China
Oscars set to flop in China as Hollywood, politics collide
Beijing-born filmmaker Chloe Zhao, who is touted to win big for her acclaimed American road movie 'Nomadland', has also faced criticism back home after some...
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China weighs carrots and sticks in push to vaccinate millions
Many in China have been slow to sign up for jabs, feeling they are no longer at risk of catching the virus as the country has largely brought domestic outbreaks under control.
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China sentences Uyghur ex-government officials to death for 'separatism'
Shirzat Bawudun, a former head of the Xinjiang department of justice has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on the charge of "splitting the country", according to a statement released Tuesday on the Xinjiang government website.
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At least 11 killed in China holiday weekend bus crash
The truck drove through a barrier on a highway north of Shanghai in Jiangsu province and crashed into the bus around 1 a.m. local time on Sunday (1700 GMT), the Xinhua news agency said.
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China under pressure after WHO chief revives lab leak theory
A report by WHO and Chinese experts released on Tuesday had judged the lab-leak hypothesis highly unlikely, saying the virus behind Covid-19 had probably jumped from bats to humans via an intermediary animal.
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China factory activity rises but analysts warn of 'fragile recovery'
Non-manufacturing PMI made a significant rebound to 56.3, higher than the Bloomberg forecast of 52.0 and pointing to better performance in industries like construction and higher expectations for hard-hit service sectors.
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China approves radical overhaul of Hong Kong's political system
The new measures, which bypassed Hong Kong's legislature and were imposed directly by Beijing, are the latest move aimed at quashing the city's democracy movement after huge protests.
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WHO experts say COVID probably came to humans from animals
But the report, drafted by World Health Organization-appointed international experts and their Chinese counterparts, offers no definitive answers on how the new coronavirus jumped to humans.
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Tough talk at first face-to-face US- China meeting of Biden era
China's actions "threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," Blinken said at the opening of the two-day meeting.
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This is what we still don't know about the origins of COVID-19
Graphic on key questions about the origins of the global pandemic that has killed more then 2.6 million people and devastated economies around the world.
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China asks Alibaba to divest media assets: report
Alibaba is most notably the owner of Hong Kong's leading English-language daily, the South China Morning Post. It also has stakes in China's popular Twitter-like Weibo social media platform and online video platform Bilibili, as well as other media and advertising.
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World awaits China COVID origins report
The coronavirus pandemic has engulfed the planet, killing more than 2.6 million people and shredding the global economy since the first cases emerged in the Chinese city in December 2019.
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China now 'non-compliant' with Hong Kong joint declaration: UK
"The UK now considers Beijing to be in a state of ongoing non-compliance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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LinkedIn China suspends new sign-ups to 'respect law'
The careers-focused site has had a Chinese-language presence since 2014, when it decided to expand by agreeing to stick to strict censorship laws, and now has over 50 million users in the country.
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China launches virus passport
The digital certificate, which shows a user's vaccination status and virus test results, is available for Chinese citizens via a programme on Chinese social media platform WeChat that was launched on Monday.
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China exports spike to highest in decades after COVID-19 hit
Electronics and textile exports such as masks contributed to the spike in outbound shipments.
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Police on high alert after fake vaccines stored in SA
In November last year, the police arrested four foreign nationals at a warehouse in Germiston where they found thousands of fake vaccines and masks meant for the black market.
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Football power by 2050? China dream totters on shaky foundations
Jiangsu FC on Sunday said they had "ceased operations" -- just three months after winning the Chinese Super League -- in a move described as "shocking" by state media.
