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Reproach comes as Taiwan says it has detected a large number of Chinese aircraft crossing into its air defence identification zoneTaiwan is “not for sale”, the island’s foreign minister has said in a stern rebuke to Elon Musk, who asserted Taiwan was a…
Read MoreClean-up operations continue after rainfall destroys infrastructure and floods entire districts in aftermath of Typhoon DoksuriAt least 14 people are dead after torrential rain hit China’s north-eastern Jilin province, state media has reported, in the …
Read MoreFerdinand Marcos Jr and Joe Biden are expected to discuss the security situation in the South China SeaThe president of the Philippines is meeting his US counterpart in Washington as the two countries draw closer together against what they say is growi…
Read MoreUN rights chief voices concern over sentencing of Ding Jiaxi and Xu ZhiyongThe UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, has said he is “very concerned” after China sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to more than a decade each in jail.Xu Zhiyong an…
Read MoreUS officials who tracked balloon from launch on Hainan island reportedly examining possibility that unusual weather took it over North AmericaThe US is reportedly examining the possibility that the Chinese spy balloon was pushed off course by strong wi…
Read MoreAnnouncements ordered the removal of ‘control orders’ and to designate areas as low riskAuthorities have abruptly lifted Covid restrictions in the Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Chongqing, where protesters scuffled with police on Tuesday night, as pol…
Read MoreRussian leader seems keen to curry favour with Chinese president as battlefield setbacks and sanctions biteRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesSee all our Ukraine coverageVladimir Putin has told Xi Jinping that he understands China’s “questions and conc…
Read MoreHighs of over 40C in Chengdu dry up hydropower reservoirs and raise demand for air conditioningA provincial capital in south-west China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy as the area struggles with a po…
Read MoreResidents hope to avoid Shanghai-style shortages as Chinese authorities rush to stamp out outbreak in the capitalFollow all our coronavirus coverageBeijingers were flooding supermarkets to stock up on food on Monday, hoping to avoid Shanghai-style shor…
Read MorePublic transport halted and cars banned in Yuzhou as China pursues zero-Covid strategy ahead of Winter OlympicsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThree asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 were enough for Chinese authorities to lock …
Read MoreWhite House says leaders agree to engage ‘openly and straightforwardly’ amid US frustration at lack of progress in relationsJoe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have spoken in their first phone call for seven months, amid continuing tensi…
Read MoreFast-spreading Delta variant has reached more than 20 cities in biggest outbreak in monthsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people have been confined to their homes in China as the country tries to contain its larg…
Read MoreExtreme rainstorms are continuing their path of destruction, dumping 260mm on the city of Xinxiang in just two hoursThousands of people remain trapped in areas of central China as floods continue to batter the region after record-breaking rainfall. At …
Read MoreActivist Joshua Wong separately sentenced over Tiananmen vigil protest in 2020A court in Hong Kong has sentenced three people to years in jail on riot convictions, despite no evidence they were actually involved in rioting. In a separate case, the acti…
Read MoreChina has put three cities near Beijing into lockdown in bid to prevent fresh outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has recorded the highest one-day case total in more than five months, according to the National Heal…
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