Zhenghua pleaded guilty to corruption and other crimes in his trial in Changchun on Thursday. According to CCTV, the court heard that Fu accepted bribes worth 117 million yuan from 2005 to 2021. The court was also told th...

China will try hard to achieve the best possible results for the economy this year, state media said on Thursday after a high-level meeting of the Communist Party. In the second half of 2022, China should "stabilise employment and prices, maintain e...