China
China and Cyprus have agreed to closer ties in the fields of higher education and science, as the government seeks to promote the island as...
Postal services to China suspended
The Cyprus Post announced on Wednesday that all postal services to China will be temporarily suspended, except the Quickpost courier service, due to the health...
Coronavirus: Local advisers perplexed at draconian Shanghai lockdown
The situation in Shanghai is extreme, local epidemiologist and state Covid-19 adviser Michalis Voniatis said on Friday, referring to shocking scenes emerging from China’s strict...
Coronavirus: Shanghai separates Covid-positive children from parents in virus fight
By Brenda Goh and Engen Tham Esther Zhao thought she was doing the right thing when she brought her 2-1/2-year-old daughter to a Shanghai hospital...
Ambassador visits Cypriot referee hospitalised during Beijing games
Chinese Ambassador Liu Yantao has visited Cypriot referee Kyriacos Kyriacou who had to undergo emergency surgery while he was in Beijing for the 2022 Winter...
China rejects calling Russia move ‘invasion,’ urges citizens in Ukraine to stay home (Update 1)
China rejected calling Russia’s moves on Ukraine an “invasion” and urged all sides to exercise restraint, even as it advised its citizens there to stay...
Beijing claims Gu as a daughter after golden day in China
Teenager Eileen Gu nailed a new trick in the final run of the freeski Big Air on Tuesday, delivering host nation China its quickest gold...
China suspected in hack of journalists at News Corp
Digital intruders broke into News Corp email accounts and compromised the data of an unspecified number of journalists, the company disclosed Friday. The media firm’s...
China’s Beijing to maintain Covid emergency status as Winter Olympics loom
China’s capital Beijing urged all its local districts on Saturday to maintain “full emergency mode” as the city continued to report new local coronavirus cases,...
Faulty heater withdrawn from market
An electric heater was withdrawn from the market on Wednesday for failing to comply with essential safety requirements. In a written statement, the department of...