China sanctions Japanese lawmaker over Taiwan trips
31 March 2026, 00:32 AM
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CLOSE TO TAIWAN STRAIT / China stations jets-turned-drones at six air bases: report
28 March 2026, 03:49 AM
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Exotic pet trade thrives in China despite welfare concerns
25 March 2026, 13:16 PM
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Fireworks shop explosion kills 12 in China
19 February 2026, 02:55 AM
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CIA releases new video appeal for spies in China
14 February 2026, 02:13 AM
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China’s Xi hails ‘fight against corruption’ after top general’s fall
12 February 2026, 01:35 AM
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North China factory explosion kills 8
8 February 2026, 09:46 AM
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China executes 4 more accused Myanmar scam centre leaders
3 February 2026, 03:39 AM
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China warns US attempts to contain it 'doomed to fail'
29 January 2026, 16:41 PM
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China executes 11 linked to Myanmar scam compounds
29 January 2026, 11:24 AM
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China lashed by rains, rising rivers threaten more flooding
Southern China is grappling with days of torrential rain, flash floods, and landslides, prompting authorities to enact emergency plans as swollen rivers threaten further overflow, potentially affecting millions
20 June 2024, 04:54 AM
Chinese #MeToo activist sentenced to 5 years in prison
A Chinese journalist who popularised the country's stalled #MeToo movement was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for "inciting subversion of state power", a group of supporters said
14 June 2024, 09:40 AM
China urges greater BRICS role as Western sanctions mount
China has urged the BRICS bloc of nations to take on greater responsibilities and establish itself as being inclusive to the world, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday, in the wake of Western sanctions and trade restrictions imposed on the country.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Four American educators stabbed in park in northeast China
Says US media and officials
11 June 2024, 05:44 AM
Taiwan detects 23 Chinese aircraft around island
Taiwan’s defence ministry said yesterday it had detected 23 Chinese aircraft around the island in a window of less than three hours.
4 June 2024, 18:00 PM
China lunar probe takes off from Moon carrying samples
A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on Tuesday carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported
4 June 2024, 02:37 AM
China probe successfully lands on far side of Moon
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday -- the latest leap for Beijing's decades-old space programme
2 June 2024, 02:29 AM
Xi promises fairness, justice to Arabs in solving hot spot issues
China wants to work with Arab nations to resolve hot spot issues in ways conducive to upholding fairness, justice and achieving long-term peace and stability, President Xi Jinping said in a speech today that also highlighted the Gaza crisis
30 May 2024, 05:18 AM
Chinese military drills around Taiwan have ended: state media
China's war games around Taiwan have ended, state media said, after two days of exercises that Beijing called a test of its ability to seize the self-ruled island
25 May 2024, 03:19 AM
Eight killed in central China stabbing: state media
A man killed eight people and wounded one more with a knife in central China, state media reported Friday, citing local authorities
24 May 2024, 07:10 AM
China holds war games around Taiwan
China yesterday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games, as it vowed the blood of “independence forces” on the self-ruled island would flow.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM
China's military surrounds Taiwan as 'punishment'
China on Thursday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games aimed at punishing the self-ruled island after its new president vowed to defend democracy
23 May 2024, 06:13 AM
China announces sanctions on US defence firms
China said yesterday it would impose sanctions on a number of US defence firms and several executives over Washington’s “economic coercion” against Chinese companies and its sales of arms to Taiwan.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM
China sanctions ex-US lawmaker and supporter of Taiwan
China has banned former US lawmaker Mike Gallagher from entering the country and taken other measures in response to his words and actions that "interfered in China's internal affairs", the foreign ministry said on Tuesday
21 May 2024, 12:32 PM
'Nice for them': White House jokes about Putin, Xi meeting
The White House said Friday that it had not seen any surprising advance in relations between China and Russia despite Vladimir Putin exchanging a hug with Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing
18 May 2024, 03:03 AM
Despite Western pressure, China in no hurry to reduce Russia support
Despite Western calls on China to cut its support for Moscow's war against Ukraine by limiting supplies of dual-use materials and weapons components to Russia, Beijing has no interest in dropping its backing for President Vladimir Putin, analysts say
17 May 2024, 04:40 AM
Putin meets Xi in Beijing seeking greater support for war effort
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing as he seeks greater support from China for his war effort in Ukraine and his isolated economy
16 May 2024, 02:30 AM
Xi criticises Nato ahead of Serbia visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday criticised Nato for its “flagrant” bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia in 1999, warning Beijing would “never allow such tragic history to repeat itself”.
7 May 2024, 18:00 PM
China hospital attack leaves two dead, 21 wounded
An attack at a hospital in southwest China left more than 10 people dead or wounded on Tuesday, according to state media, which did not specify the nature of the attack
7 May 2024, 06:55 AM
Taiwan detects 26 Chinese aircraft, five ships around island
Taiwan's defence ministry said Friday it had detected 26 Chinese aircraft and five naval vessels around the self-ruled island in the previous 24 hours
3 May 2024, 04:09 AM