Taiwan reports large incursion by Chinese air force
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defense identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan's air force deployed...
China says 10 workers trapped in gold mine are searching for others
The 10 known survivors trapped since a deadly Jan. 10 gold mine explosion in northern China have been using laser pointers and loudspeakers to try...
China imposes sanctions on 28 Trump-era officials including Pompeo
China said on Wednesday it wanted to cooperate with President Joe Biden’s new U.S. administration, while announcing sanctions against “lying and cheating” outgoing Secretary of...
In parting shot, Trump administration accuses China of ‘genocide’ against Uighurs
The Trump administration has determined that China has committed “genocide and crimes against humanity” by repressing Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, U.S. Secretary of...
Biden intelligence pick favors ‘aggressive’ stance on China threat
The United States should take an “aggressive stance” toward the threat posed by the aggressive and assertive China that it faces today, Avril Haines, President-elect...
Helen Clark-led Covid-19 independent review panel criticises China, WHO
An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial Covid-19 outbreak, and criticised the...
U.S. and China clash at WHO over scientific mission in Wuhan
The United States called on China on Monday to allow an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) to interview “care givers, former patients...
China steals march on West in developing nations’ vaccine rollout
China is stealing a march on Western drugmakers in the COVID-19 vaccine race in developing nations, with Indonesia and Turkey rolling out huge campaigns with...
China to provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge – official
China will provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge once they become available to the general public, government authorities said on Saturday. National Health Commission official...
Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong suspected of violating city’s new security law
Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists who is serving a 13-1/2-month jail sentence for illegal assembly, is suspected of violating the...
China ‘unaware’ of any Afghan deportation of Chinese on spying charges
China is unaware of the deportation of Chinese nationals from Afghanistan on spying charges, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said, days after the head of Afghanistan’s...
China draws comparison between storming of U.S. Capitol, HK protests
China drew a comparison on Thursday between the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and last year’s often-violent pro-democracy protests...
China reports most COVID cases in five months as Hebei infections rise
Authorities in the capital of China’s Hebei province strengthened travel restriction on Thursday to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the country reported the...
Mass arrests in Hong Kong ‘over primary vote’
About 50 pro-democracy lawmakers and activists have reportedly been arrested in Hong Kong under the controversial national security law. Pro-democracy activist Ventus Lau Wing-hong (third...
Over 50 Hong Kong activists arrested as crackdown intensifies -media
Over 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the city's national security law, local media reported, in the biggest...
China prisons 17 people for importing a Pangolin scales costing $28 million from Nigeria
A court in east Zhejiang Province on Tuesday sentenced 17 people to prison for smuggling more than 23 tons of pangolin scales into the country...
We’re engaging China for access to COVID-19 vaccine, says FG
The federal government says it is currently engaging China in order to get COVID-19 vaccines for Nigeria. Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, said this...
Trump signs order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group’s Alipay, a senior administration official...
WHO’s Tedros ‘very disappointed’ China hasn’t granted entry to coronavirus experts
The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that China has still not authorised the entry of a team...
Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma suspected missing
Jack Ma, the famous Chinese billionaire is suspected missing. Ma, 56, is the founder of e-commerce giant, Alibaba. Yahoo Finance reports that Ma has not...
China senior diplomat says U.S. relations at ‘new crossroads’
China’s relationship with the United States has reached a “new crossroads” and could get back on the right track following a period of “unprecedented difficulty”,...
China confirms first case of UK COVID-19 variant
China has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently detected in Britain, health officials said. The new strain, which experts...
Zhang Zhan: China jails citizen journalist for Wuhan reports
A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan's coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years. Screengrab taken on December 28, 2020 from an undated video...
U.S. embassy urges China to release 12 Hong Kong fugitives
The U.S. embassy in China has called upon Chinese authorities to immediately release 12 fugitives from Hong Kong and permit them to depart the country...
China to suspend UK flights indefinitely -foreign ministry
China will suspend direct flights to and from Britain indefinitely over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus, Wang Wenbin, a foreign ministry spokesman...
China ‘mines’ ice from river to build frozen castles, pagoda
For more than 300 “ice miners” in Harbin, work begins in the numbing cold before dawn every day on the frozen Songhua, a broad river...
