China’s censorship of top livestreamer introduces fans to Tiananmen Square massacre
But this year, those attempts backfired, drawing attention to and prompting questions about the massacre from previously oblivious young Chinese...
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China launches third crewed mission to new space station
The astronauts lifted off on the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft at 10:44 a.m. local time, launched by a Long March 2F rocket...
Six arrested as Hong Kong snuffs out Tiananmen vigil, but memories live on
For the second year in a row, the sea of candlelight that used to illuminate Hong Kong's Victoria Park every...
One dead, 8 injured after high-speed train derails in southern China
The train derailed at 10:30am local time after hitting debris from a landslide that was on the track while it...
Shanghai declares zero-Covid milestone but residents cast doubt on reopening
"Zero-Covid at the community level" means infections are no longer found outside centralized quarantine facilities or neighborhoods under the strictest...
Beijing shuts Universal Studios, bans restaurant dining in major escalation of Covid restrictions
The Labor Day holiday, which started on Saturday this year, has traditionally been a busy time for mass travel and...
Beijing tests 20 million residents amid ‘fast and furious’ Omicron outbreak
The Chinese capital started testing all residents of Chaoyang, a bustling district home to the business center and foreign embassies,...
Beijing races to contain ‘urgent and grim’ Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues
Beijing officials said at a press briefing Saturday that they were tracking cases across multiple districts and involving students, tour...
Analysis: China’s global hubs get less global as Covid isolation bites
But in recent weeks, they have become synonymous with a much grimmer reality, as authorities in the two international finance...
Shanghai reports first official Covid deaths in weeks-long lockdown
Three elderly people aged between 89 and 91 died from Covid on Sunday, after their condition deteriorated in hospital, the...
China is sending its most advanced fighter jet to patrol disputed seas
Early versions of the J-20 stealth jet used Russian engines -- but those have since been replaced with domestically-produced twin...
There’s no end in sight for China’s Covid lockdowns. Here’s what you need to know
Since March, China has battled its biggest Covid wave yet, with Shanghai now the largest hotspot. All 25 million residents...
Analysis: In China’s ‘zero-Covid’ lockdowns, patients with other diseases are struggling to survive
She'd taken him to the hospital designated for residents whose housing blocks -- like theirs -- had positive Covid-19 cases,...
Australian TV host set to stand trial in China for allegedly supplying state secrets overseas
Cheng Lei, a former business anchor of China's state broadcaster CGTN, is accused of illegally supplying state secrets overseas, a...
All 132 people on board China airliner reported dead in Monday’s crash
The Boeing 737 crashed in the mountains in southern China's Guangxi region Monday afternoon, according to the Civil Aviation Administration...
Analysis: China doesn’t have a Covid exit plan. Two years in, people are fed up and angry
Restricted borders, constant digital tracking, and the potential for mass testing and snap lockdowns whenever a handful of cases appeared...
A mother, a fiancé, a friend. China mourns air crash victims
Awaiting their arrival, those loved ones were instead met with horror after China Eastern Airlines flight 5735, en route from...
China to allow gene-edited crops in push for food security
Gene editing -- or altering the genes of a plant to change or improve its performance -- is viewed by...
Chinese officials punished for covering up true scale of deadly floods
The flooding in the city of Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan province, left 398 people dead or missing. Torrential rains...
Beijing’s Olympic ‘bubble’ will be the most ambitious Covid quarantine ever attempted. Will it work?
Having been largely sealed off from the world for two years, Beijing is bracing itself for the arrival of thousands...
