Tourists flock to Chinese zoo to see ‘human-like’ bear (video)
Visitors are thronging a zoo in eastern China’s Zhejiang province after a video of one of its bears went viral with some netizens suggesting she looked so human that ...
Rain pelts Beijing for fourth day, 11 killed and 27 missing
Heavy rainfall in the Chinese capital of Beijing killed 11 as of 6 a.m. (2200 GMT) on Tuesday, with 27 still missing, according to Chinese state media.
Relentless rain stretched into a fourth ...
Typhoon Doksuri: Thousands flee homes as heavy rain lashes China’s capital
Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes in Beijing as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri dumped record rainfall on the city and grounded flights on Monday, ...
China renews most severe alert for Typhoon Doksuri
China’s national observatory on Friday renewed a red alert for Typhoon Doksuri, the most severe warning in its four-tier warning system, as the fifth typhoon of this year is ...
China braces for Typhoon Doksuri’s landfall, shutting schools and businesses
China on Thursday braced for the imminent landfall of Typhoon Doksuri, shutting schools and businesses in some coastal cities, while its national observatory renewed its most severe weather alert after ...
North Korea celebrates Korean War anniversary with China and Russia
After years of pandemic isolation, North Korea has invited its friends back this week, hosting senior Chinese and Russian delegations for 70th anniversary commemorations of the Korean War and the ...
China replaces foreign minister Qin after one-month absence
A small group of anti-Islam activists set fire to Korans in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday after similar protests in Denmark and Sweden over ...
Typhoon Talim leaves behind crushed vehicles, beached whale in southern China
Trees fell on moving vehicles, a whale washed ashore and a freezer full of ice cream floated off in floods as Typhoon Talim made its way across China’s southern ...
China, Russia to start joint air and sea drill in Sea of Japan
A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at “safeguarding the security of strategic ...
US, China aim to revive climate cooperation as tensions simmer
The United States and China will look to revive efforts to combat global warming this week, in bilateral meetings that observers hope will raise the bar on ambitions ahead of ...
Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will attend 2021 Summer Universiade in China
By Lanting Liu
Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will take part in the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games in China from July 28 to 8 August.
They will participate in artistic gymnastics, swimming, ...
Microsoft says hackers used code flaw to steal emails from government agencies
Microsoft MSFT.O says that hackers used a flaw in its code to steal emails from government agencies and other clients.
In a blog post published on Friday, the company ...
Six killed in kindergarten attack in China; suspect detained
A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province on Monday, killing six people and injuring one, triggering an outpouring of concern about violence against ...
US’s Yellen lands in China, hopes to thaw icy relations
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday began a four-day visit to China focused on easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies, despite low expectations on both ...
Beijing jabs in US-China tech fight with chip material export curbs
Companies caught out by China’s decision to restrict exports of two metals widely used in semiconductors and electric vehicles were racing to secure supplies on Tuesday as some industry ...
Beijing sweats in extreme 40C-plus heat for record third day
Beijing topped 40 degrees Celsius (104F) on Saturday for a record third day as the Chinese capital sweltered in extreme heat, while uncommonly high temperatures for June grilled an area the ...
Biden addresses Xi ‘dictator’ remark, says US-China relations unharmed
President Joe Biden said on Thursday he did not think his comment referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a dictator had undermined or complicated the U.S. relationship with ...
China hits back as Biden labels Xi a ‘dictator’
– China hit back on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden referred to President Xi Jinping as a “dictator”, saying the remarks were absurd and a provocation in an unexpected ...
Xi, Blinken agree to stabilise US-China relations in rare Beijing talks
China and the United States agreed on Monday to try and stabilise their intense rivalry to avoid veering into conflict, but did not announce any major breakthroughs during a rare ...
Blinken, Qin hold ‘candid’ talks, agree to meet again (Update 3)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the importance of keeping open lines of communication to reduce the risk of miscalculation in talks with the Chinese foreign minister on ...
Blinken heads to Beijing hoping to calm fears of a US-China break
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Beijing this weekend with expectations low that he will make headway on the long list of disputes between the United States ...
Blinken heads to Beijing hoping to calm fears of a US-China break
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken flies to Beijing this weekend with expectations low that he will make headway on the long list of disputes between the U.S. ...
Xi: China willing to help foster Palestinian peacemaking with Israel
China is willing to play a positive role to help the Palestinians achieve internal reconciliation and promote peace talks with Israel, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Palestinian counterpart in ...
China to build spy base in Cuba, WSJ says; US casts doubt on report
China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, but ...