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China ends quarantine requirements for overseas travelers amid soaring COVID-19 cases
Jan 08, 2023 05:49China has officially scrapped its quarantine requirements for inbound travelers after nearly three years, despite struggling with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases.
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Afghanistan's Taliban govt. signs oil extraction deal with Chinese company
Jan 06, 2023 12:14The de-facto Taliban government in Kabul has signed a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's northern Sar-e Pul Province amid efforts to revive the fledgling economy.
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US warship sails through Taiwan Strait amid rising tensions with China
Jan 06, 2023 11:59A US warship on Thursday sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, prompting strong criticism from Beijing amid frayed ties between the two countries.
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German politicians due in Taipei as West escalates China tensions
Jan 06, 2023 03:36Germany will send a high-ranking parliamentary delegation to Taipei next week, a move highly likely to spark tensions with China.
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China, UAE ask UN Security Council to meet over Israeli far-right minister's visit to al-Aqsa Mosque
Jan 04, 2023 05:43The United Arab Emirates and China have called on the UN Security Council to meet publicly after Israel's new far-right “national security” minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds, in an intrusion that the Palestinian leadership called “an unprecedented provocation.”
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US deliberately misleads public opinion, China says
Jan 02, 2023 03:38China’s Defense Ministry says the United States distorted facts following a recent confrontation between a Chinese military plane and an American air force reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea.
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Canada, Australia, Spain & Morocco join countries imposing COVID restrictions on Chinese travelers
Jan 01, 2023 04:52Canada, Australia, Spain, and Morocco have become the latest countries to impose travel restrictions on arrivals from China following a surge in COVID-19 cases there.
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China to US: Stop selling arms to Taiwan
Dec 31, 2022 03:13China has called on the US to stop holding talks with military officials from Taiwan and to refrain from selling weapons to the self-ruled island.
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Putin speaks to Xi, calls for deepening military cooperation with China
Dec 30, 2022 11:50Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Moscow is keen to ramp up its military cooperation with Beijing as part of joint efforts to counter Western interventions in the region.
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Philippines, China agree to avoid ‘miscalculation’ over South China Sea
Dec 30, 2022 02:51The Philippines and China will avoid “miscalculation” in the disputed South China Sea, Manila says, ahead of a summit between the presidents of the two countries in the Chinese capital next week.