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Japan defeats China 2-0 to extend winning streak in World Cup qualifiers

Lead-up to Winter Games has been clouded by diplomatic boycotts

Experts think a metaverse with Chinese characters will be monitored by Chinese authorities, stunting its growth.

All three men are suspected of accepting bribes and ‘illegally receiving assets of massive value’

China aims to regulate the protection of minors against food product ads containing hints of pornography.

Spokesperson Zhao says many livelihood projects implemented in last three and a half years

Development comes after Islamabad decided to compensate victims of a terror attack on the dam

Move comes after number of Covid-19 cases in host country reaches its highest since March 2020

Number of patients in China rises to highest since March 2020

Chinese president says compared with powerful countries, country's digital economy is big but not strong

US military operations in the landlocked country left behind a legacy of destruction that still endangers lives today

Ms Wang calls her date's food 'mediocre' and describes him as being 'as silent as a wooden mannequin'

Head of Human Rights Watch, calling on more countries to join diplomatic boycott over rights abuses by China

Fears are growing about host country’s largest domestic Omicron cluster in Tianjin

China's auto sales grew for the first time since 2017, boosted partly by an increase of 1.5 in sales of NEVs.

North Korea decides to skip next month’s Beijing Olympics due to pandemic and “hostile forces’ moves

China commissioned its first nuclear-powered 'artificial sun', which will provide clean energy through nuclear fusion.

WHO says city’s air pollution is far below acceptable with a month left in Olympics

Thousands of Games-related staff will be cocooned for weeks in ‘closed loop’

Boycotts, Covid, and controversy mar build-up to Winter Games in China

China plans to build four mega clusters of data centres in the north and west of the country, to meet data needs.

In the upcoming year, China has decided to cut its subsidies on new energy vehicles by 30%.

Head of World Athletics feels political boycotts are pointless and ineffective

After US sanctions on China, Huawei expects 2021 revenue to have declined 30% with more upcoming challenges.

Taiwan has emerged as a key factor in strained relations between China and the United States

February’s Winter Games will almost entirely need artificial snow for events

Ride-hailing app, Didi reported a 1.7% decline in third-quarter revenue after regulatory crackdown in China.

Samsung and Micron warn that the lockdown in China's Xian, could disrupt their memory chip manufacturing.

China's regulator said that it will improve copyright protection livestreaming, e-commerce, and sports events by 2025.

Islamabad and Beijing express satisfaction on steady progress made on various projects

Chinese envoy says CPEC marked great achievements despite Covid-19 challenges

Geely Holding will make EVs for Waymo with a self-driving unit, to be used as autonomous ride-hailing cars.

Xian reports 150 new local symptomatic coronavirus cases, a slight drop from the previous day's 155

Satellites from Starlink Internet Services had two 'close encounters' with Chinese space station on July 1 and Oct. 21

Beijing has been ‘playing’ Western countries against one another, says Canadian PM

World Athletics chooses second Chinese city to host Diamond League despite concerns over country’s human rights record

2022 event hosts ready for outbreaks with plans to place symptomatic athletes to hospitals

WTA says Chinese star’s interview still doesn’t ease concerns about her ‘well-being’

Alibaba aims to focus on its e-commerce abroad instead of at home, as its sales drop in China.

Govt also yet to open a revolving fund that will have deposits equal to 21% of power generation cost

IOC official Pound says ‘there’s nothing wrong’ with Winter Games hosts from sporting perspective

IOC president says ‘participation of athletes’ in 2022 Beijing Olympics is all that matters

Alibaba faced new competition in the market as its CMR declined while annual revenue growth slowed.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman says 2022 Winter Games are ‘not a stage for political shows’

'An extensive cloud-seeding operation was carried out on July 1, 2021 to ensure clear skies and low air pollution'

Diplomatic sources say certain issues are making it difficult for Islamabad to make final call

President Joe Biden said last month that he was considering such a diplomatic boycott

US President Joe Biden says he was considering a diplomatic boycott to protest China's human rights record

David Haggerty says world governing body ‘doesn’t want to punish a billion people’

Chinese tech giants are under siege from authorities in Beijing and regulators in America