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Visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) waves to journalists during her arrival at the Parliament in Taipei on August 3, 2022. Picture: Sam Yeh / AFP.

China

China to stage major drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit

By AFP

Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after a less than 24-hour visit that defied a series of increasingly stark threats from Beijing, which views the island as its...

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    'China export ban on SA wool is killing jobs, government must step in'

    There is no foot and mouth disease in our wool producing areas - Bruce Whitfield interviews Agri SA's Christo van der Rheede.

    6 days ago
  • US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, holds her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, 29 July 2022. Picture: SAUL LOEB/AFP

    W. House warns Beijing against turning Pelosi Taiwan visit into a 'crisis'

    The White House on Monday warned China against overreacting to a trip by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, saying she would have every right to visit the self-ruled island despite Beijing viewing it as a highly provocative challenge.

    a week ago
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    'Lion’s share of JSE returns comes from exposure to China, partly via Naspers'

    Pieter Hundersmarck (Fund Manager, Flagship Asset Management) on listed SA businesses' dependence on China - on The Money Show

    32 days ago
  • A health worker waits to test people for the COVID-19 coronavirus on a street next to a residential area in the Jing'an district of Shanghai on 5 July 2022. Picture: Hector RETAMAL/AFP

    Fresh COVID-19 outbreaks put millions under lockdown in China

    Chinese health authorities reported more than 300 infections in the historic northern city of Xi'an - home to the Terracotta Army - and the country's biggest city Shanghai.

    34 days ago
  • Panda

    Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian

    "The giant panda is... a rare case of a large carnivore with a short, carnivorous digestive tract... that has become a dedicated herbivore," Wang Xiaoming, curator of vertebrate palaeontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County said.

    36 days ago
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    Developers let Chinese farmers pay for homes with watermelons

    One developer in the eastern city of Nanjing said it would accept truckloads of watermelons worth up to 100,000 yuan as a down payment from local farmers.

    37 days ago
  • Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand next to the entrance of a neighborhood during a COVID-19 lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on 12 April 2022. Picture: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP

    Services, manufacturing rebound in China after COVID curbs eased

    The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key gauge of activity in the world's second-biggest economy, defied expectations and surged to 54.7 points in June after three months of sluggish performance.

    40 days ago
  • Picture: Covid-19 test

    Shanghai reports zero Covid cases for first time since outbreak

    China is the last major economy still committed to a zero-Covid strategy, stamping out new cases with a combination of targeted lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines.

    45 days ago
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    China to censor social media comments before publication

    The Chinese government is tightening its already vice-like grip on the internet.

    47 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa chairing the open session with BRICS Heads of State & Government at the 10th BRICS Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Brics partnership has great value for South Africa

    President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the Brics Leaders’ Summit later this week and says that is a valuable platform for South Africa to strengthen ties with its partner countries in support of our own growth and employment creation.

    50 days ago
  • Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand next to the entrance of a neighborhood during a COVID-19 lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on 12 April 2022. Picture: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP

    Shanghai eases COVID curbs in step towards ending lockdown

    The commercial hub of 25 million people was closed down in sections from late March, when the Omicron virus variant fuelled China's worst outbreak since Covid first took hold in 2020.

    69 days ago
  • FILE: China's President Xi Jinping sings the national anthem during the closing session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 11 March 2022. Picture: Leo RAMIREZ/AFP

    Pacific nations reject China security pact

    Talks in Fiji between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and leaders from the small island nations failed to reach an agreement, in a high-profile diplomatic setback for Beijing.

    71 days ago
  • FILE: A medical worker takes a sample from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Xi'an, in China's northern Shaanxi province on 21 December 2021, after the detection of more than 40 new cases raised concerns of wider transmission ahead of a busy travel season. Picture: STR/AFP

    China premier issues warning on COVID-hit economy

    China is the last major economy welded to a policy of mass testing and rapid lockdowns to eliminate virus clusters, but the strict curbs have battered businesses.

    75 days ago
  • This handout image taken and released on 25 May 2022 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) shows a screen of UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet (L) attending a virtual meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, in Guangzhou. Picture: Handout / OHCHR / AFP

    Xi speaks with UN rights chief as Xinjiang row rages

    China's Communist Party is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-western region as part of a years-long crackdown the United States and lawmakers in other Western countries have labelled a "genocide".

    76 days ago
  • FILE: US President Joe Biden. Picture: AFP

    Biden vows military defence of Taiwan if China invades

    Washington and allies like Japan have framed their tough response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a warning to others, particularly China, about the consequences of unilateral military action.

    78 days ago
  • A health worker takes a swab sample on a man to be tested for COVID-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site along a street in Beijing on 25 April 2022. Picture: Noel Celis/AFP

    Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight COVID outbreak

    Chinese authorities have pressed on with their zero-COVID policy involving lockdowns and mass testing as they battle the biggest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic, with entire neighbourhoods in the capital sealed over handfuls of infections.

    96 days ago
  • This photo taken on 29 April 2022 shows rescuers searching for survivors at a collapsed six-storey building in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province. Picture: CNS/AFP

    Two more survivors pulled from China building collapse, dozens still missing

    The building in Changsha city, Hunan province - which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema - caved in Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole in the dense streetscape.

    99 days ago
  • FILE: China's President Xi Jinping sings the national anthem during the closing session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 11 March 2022. Picture: Leo RAMIREZ/AFP

    China's Xi urges 'all-out' infrastructure push to boost growth

    China's Xi Jinping has called for an 'all-out' campaign to build infrastructure, according to state media, marking the latest attempt by leaders to boost growth in the COVID-battered economy.

    104 days ago
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