Guangzhou city has allowed property developers to reduce sale prices of homes by as much as 20 percent compared with 6 percent previously, financial news outlet Yicai reported on Thursday, in what would be the biggest cuts allowed by a top-tier mainl...

President Xi Jinping on Thursday hailed strong ties between China and Kyrgyzstan during his meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Zhaparov in Uzbekistan. Xi and other regional leaders are in Uzbekistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisa...

Seven companies have bid for new casino licences in the world's biggest gaming hub, with new contracts set to start at the beginning of 2023, Macau's government said on Wednesday. The government is expected to review the proposals and negotiate with...

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday started his first foreign trip abroad since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other leaders of a Central Asian security group. Xi’s trip un...

Mainland authorities say they'll release pork from the country's central reserves this week to maintain price stability, with the cost of the meat skyrocketing in recent months. The announcement on pork supplies follows the release of official figur...

Typhoon Muifa gained strength in the East China Sea on Wednesday forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights out of the financial hub of Shanghai and threatening the busy port shared by Ningbo and Zhoushan cities. Zhejiang province upgraded its ...

The number of trips taken over China's three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday shrank, with tourism revenue also falling, official data showed, as Covid-19 rules discouraged people from travelling. The number of trips made by tourists fell 16.7 percen...

Chinese actor Li Yifeng, one of the mainland’s biggest stars, has been detained on suspicion of soliciting prostitutes, state media reported. The actor was subsequently dropped as brand ambassador by multiple companies, including Italian luxury fi...

Beijing and Moscow said they will work to steer the international order in a more just and reasonable direction, after top diplomats from the two countries hailed Sino-Russian relations. Senior Chinese foreign policy advisor Yang Jiechi said that un...

A gaming consultant predicts Macau's casino industry could easily recover over the next two years and bring in twice the revenue of Las Vegas despite currently being in the "doldrums". Ben Lee from the Macau-based firm iGamix said he doesn't expect...

President Xi Jinping will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week, the Foreign Ministry has announced. The visit will coincide with a summit of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) in the Uzbek city of Sarmarkan and mark the state leader's...

President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences on Friday to British King Charles III over the death of Queen Elizabeth II. On behalf of the Chinese government and people and in his own name, Xi expressed deep condolences over the death of Queen ...

Chengdu has extended a Covid-19 lockdown in most areas, hoping to stem the spread of the virus. The provincial capital of Sichuan had been under lockdown in the past week, and the measure was expected to be lifted on Wednesday. But officials said t...

A total of 74 people have died and 26 remain missing after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Luding County in southwest Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said on Wednesday. In addition, 259 people have been injured in the disaster as of ...

China's exports growth weakened in August, as surging inflation crippled overseas demand and fresh Covid curbs and heatwaves disrupted production. Exports rose 7.1 percent in August from a year earlier, slowing from an 18 percent gain in July, offic...

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he is "sure" he will see President Xi Jinping if they both attend November's meeting of the Group of 20 nations in Indonesia. "If he's there, I'm sure I'll see him," Biden told reporters before a Cabinet m...

Sichuan has activated the highest level of emergency response after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake on Monday killed at least 66 people and injured hundreds. Fifteen people were reported missing and rescuers have been scouring through rubble to search fo...

At least 21 people were killed when a strong earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday, state media reported, as violent tremors in a remote region damaged homes and left some areas without electricity. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck a mount...

A lockdown in Chengdu has been extended as mainland health authorities reported 1,552 new Covid-19 cases. According to the National Health Commission, there were 303 locally transmitted and 1,249 local asymptomatic cases on Sunday. Sichuan accounte...

Top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported on Sunday, becoming the highest-ranking Communist Party politician to travel to the country since Moscow's military offensive in Ukraine began. Li will pay official visits t...