China pushed back against the United States in its speech at the UN General Assembly yeterday, saying sovereignty of countries in the Gulf should be respected and urging the “relevant country” to stop threatening Cuba and lift its blockade on it.

China's leader Xi Jinping will visit the United States this week for talks with President Donald Trump, Beijing confirmed today.

Twenty-five people died in a fire aboard a foreign cargo vessel undergoing repairs at a state-owned shipyard in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao yesterday, state media reported.

China’s President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in a phone call yesterday that their countries should find ways to deepen cooperation despite their “differences”, Beijing’s state media said.

The nationality breakdown was the first from the Chinese side since the collapse of a glacier on Wednesday unleashed a torrent of ice, rock, mud and debris down Himalayan rivers.

Five people were killed after a roof and a wall at a village home collapsed during a dinner party in China's southwestern Sichuan province from accumulated rainwater, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

China’s coast guard conducted patrols it described as routine law enforcement in waters east of Taiwan yesterday, angering Taipei, which condemned the move as a political operation aimed at expanding Beijing’s control.

Typhoon Noul made landfall in China early Sunday morning, state media reported, lashing a stretch of the southern coast with strong winds and rain in the fiercest storm to hit the country this year

The fire broke out in Jinjiang in Fujian province

Natural disasters are common across China, particularly in the summer, when some regions experience intense rainfall while others bake in scorching heat

A pilot was killed when his small aircraft crashed into Beijing's tallest building, with 13 people also injured, Chinese authorities said on Saturday

China imposed export controls on 10 US companies involved in defence and rare earths mining in response to Washington’s blacklist of Chinese firms, Beijing said yesterday.

Chinese authorities have launched an investigation after local media reported that a rash-causing irritant had been found in nappies from brands including Huggies, Beijing’s market watchdog said yesterday.

The 10 entities include Aveox, which holds aerospace defence contracts with the US military, and Oshkosh Defense, which produces military vehicle fleets

The van, which had a maximum capacity of nine passengers but was carrying 16, hit the rear of the truck while on an expressway in Henan province at 2:40 am

China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the Moon by 2030, state media said

A total of 247 workers were underground at the time of the blast, which occurred at 7:29 pm (1129 GMT) on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province, according to state news agency Xinhua.

Russian President Vladimir Putin set off to Beijing yesterday for talks with his Chinese counterpart and his “long-time good friend” Xi Jinping, intending to show their ties are unshakeable days after a visit by Donald Trump.

Over 7,000 people evacuated as rescue efforts continue

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung says China is raising regional 'risks'