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March 15, 2021, 2:47 PM

Flights canceled amid China's worst sandstorm in a decade

Beijing and parts of northern China hit by a major sandstorm, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
March 15, 2021, 2:47 PM
Flights canceled amid China's worst sandstorm in a decade
March 14, 2021, 12:22 AM

UK criticizes China for violating Sino-British Declaration

Beijing keeps further tightening its control over Hong Kong.
March 14, 2021, 12:22 AM
March 12, 2021, 11:15 AM

China hits back at US criticism of Hong Kong election change

A Chinese official has hit back at U.S. criticism of planned election law changes in Hong Kong, noting the chaos surrounding the recent American presidential election
March 12, 2021, 11:15 AM
China hits back at US criticism of Hong Kong election change
March 12, 2021, 12:38 AM

China approves plan to tighten control of Hong Kong elections so that only ‘patriots’ run the city

China’s parliament has endorsed electoral reforms that pave the way for Hong Kong's biggest shake-up since the former British colony was handed back to China in 1997.
March 12, 2021, 12:38 AM
China approves plan to tighten control of Hong Kong elections
March 6, 2021, 4:01 AM

China moves to overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system in ‘great leap backwards’ for city’s democracy

China's decision-makers could grant Beijing vetoing powers over selecting Hong Kong lawmakers in an effort to wipe out pro-democracy politicians.
March 6, 2021, 4:01 AM
China to change Hong Kong’s electoral system in ‘leap backwards’ for city's democracy
March 5, 2021, 1:59 PM

Pro-Beijing committee to elect some Hong Kong legislators

The move is part of Beijing’s planned revamp of Hong Kong’s electoral system.
March 5, 2021, 1:59 PM
Pro-Beijing committee to elect some Hong Kong legislators
March 5, 2021, 12:01 PM

China sets moderate new energy goals for climate change

China, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, has announced generally moderate new energy and climate targets that give little sign that it will step up its pace in combatting climate change
March 5, 2021, 12:01 PM
China sets moderate new energy goals for climate change
March 1, 2021, 8:28 PM

47 Hong Kong activists and politicians charged for state subversion, most severe use of the national security law to date

Hong Kong is a step closer to being left without a democratic opposition camp, as authorities brought charges against 47 activists for conspiracy to commit subversion.
March 1, 2021, 8:28 PM
47 Hong Kong activists and politicians charged for state subversion
March 1, 2021, 10:10 AM

EXPLAINER: How a primary got Hong Kong activists in trouble

Hong Kong democracy supporters are being locked up in jail.
March 1, 2021, 10:10 AM
EXPLAINER: How a primary got Hong Kong activists in trouble
February 26, 2021, 1:31 PM

UN rights chief cites 'need' to assess rights in Xinjiang

The United Nations’ human rights chief has cited the need for an “independent and comprehensive assessment” of the rights situation in China’s Xinjiang region
February 26, 2021, 1:31 PM
UN rights chief cites 'need' to assess rights in Xinjiang
February 23, 2021, 11:58 AM

Improper storage, use of explosives killed 10 Chinese miners

Investigators say improper storage and use of explosives caused a massive blast at a gold mine in eastern China that killed 10 people last month
February 23, 2021, 11:58 AM
Improper storage, use of explosives killed 10 Chinese miners
February 22, 2021, 1:30 PM

China urges US to lift trade restrictions, stop interference

China wants freedom to act in areas such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet.
February 22, 2021, 1:30 PM
1 month ago

China considers new actions to lift flagging birthrate

China is considering additional measures to increase its flagging birthrate, more than four years after ending its controversial one-child policy
1 month ago
China considers new actions to lift flagging birthrate
1 month ago

China defends use of Twitter, Facebook in virus campaign

The Chinese government has defended its use of Twitter and Facebook, following a report that it used its growing social media presence to spread disinformation about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic
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China steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers

