A Chinese woman has become an overnight sensation after she posted video diaries documenting her life after being stuck at a blind date’s house. Wang went for dinner on Sunday at her blind date’s residence in the central Chinese city...
China has dramatically tightened travel restrictions as it seeks to control the country’s worst outbreak in months, with hundreds of Delta variant cases linked to airport employees. The latest outbreak has so far infected more than 400 people in 25...
Press groups have expressed alarm at the worsening intimidation of foreign media in China, often driven by government officials and organisations. As recovery and rescue efforts continue in Henan province after last week’s deadly floods, groups including Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and...
Four people were killed when a man detonated a homemade bomb in a village government office in southern China, authorities said, in a rare act of violent social protest. A 59-year-old man suspected of being responsible for the explosive device was...
This is the first time that Beijing has publicly admitted to military losses resulting from the bloody confrontation. The fighting took place in the Galwan Valley in India's Ladakh region, where Indian and Chinese soldiers were said to have fought each...
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) flew into Taiwan’s air defence zone hundreds of times 2020, increasing towards the end of the year, according to reports. The activity has been seen as a sign of high tensions between Beijing and Taiwan....
Chinese bombers and fighter jets have entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone for the second day in a row in an unusual and provocative escalation of its military activities that has prompted the Joe Biden administration’s first public remarks on its relationship...
Attempts by Chinese authorities to shift the narrative around Covid-19’s origins have reignited on social media this week after a government spokesperson revived a conspiracy theory that it came from a US army lab. Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for the foreign affairs...
As most of the world celebrated New Year’s Eve under strict guidelines for smaller gatherings or none at all, Wuhan, the place where coronavirus is believed to have originated, saw massive crowds come together in the city with balloons and jubilant scenes for the countdown...
Chinese authorities have formally indicted 10 of the 12 activists arrested in August while attempting to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan by boat. Late on Wednesday the Yantian District People’s Procuratorate said two of the 12 were accused of organising an illegal...
