China

The Covid-zero policy is the most "economic and effective" for China and the country is capable of achieving its goal of stamping out infection, said President Xi Jinping on a visit to Wuhan, the city where the virus was first detected in…

The Chinese city of Dandong, which borders North Korea, warned on Sunday (June 26) of a persistent risk of new Covid-19 flare ups as it gradually opens up from a weeks-long lockdown. The city reported seven asymptomatic cases for…

China is launching an investigation into a group of police officials over their handling of an attack on female diners at a restaurant, an incident that prompted an outpouring of stories from women in the country who said they had been…

India is expected to push back against an anticipated effort by Chinese President Xi Jinping to use this year's Brics summit as a platform to highlight his efforts to build an alternative to the US-led global order, Indian officials with…

Beijing is tightening its zero-Covid rules, mandating that kids show a negative test result to enter parks in China's capital. Children older than three will need to show a green health code on the system that controls people's…

China's manufacturing hub of Guangdong raised its flood warning to the highest level due to the worst rains in decades, spurring more evacuations and threatening further supply chain disruptions in an economy reeling from lockdowns related…

Shanghai’s weekend Covid-19 testing blitz found the virus seemingly contained, after a spike in cases last week had fanned concern the city would be plunged back into lockdown. The financial hub reported 13 Covid cases for Sunday (June…

Taiwan has the ability to strike China’s capital with homegrown supersonic missiles, the head of Taipei’s legislative assembly said, also claiming the island is taking pointers from the Ukrainian armed forces amid Russia’s ongoing attack.…

Beijing recorded more than 50 Covid-19 cases for the fifth day in a row as the authorities crack down on venues linked to the outbreak, including starting a criminal probe into management of a bar at the center of the latest flare-up.…

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has reiterated that the US will stand by its allies and partners in the Asia Pacific as he accused China of “provocative and destabilizing” military activity around Taiwan, and an increasingly…