US fighter jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon with missile
A U.S. military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, a week after it first entered U.S. airspace ...
Chinese spy balloon changes course, floating over central United States-Pentagon (Update)
A Chinese spy balloon has changed course and is now floating eastward at about 18,300 meters over the central United States, demonstrating a capability to maneuver, the US military said on ...
Chinese spy balloon flies over the US, Canada watching a potential second
A suspected Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, U.S. officials said , in what would be a brazen act just days ...
US House panel to vote next month on possible TikTok ban
The House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to hold a vote next month on a bill aimed at blocking the use of China’s popular social media app TikTok in the ...
China says Covid outbreak has infected 80% of population
The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a prominent government scientist said on ...
China emerges stronger from Covid with people-centered and science-based approach
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Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China In the Republic of Cyprus
The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Liu Yantao outlines the new ...
Millions of Chinese workers on the move ahead of Friday travel peak
Millions of urban workers were on the move across China on Wednesday ahead of the expected Friday peak of its Lunar New Year mass migration, as China’s leaders looked ...
China’s first population drop in six decades sounds alarm
China’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in ...
WHO recommends that China monitor excess Covid-19 mortality
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 to gain a fuller picture of the impact of the surge in cases ...
Chinese city-dwellers head to hometowns as holidays raise Covid stakes
Passengers laden with luggage flocked to rail stations and airports in China’s megacities on Monday, heading to their hometowns for Lunar New Year holidays that health experts fear could ...
China reports 59,938 Covid-related hospital deaths since Dec. 8
China said nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abruptly dismantled its zero-COVID policy in early December, a big increase from previously reported figures that follows global ...
China Covid peak to last two-three months, hit rural areas next
The peak of China’s COVID-19 wave is expected to last two to three months, and will soon swell over the vast countryside where medical resources are relatively scarce, a ...
Chinese fret over elderly as WHO warns of holiday COVID surge
People in China worried on Thursday about spreading COVID-19 to aged relatives as they planned returns to their home towns for holidays that the World Health Organization warns could inflame ...
China suspends short-term visas for S.Korea visitors in spat over Covid curbs
China’s embassy in Seoul said on Tuesday it has stopped issuing short-term visas for visitors from South Korea, the first retaliatory move against countries imposing COVID-19 curbs on travellers ...
Tesla delivery time is longer on some China models after discounts
Tesla (TSLA.O) has indicated longer waiting times for potential buyers of some versions of the Model Y in China, signalling that price cuts announced on Friday could be stoking ...
Hermes expands in Nanjing as luxury industry bets on Chinese return
Birkin bag maker Hermes (HRMS.PA) is opening a new, enlarged store in China’s Nanjing city, signalling the luxury industry’s confidence in a strong return of Chinese shoppers ...
‘Life is moving forward’: China declares new COVID phase
China braced for a “new phase” in its battle against COVID-19 on Monday and financial markets strengthened after Beijing dropped pandemic border controls in the latest easing of curbs that ...
Travel curbs rack up as Covid-hit China readies reopening
More countries around the world are demanding that visitors from China take COVID tests, days before it drops border controls and ushers in an eagerly awaited return to travel for ...
China defends its COVID response after WHO, Biden concerns
China defended on Thursday its handling of its raging COVID-19 outbreak after U.S. President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus ...
China pledges ‘final victory’ over Covid as outbreak raises global alarm
Global health officials tried to determine the facts of China’s raging COVID-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government’s mouthpiece newspaper on Wednesday rallied ...
China state media plays down severity of COVID wave before WHO meeting
China’s state media played down the severity on Tuesday of the COVID-19 wave surging over the country, with its scientists expected to give a briefing to the World Health ...
Blinken discusses U.S.-China ties in call with new foreign minister Qin
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with incoming Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, appointed last week to the post following his role as ambassador to the ...
Chinese state media seek to reassure public over COVID-19 (Wrapup)
Thousands of Chinese took to the streets to mark the New Year as authorities and state media sought to reassure the public that the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping across the country ...
Australia to require negative COVID tests for travellers from China
Australia said on Sunday that travellers from China will have to provide negative COVID-19 test results from Jan. 5, joining a growing number of nations that have implemented similar restrictions as ...