China's internet watchdog is cracking down further on online speech, issuing a requirement that bloggers and influencers have a government-approved credential before they can publish on certain topics
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Australian leader dismisses reports of China-built city

Chinese company reportedly plans a new industrial island city near Australia.
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UK strips Chinese state-owned TV channel of broadcast permit

The U.K. has stripped China’s state-owned TV channel of its broadcasting license, after an investigation found the license holder lacked editorial control and had links to China’s ruling Communist Party
1 month ago
UK strips China's state media channel of broadcast license
2 months ago

Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the territory last summer.
2 months ago
2 months ago

Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory last summer.
2 months ago
2 months ago

China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines

China is trying to spread doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines and the origin of the coronavirus as a World Health Organization-selected team of scientists is in the city where the pandemic began
2 months ago
China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines
2 months ago

Chinese gold miners rescued after being trapped 1,000 feet underground for 2 weeks

ABC News Senior Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell has more on the explosion that left the miners trapped under 70 tons of debris. Ten other miners did not survive.
2 months ago
Chinese gold miners rescued after being trapped 1,000 feet underground for 2 weeks
2 months ago

Chinese miners rescued after 2 weeks underground

Rescuers pulled 11 gold miners to safety after being trapped underground since Jan. 10 in Shandong Province. Despite the rescue, 10 of the miners were found dead.
2 months ago
Chinese miners rescued after 2 weeks underground
2 months ago

China's Xi calls for unity in fighting virus, climate change

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for cooperation in fighting the twin challenges of the pandemic and climate change in an address to the World Economic Forum
2 months ago
China's Xi calls for unity in fighting virus, climate change
2 months ago

9 workers found dead in China gold mine explosions

Chinese officials say rescuers have found the bodies of nine workers killed in explosions at a gold mine, raising the death toll to 10
2 months ago
9 workers found dead in China mine explosion
2 months ago

US reaffirms Taiwan support after China sends warplanes

China sent warplanes near the island in an apparent attempt to intimidate.
2 months ago
2 months ago

WHO experts tweet from Wuhan quarantine ahead of much-anticipated mission into virus origins

It’s a question that has generated yearlong discord between China and the West: how did this virus that plunged the world into crisis begin in the first place?
2 months ago
WHO experts tweet from Wuhan quarantine ahead of mission into virus origins
2 months ago

US calls China's abuses of Muslim minorities 'genocide' and 'crimes against humanity'

On its last day, the Trump administration on Tuesday called China's abuses of Muslim minorities "genocide" and "crimes against humanity."
2 months ago
US calls China's abuses of Muslim minorities 'genocide' and 'crimes against humanity'
2 months ago

Deaths, self-immolation draw scrutiny on China tech giants

The e-commerce workers and delivery people who kept China fed during the pandemic while making their billionaire bosses even richer are so unhappy with their pay and treatment that one just set himself on fire in protest
2 months ago
2 months ago

China demands US lift Xinjiang cotton, tomato import ban

China has demanded Washington drop a ban on cotton and tomato imports from its Muslim northwest over complaints they are produced by forced labor, which a spokesman dismissed as the “lie of the century.”
2 months ago
China demands US lift Xinjiang cotton, tomato import ban
2 months ago

China pandemic control goes rural ahead of Lunar New Year

China is concentrating its pandemic prevention efforts in the rural areas as officials urge people to not travel home for the annual Lunar New Year festival while the country combats its most serious latest outbreak of COVID-19
2 months ago
China pandemic control goes rural ahead of Lunar New Year
2 months ago

China says will defend self over UK Xinjiang labor measures

China says it will defend itself against a British government demand that companies ensure their supply chains are free from forced labor or face punishing fines
2 months ago
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Rescuers seek to free 22 following China mine explosion

Rescuers are seeking to free 22 Chinese workers trapped underground for more than two days following an explosion at a partially built gold mine
2 months ago
Rescuers seek to free 22 following China mine explosion
2 months ago

