China

February 04, 2023

China surveillance balloon soars over US, deflates hopes for diplomatic thaw

The Chinese balloon, of the size of three buses, laced with a significant number of payloads will probably be over the United States for a few days, the Pentagon said.

February 03, 2023
Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over the United States

The incident recalls the lengths to which Beijing and Washington have been willing to go to spy on each other amid rising tensions between the superpowers.
January 17, 2023
China records 1st recent population decline as births plunge

The last time China is believed to have recorded a population decline was during the Great Leap Forward at the end of the 1950s.
January 14, 2023
China reports huge rise in COVID-related deaths after data criticism

A health official said on Saturday that COVID fever and emergency hospitalisations had peaked and the number of hospitalised patients was continuing to decline.
January 13, 2023
China COVID peak to last 2-3 months, hit rural areas next -expert

Infections are expected to surge in rural areas as hundreds of millions travel to their home towns for the Lunar New Year holidays, which officially start from Jan. 21, known before the pandemic as the world's largest annual migration of people.
January 10, 2023
In rural eastern China, not testing for COVID becomes the norm

Health experts and countries such as the United States and Japan have expressed concern over how the virus is largely unchecked across the world's most populous country.
January 08, 2023
China scraps travel restrictions for passengers amid Covid outbreak

The complete scrapping of the travel rules comes at a time China is grappling with a sudden spurt in coronavirus infections.

China

China surveillance balloon soars over US, deflates hopes for diplomatic thaw

Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over the United States

China records 1st recent population decline as births plunge

China reports huge rise in COVID-related deaths after data criticism

China COVID peak to last 2-3 months, hit rural areas next -expert

In rural eastern China, not testing for COVID becomes the norm

China scraps travel restrictions for passengers amid Covid outbreak

China COVID outbreak stokes global worries as Beijing rallies citizens

Dalai Lama flags resurgence of Buddhism in China

WHO asks China to regularly share data on COVID-19 situation