Most of Beijing is not locked down, but the streets are much quieter than usual with many shops closed and people working from home
17 May 2022 1:36 PM
A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been infected with the variant after developing a fever and other symptoms
27 Apr 2022 12:10 PM
Queues snaked around malls and outside office complexes on Monday as people waited to be swabbed for samples by health workers
25 Apr 2022 11:00 AM
China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally as the Omicron variant spreads
15 Mar 2022 10:59 AM
Cooperation between the two countries brings benefits and well-being to the two peoples, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
07 Mar 2022 1:58 PM
Some 1.45 trillion yuan ($230 billion) has been set aside for national defence, according to a government budget report
05 Mar 2022 11:32 AM
China has repeatedly emphasized the danger of infection from packaging, despite only trace amounts of the virus being found on such items
18 Jan 2022 1:14 PM
Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce, slowing economy
17 Jan 2022 11:21 AM
Recent unrest in oil and gas-rich Kazakhstan has raised concerns in China, which has long invested heavily in Kazakh's energy industry
10 Jan 2022 10:21 AM
China has followed a 'zero-Covid' strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns
28 Dec 2021 1:30 PM
The world's most populous nation is currently grappling with small outbreaks in at least eleven provinces
28 Oct 2021 2:14 PM
The tensions have eased to some extent with troops from both sides moving out from the Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso and Gogra
07 Sep 2021 12:00 PM
Prez Xi Jinping has called for a national rejuvenation, with tighter Communist Party control of business, education, culture and religion
03 Sep 2021 12:59 PM
The unemployment rate will be capped at 5.5%, wages as a share of gross domestic product will be increased
30 Aug 2021 12:11 PM
China permitted all couples to have two children in 2016, scrapping the draconian decades-old one-child policy
20 Aug 2021 11:41 AM
Tuesday's numbers are the highest since January, when the country logged 144 new cases and 126 domestic infections
10 Aug 2021 1:33 PM
Major cities including the capital Beijing have now tested millions of residents while cordoning off residential compounds
03 Aug 2021 1:32 PM
China on Monday reported 55 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases
02 Aug 2021 12:45 PM
On Wednesday, 57 new cases were reported, the highest daily tally since late January, including 15 in the city of Ruili, next to Myanmar
07 Jul 2021 11:59 AM
A leaked document that serves as a talking points memo for use by OnePlus PR, explains the integration in plainer terms
21 Jun 2021 4:08 PM