Australia, US, UK, Canada criticize Hong Kong mass arrests

The foreign ministers of Australia, the United States, Great Britain and Canada have issued a joint statement expressing serious concern about the arrest of 55 democracy activists and supporters in Hong Kong last week
2 months ago
Australia, US, UK, Canada criticize Hong Kong mass arrests
2 months ago

Pompeo voids restrictions on diplomatic contacts with Taiwan

Move is expected to upset China as the Trump administration winds to an end.
2 months ago
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Chinese court finds #MeToo allegations defamed journalist

In a potential blow to the #MeToo movement in China, a court has found that two former journalists defamed a third journalist by publishing an account accusing him of sexual misconduct
2 months ago
2 convicted of defamation in blow to China's #MeToo movement
2 months ago

China criticizes US order against dealing with Chinese apps

China is accusing Washington of misusing national security as an excuse to hurt commercial competitors after President Donald Trump signed an order banning transactions with payment services Alipay and WeChat Pay and six other apps
2 months ago
China criticizes US order against dealing with Chinese apps
2 months ago

Hong Kong police arrest over 50 opposition figures, including American lawyer, in national security crackdown

Dozens of Hong Kong opposition figures, including an American lawyer, were detained Wednesday under a controversial national security law that imposed by China last year.
2 months ago
Hong Kong police arrest over 50 opposition figures, including US lawyer
2 months ago

Where is Jack Ma, China's e-commerce pioneer?

China’s best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, hasn't been seen in public since he angered regulators with an October speech
2 months ago
2 months ago

Where is Jack Ma, China's e-commerce pioneer?

China’s best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, hasn't been seen in public since he angered regulators with an October speech
2 months ago
Where is Jack Ma, China's e-commerce pioneer?
2 months ago

Missing and incarcerated: What is happening within China’s borders?

COVID-19 travel bans have only further obscured China’s alleged human rights abuses, but experts say it’s “business as usual” behind the iron curtains.
2 months ago
Missing and incarcerated: What is happening within China’s borders?
2 months ago

Billionaire entrepreneur 'missing' after criticizing Chinese government

Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, has not been seen in public since he delivered a speech critical of China’s economic policies in October.
2 months ago
Billionaire entrepreneur 'missing' after criticizing Chinese government
2 months ago

Tibetans in exile vote in India for their political leader

Hundreds of Tibetans braved rain, cold in India’s northern city of Dharmsala.
2 months ago
3 months ago

China's most powerful solid rocket booster engine succeeds

The rocket engine was ignited for more than 130 seconds during tests.
3 months ago
China's most powerful solid rocket booster engine succeeds
3 months ago

US investigating unconfirmed intel that China offered bounties on American troops

President Donald Trump has been briefed about the uncorroborated intelligence, the official said.
3 months ago
US investigating unconfirmed intel that China offered bounties on American troops
3 months ago

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed after bail revoked

Prosecutors asked the city’s top judges to send him back to detention.
3 months ago
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail revoked
3 months ago

China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years

The man was charged with “picking fights and provoking trouble."
3 months ago
Lawyer who reported on virus outbreak in China sentenced to 4 years
3 months ago

Shanghai police say suspect detained in games tycoon's death

Police in Shanghai say a suspect has been detained in the death by possible poisoning of the billionaire founder of a Chinese video game company that is producing films based on popular science fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem.”
3 months ago
Shanghai police say suspect detained in games tycoon's death
3 months ago

Trials begin for 10 charged with fleeing from Hong Kong

10 are accused of attempting to flee Hong Kong amid a crackdown on dissent.
3 months ago
Trials begin for 10 charged in Hong Kong flight case
3 months ago

At least 7 killed in knife attack in northeastern China

Chinese media say at least seven people were killed and another seven injured in a knife attack in the northeast
3 months ago
At least 7 killed in knife attack in northeastern China
3 months ago

China lowers age of criminal liability to 12 for some crimes

China has lowered the age of criminal responsibility for some serious crimes from 14 to 12, as it looks to combat juvenile crime committed by children
3 months ago