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Highs 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…
Residents 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…
Public 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 …
White 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…
Fast-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…
Extreme 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 …
Activist 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…
China 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…
Researcher says 500,000 rural workers trained for factories this year in programme likened to Xinjiang operationsChinese authorities are dramatically expanding a mass labour programme in Tibet, which analysts have compared to alleged forced labour oper…
Taipei speaks of ‘real possibility’ of war as US undersecretary for economic affairs pays visit that Beijing regards as provocativeTaiwan’s foreign minister has called for the international community to help defend his country against an intensifying m…
Move follows mass buying of shares in show of support for firm’s owner, Jimmy Lai, when he was arrested last monthHong Kong police have arrested 15 people in relation to the mass buying of Next Digital shares last month as a show of support for the com…
State department has been revoking visas since 1 June after Trump order to tackle intellectual property theftThe US has revoked the visas of more than 1,00 Chinese students and researchers it said had ties to the Chinese military, accusing some of espi…
The 500kg missile system was revealed days after the highest-level US visit to Taiwan in four decadesA new Chinese weapons system has been unveiled on state media amid growing tensions with Taiwan and the US.Chinese state TV ran reports over the weeken…
Leading pro-democracy figure detained over alleged foreign collusion as police search Apple Daily officesProfile: a pro-democracy tycoon who is not afraid to take on BeijingOne of Hong Kong’s most strident pro-democracy figures has been arrested and th…
The decision is ‘an assault on fundamental freedoms’, says Hong Kong Watch, as democracy deterioratesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Hong Kong government has postponed its upcoming elections for one year, citing the grow…