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01 Jan 2023
ChinaChina can see 'light of hope' in COVID-19 battle: Jinping
In his New Year message on Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the "light of hope is right in front" even as China continues to battle a spike in COVID-19 cases.
31 Dec 2022
ChinaCOVID-19: Share specific, real-time data on situation, WHO asks China
The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again asked China to share real-time and specific data regularly on the COVID-19 condition in the nation amid the recent spike in the cases after Beijing decided to relax its strict "zero-COVID" laws.
20 Dec 2022
ChinaCOVID-19 may engulf 60% of China's population in 3 months
China is facing a fresh spike in COVID-19 cases, with healthcare and crematorium facilities becoming overwhelmed, according to reports.
28 Nov 2022
ChinaAnti-lockdown protests intensify across China as demonstrators, police clash
As China is struggling to contain rising COVID-19 cases which are breaking records with every passing day, anti-lockdown protests are said to be growing in the country's major cities with reports of clashes.
24 Nov 2022
ChinaChina records highest daily COVID-19 cases since pandemic began
Despite strict restrictions, China on Wednesday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases since the outbreak in the country in December 2019, Agence France-Presse reported.
10 Nov 2022
Xi JinpingBe combat-ready to win wars: President Jinping tells Chinese Army
Invoking a threat to China's national security, President Xi Jinping ordered the military to maintain combat readiness and "prepare for war" at the Central Military Commission's joint operations command center in Beijing.
26 Sep 2022
ChinaAmid coup rumors, Xi Jinping among 'elected' CPC Congress delegates
Rumors of a military coup in China deposing President Xi Jinping and putting him under house arrest led social media to delirium over the weekend.
16 Sep 2022
LondonChinese delegation banned from seeing Queen Elizabeth's coffin in parliament
The United Kingdom has refused permission for a Chinese government delegation to attend Queen Elizabeth's lying-in-state, causing a new diplomatic rift with Beijing.
01 Sep 2022
Xi JinpingPotential 'crimes against humanity' on Uyghur Muslims in China: UN
In a revelatory report released on Wednesday, the United Nations (UN) has accused China of severe human rights violations in Xinjiang province.
10 Aug 2022
Nipah VirusAll about the new Langya virus that has hit China
As the world slowly starts to recover from the brutal COVID-19 waves and attempts to understand monkeypox, a new virus has now hit China.
09 Aug 2022
Washington DCTaiwan accuses China of using drills to 'prepare for invasion'
Following days of massive Chinese war games, Taiwan's military held an artillery drill on Tuesday simulating defense against an attack, as Taipei alleged Beijing was preparing to invade the island.
05 Aug 2022
Communist Party Of ChinaChina: President Xi faces growing dissent over enforced COVID-19 lockdowns
Despite the Communist Party of China's iron-clad authoritarian leadership, led by President Xi Jinping, fissures between Beijing and the public are considered to be widening.
03 Aug 2022
TaiwanUS Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses Taiwan Parliament; China enraged
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed Taiwan's parliament on Wednesday, and met with its President Tsai Ing-wen and human rights activists.
02 Aug 2022
TaiwanUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reaches Taiwan amid China's warnings
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly landed in Taiwan late on Tuesday evening as part of her Asia tour, amid repeated "warnings" against her visit from China.
30 Jul 2022
ChinaChinese rocket's uncontrolled return to Earth raising concerns
Debris from China's most powerful rocket is anticipated to crash land on Earth this weekend in an uncontrolled re-entry, BBC reported
07 Jul 2022
United KingdomFBI, MI5 raise alarm over Chinese espionage in joint address
In a joint address, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray and United Kingdom MI5 director General Ken McCallum on Wednesday asked businesses to be wary of China's espionage threat.
21 May 2022
ShanghaiBeijing: 13,000 COVID-19 negative people forced into quarantine
To achieve the "zero-COVID-19" goal in China, over 13,000 Beijing residents who tested negative have been forced into quarantine.
29 Apr 2022
ShanghaiChina: Shanghai eases COVID-19 restrictions as cases decline
Chinese authorities on Friday said nearly half the population of Shanghai is now in lower-risk areas, meaning as many as 12.38M residents can now step out of their homes.
25 Apr 2022
COVID-19Beijing: Mass testing amid 'grim' COVID-19 situation triggers lockdown fears
Panic seized residents of China's capital city, Beijing, on Monday as the government ordered mass COVID-19 testing in the city's biggest district, Chaoyang.
20 Mar 2022
Vladimir PutinRussia bombs school in Ukraine's Mariupol sheltering nearly 400 residents
Russian forces have bombed an art school in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where about 400 residents had taken shelter, Reuters reported on Sunday.
