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Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed deepening ties between their countries in talks Friday, despite signs of Beijing’s impatience over the wider political and economic impact of Russia’s struggling invasion of…

BEIJING: The US military says a Chinese navy fighter jet flew dangerously close to an Air Force reconnaissance plane over the South China Seaearlier this month, forcing the American pilot to maneuver to avoid a collision.US Indo-Pacific…

BEIJING: Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country's wave of infections is not being…

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, and while recent protests there are not a threat to Communist Party rule, they could affect his personal…

BEIJING: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country out of isolation after the crushing of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, has died, state…

BEIJING: Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests after crowds angered by its severe “zero Covid” restrictions called for President Xi…

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Cuban counterpart pledged mutual support over their fellow communist states' “core interests” on Friday at a meeting further hailing a return to face-to-face diplomacy by Beijing. In comments…

BEIJING: Covid control restrictions now weigh on a fifth of China's economy as infections continue their upward march, defying the central government's call for more targeted, less disruptive Covid Zeromeasures. There were 27,307 new…

BEIJING: New Covid cases in Beijing jumped to the highest level in more than five months, with officials alarmed by infections being found outside of quarantine that show the virus is still spreading in the community. The capital…

Some of China’s most persistent virus hotspots have been locked down for weeks, and in some cases months, showing the limitations of the country’s contentious Covid Zeropolicy. Xinjiang reported the fourth-highest number of new cases…