China

Analysts say infection peak possibly already reached while global health experts predict over a million deaths in 2023

This Lunar New Year public holiday will be the first since 2020 without domestic travel restrictions

Under 25-year contract, company will invest $150m a year, increase to $540m in 3 years

Hong Kong followed China’s tough zero-COVID policy until the middle of 2022

China reports daily COVID deaths in single figures while hospitals are filled and funeral homes overwhelmed

WHO says China under-reporting virus deaths as govt plays down the severity of the situation

WHO seeks data as reports claim virus spreading fast after China policy U-turn

China’s GDP for the whole year is expected to exceed 120 trillion yuan

Funeral parlours report a spike in demand, international health experts predict at least one million deaths

Monday was a public holiday, but traffic in the capital has built up again

China and the US must pursue dialogue to avoid the mistakes made during the Cold War, Wang Yi said

In a speech to mark the New Year, Xi says country overcame unprecedented difficulties in the battle against pandemic

CPEC has created 192,000 jobs, 6000MW of power supply, 510km of highway, and 886km of transmission line

China's President says Beijing and Moscow should closely coordinate and cooperate in international affairs

Malaysia said it would screen all international arrivals for fever

Encounter forced US air force aircraft to take evasive manoeuvres to avoid collision in international airspace

Travellers from those countries would have to upload their test result on an India government website

Countries including Japan, India and Italy have introduced PCR testing on arrival for Chinese passengers

China's vast countryside in rush to bolster COVID defences

Investors on the fence ahead of year's last derivatives series expiry

Drills include practising how to capture enemy submarine with depth charges and firing artillery at a warship

The lifting of restrictions means COVID is spreading largely unchecked

Despite a record surge of cases, China reported no COVID deaths on the mainland for the five days through Saturday

Not an established practice for the plant to shut down for a year-end holiday

While many have welcomed easing, families and health system were unprepared for resulting surge of infections

NCOC says it is fully prepared to deal with any variant

Pak envoy to China says SCO has become an influential, constructive force in global affairs

Expects half of Shanghai's 25 million population to get infected by the end of the year

Media report claims Beijing engaged in construction over Eldad Reef in northern Spratlys Islands

Berlin has sent its first batch of BioNTech vaccines to be administered initially to German expatriates

The Baihetan hydropower plant is equipped with sixteen 1 GW turbines, makes it the second largest hydroplant in China

Hospitals struggling after government’s sudden decision to lift years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing.

Beijing relaxes mobility curbs, plans to step up support for economy

A hashtag on the topic quickly became the top trending topic on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform on Monday.

Goal of exercise is to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, says Russian Defense Ministry

In China's interbank market, average daily yuan/dollar trading volume fell to about $20 billion last week

China yet to officially report COVID-related deaths since Dec 7

Will sell holdings for at least $772 million

According to projections, cases in China would peak around April 1, when deaths would reach 322,000

The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has hit services from catering to parcel deliveries

Discussions to encourage B2B engagement between Chinese investors and their local counterparts

‘Disputed issues must be resolved amicably by both parties in bilateral talks,’ says German Foreign Ministry spokesman

Japan under $320 billion plan will buy missiles capable of striking China amid ‘Ukraine lesson’

More than 30 local governments have cancelled tenders for services and products related to COVID control

WHO’s emergencies director Mike Ryan warned of the need to ramp up vaccinations in the world’s No. 2 economy.

China 'disappointed in the U.S. trading record', says China's envoy to the WTO Li Chenggang

China has not reported any COVID-related deaths since Dec. 3, before the country started the loosening of curbs

"This terror attack is abominable and China is deeply shocked," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin says

China says situation at its border with India 'generally stable'

In latest easing of COVID curbs controversial 'itinerary code' axed