‘Good riddance,’ China says as Germany leaves U.N. Security Council
Germany’s U.N. envoy, during his last scheduled U.N. Security Council meeting, appealed to China to free two detained Canadians for Christmas, prompting China’s deputy U.N....
Tibetan leader welcomes U.S. bill that reaffirms rights
The political head of Tibetans in exile welcomed on Tuesday the passing of legislation by the U.S. Congress that reaffirms the rights of Tibetans to...
China says will take countermeasures in response to U.S. visa bans
China will take countermeasures against those responsible for hurting the Chinese side, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, in response to additional U.S. visa bans...
China’s new Long March 8 rocket makes maiden flight
A new Chinese carrier rocket made its first flight on Tuesday under a long-term plan to develop reusable launch vehicles aimed at reducing mission costs...
U.S. issues additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials
The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses, taking further action against Beijing in the final...
Biden to continue Trump’s US-China policy
US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tow the line of incumbent President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in Asia, which stands against perceived Chinese expansionist...
China says will vaccinate ‘key groups’ over winter, spring
China will focus first on vaccinating high-risk groups over the winter and spring before widening the inoculation to the general public, a senior health official...
DJI and SMIC are among 60 newly-added Chinese companies on the US Entity List
Fanning the flames of the trade war In context: The US Department of Commerce had already warned suppliers of several Chinese companies to apply for export...
Chinese cast net over neglected PNG border zone
China has dismissed Australian concerns about a planned new industrial fish facility on Papua New Guinea's Daru Island, while locals are seeking some answers. China's...
WHO-led team expected in China in January to probe COVID-19 origins – experts
An international mission led by the World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to go to China in the first week of January to investigate the...
Deal secures 100m doses of BioNTech vaccine for China
Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group says it will buy at least 100 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from Germany's BioNTech for use in mainland China...
Former Hong Kong lawmaker urges U.S. to punish China’s ‘ATM’: the banking sector
The United States should target Hong Kong’s financial sector with tougher sanctions to deprive China from its ‘ATM’ and to force Beijing to the negotiating...
China’s trailblazing female comedians tackle taboos
Strutting onstage with well-honed confidence, 23-year-old comedian Qiqi is part of a new wave of young, female stand-up acts in China, crashing into what has...
U.S. slaps sanctions on 14 Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown
The United States on Monday imposed financial sanctions and a travel ban on 14 Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijing’s disqualification last month...
Indonesia receives over a million Chinese Covid-19 vaccine doses
The Indonesian Presidential Palace released pictures of the 1.2 million CoronaVac doses arriving in Jakarta HANDOUT INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE/AFP Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses...
China calls for new talks with US after Biden win
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called for renewed dialogue with the incoming US administration of president-elect Joe Biden Handout RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY/AFP/File China's...
Former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui says his bank accounts frozen
Former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui said on Sunday his local bank accounts appeared to have been frozen after fled to Britain with his family...
Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China’s Sinovac
Indonesia received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from China on Sunday, President Joko Widodo said, as the government prepares a mass inoculation programme. Jokowi,...
New Zealand, China in ‘a mature relationship’: Jacinda Ardern on row with Australia
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern believes New Zealand is ending 2020 with its relationship with China as strong as when the year began. New Zealand Prime...
Analysis: U.S. efforts on Huawei executive case may save Canada’s stalled China policy
Canada could see the end of a nasty diplomatic dispute with China if the United States reaches a deal to release a Huawei executive from...
China is the greatest threat to democracy and freedom since World War II’ – US
The United States Government has alleged that the People's Republic of China is the "greatest threat to democracy and freedom" since World War Two. ...
Report: Burner phones and banking apps: Meet the Chinese ‘brokers’ laundering Mexican drug money
Early next year, a Chinese businessman named Gan Xianbing will be sentenced in a Chicago courtroom for laundering just over $530,000 in Mexican cartel drug...
Opinion: China ‘playing cat-and-mouse game’ with Australia
Opinion - In the moment, Scott Morrison's angry denunciation of the offensive Chinese tweet about alleged Australian war crimes seemed a reasonable response. Australian Prime...
China influence ‘on steroids’ targets Biden team – US official
Chinese agents have stepped up their efforts to influence President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration, a US intelligence official has said. The US and China have...