投稿者: Agence France-Presse in Beijing
Travel operators say Chinese and North Koreans can now buy tickets for services leaving this weekPassenger train services between China and North Korea are to resume this week, six years after their suspension because of the Covid-19 pandemic, travel o…
Calls for boycott after Swiss watchmaker becomes latest western brand accused of racist imageryThe Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and removed an advert featuring a model pulling the corners of his eyes, after the image prompted accusations of r…
Large crowds gather in city of Jiangyou in Sichuan province after case causes outrage onlineA large protest erupted in the south-western Chinese city of Jiangyou, videos on social media have shown, after the beating of a young girl by three other teena…
Traveller stopped by customs as he sought to slip out of Hong Kong into the border city of ShenzhenA man has been caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country’s cust…
Olaf Scholz says Chinese president agreed to back June peace talks that Russia is not attending while Xi says efforts for a resolution must involve both sidesGermany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, says he has urged Xi Jinping to press Russia to end its “se…
Seven people sentenced to years in prison over 2021 race in Gansu province hit by extreme weatherOrganisers of a 2021 ultramarathon in north-west China during which 21 runners died in extreme weather conditions have been sentenced to years in prison fo…
Suspects admit using excavator to smash hole in Ming-era section in Shanxi province, state media sayTwo people have been detained after using an excavator to dig a hole in the Great Wall of China, said the state broadcaster CCTV.Police in Shanxi provin…
Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang cancelled two hours after its scheduled arrival in BeijingNorth Korea’s national airline’s first commercial flight since it largely closed itself off from the world in early 2020 in response to the Covid pandemic has bee…
Warning companies and individuals could be punished for ‘traditional business activities’ under ambiguous legislationA revised law dramatically expanding China’s definition of espionage has come into force, giving Beijing even more power to punish what…
Director of Changfeng hospital among those detained after deadliest fire in China’s capital since 2002Chinese authorities have said they have detained a dozen people over a hospital fire in Beijing that left at least 29 dead and forced desperate surviv…
Three-day operation comes after Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen met with Kevin McCarthy in CaliforniaChina launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a “stern warning” to the self-ruled island’s government following a meeting b…
Disappearance of China Renaissance chair raises fears of fresh crackdown on China’s finance industryA billionaire Chinese dealmaker has gone missing, plunging one of the country’s top investment banks into turmoil.Bao Fan, the founder and executive dir…
Yang Zijing, 25, apparently detained in Guangzhou after taking part in rallies against harsh restrictionsA young protester has been held in police detention in southern China for nine days after taking part in rallies against Covid restrictions, her mo…
Shanghai and Urumqi to reopen markets and restaurants and loosen public transport restrictionsChinese cities, including the financial hub of Shanghai and Urumqi in the far west, have announced an easing of coronavirus curbs after unprecedented protests…
State media report number of casualties currently unknown in blaze at telecommunications firmA fire engulfed a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha, with authorities saying that no casualties had yet been found.The blaze broke out in a 42…