19 Mar 2022
COVID-19China witnesses first COVID-19 death in more than one year
China has reported two COVID-19 fatalities on Saturday, the first recorded increase in the toll since January 2021, as the country faces an omicron-driven surge, Associated Press reported.
03 Jan 2022
Hong KongHong Kong news publication shuts amid clampdown on dissent
In light of declining press freedom in Hong Kong, the online news service Citizen News announced on Sunday that it will discontinue operations.
03 Nov 2021
CoronavirusChina imposes curbs as COVID-19 rears its head again
COVID-19 is rearing its head again in China, from where the deadly disease is believed to have emerged.
09 Sep 2021
North KoreaNorth Korea suspended from 2022 Winter Olympics for Tokyo no-show
North Korea was formally suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the IOC on Wednesday as punishment for refusing to send a team to the Tokyo Games citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
23 Jul 2021
TaiwanTyphoon to bring heavy rains to Taiwan, China over weekend
A typhoon is forecast to bring heavy rains to Taiwan and coastal China over the weekend, days after the worst flooding on record in a central province caused at least 33 deaths.
31 Mar 2021
BBCBBC correspondent leaves China amid safety concerns
A veteran BBC correspondent whose coverage angered China has left the country amid concerns for his safety, BBC and a journalist organization said.
20 Jan 2021
Alibaba GroupAlibaba's Jack Ma, 'missing' for months, makes first public appearance
After months of being "missing," Alibaba and Ant founder Jack Ma has finally made a public appearance.
09 Jan 2021
VaccineBeijing on alert after COVID-19 spike in neighboring Hebei province
Beijing has gone on an alert mode following a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the neighboring Hebei province even as China has administered nine million coronavirus vaccines so far in a stepped-up nationwide drive to contain the virus.
28 Dec 2020
World Health OrganizationChinese citizen journalist jailed for four years over coronavirus reportage
A 37-year-old citizen journalist was on Monday sentenced to four years in prison by a Chinese court over her coronavirus outbreak reporting, more than a year after the virus emerged in Wuhan.
25 Sep 2020
IndiaGalwan-clash cost five soldiers, claims China; India says number higher
For the first time since the bloody June episode in Galwan Valley, China admitted its casualties, saying that five of its soldiers died. However, India is convinced the death toll is higher, with government sources telling News18 that China's count must be multiplied by three.
08 Sep 2020
IndiaLAC: Amid brewing tensions, China claims Indian Army fired shots
In a new development that is sure to heighten tensions at the already volatile Line of Actual Control (LAC), China claimed that Indian soldiers fired warning shots at the Southern bank of Pangong Lake.
04 Sep 2020
HollywoodJackie Chan forced to vacate luxurious Beijing apartments for auction
Jackie Chan is facing a weird problem in his personal life.
04 Sep 2020
IndiaAmid tensions, China's Defense Minister seeks meeting with Rajnath Singh
As tensions are flaring up along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Wei Fenghi, China's Defense Minister, has sought a meeting with India's Rajnath Singh, in Moscow, PTI reported citing people in the know.
01 Sep 2020
IndiaAfter recent flare-up, China claims India "disturbing" border peace
Reacting to India's claims that China transgressed in Ladakh on the intervening night of August 29 and 30, Beijing said on Tuesday that it was the Indian Army that violated the consensus and "illegally trespassed the LAC."
16 Jul 2020
ReutersWill use 'all tools' to counter China's SCS claims: US
Terming China's claims over the South China Sea "illegal," the United States on Wednesday announced to support Southeast Asian countries that believe Beijing has violated their sovereignty in the territorially disputed waters.
06 Jul 2020
BBCChinese city hit by 'Black Death' plague: All details here
A Chinese city in Inner Mongolia sounded an alert for the bubonic plague on Sunday at a time when the world is already grappling with coronavirus, whose outbreak also originated in China. The plague-prevention measures will remain imposed throughout 2020.
06 Jul 2020
IndiaAmid Ladakh tensions, China supplying armed drones to Pakistan
While China remains locked in an intense stand-off with India, it is supplying four armed drones to Pakistan, another hostile neighbor of New Delhi, a report in Hindustan Times said.
29 Jun 2020
CoronavirusChina: 4 lakh people under lockdown as coronavirus cases rise
China has reimposed a strict lockdown in a province neighboring capital Beijing after detecting new coronavirus cases in the region.
23 Jun 2020
IndiaMutual consensus to disengage: Army after 11-hour-long talks with China
The Indian Army on Tuesday released a brief note regarding the nearly 11-hours-long Corps Commander-level talks which happened with the Chinese on Monday.
19 Jun 2020
IndiaGalwan clash: 76 injured soldiers recovering; China releases 10 personnel
A total of 76 soldiers of the Indian Army were injured in the clash with China's People Liberation Army (PLA), on Monday, and all of them are recuperating, several reports said.