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WHO chief ‘very concerned’ over COVID situation in China Can health care withstand a new COVID-19 variant? WHO fearful as China sees cases soar Global…

China signals ease in Covid policy after mass protests Dozens of districts in China appear to have shifted their stance on Covid as restrictions are…

Last weekend’s protests were the biggest sign of opposition to the Chinese Communist Party in decades.

Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96 State media reports that Jiang Zemin, China’s former leader who came to power following the Tiananmen Square…

Golden era of UK-China relations is over – PM Rishi Sunak  Rishi Sunak has pledged to “evolve” the UK’s stance toward China, stating that the…

Police clamp down on China Covid protests The weekend protests across China over the Covid restrictions appear to have settled down, as authorities begin clamping…

Chinese iPhones can only receive AirDrops from ‘Everyone’ for 10 minutes.

China records highest number of Covid-19 cases as virus surges China has recorded its highest number of daily Covid-19 cases since the start of the…

  For the third day in a row, the People’s Republic has reported more than a thousand new cases of Covid – with authorities tightening…

  Remarkable footage has been widely circulated on social media in the western world – but not in China itself. ​Remarkable footage has been widely…

European Union leaders jointly expressed concern on Friday about economic reliance on China, leaving German Chancellor Olaf Scholz facing questions over an imminent trip…

Britain’s ex-military pilots are being lured to China to train the Chinese military, it has been claimed.

A protester in Manchester was dragged into Chinese consulate grounds and beaten up.

The Independent says A bomb threat was made on a flight from Iran to China this morning, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has reported.

America’s president Joe Biden has said his country will defend Taiwan if China were to attack them. 

The Metro says Vladimir Putin has admitted that Chinese President Xi Jinping has ‘questions and concerns’ over his invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian says Chengdu, the capital of the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan, has extended the coronavirus lockdown of most of its districts indefinitely as it hopes to stem further transmissions in the city of 21.2 million.

China’s deadly earthquake that struck the southwest on Monday has seen the death toll rise to 82. There are fears that rain and possible mudslides will affect the search for the many people who remain missing.

The Guardian says China recorded its highest temperatures and one of its lowest levels of rainfall in 61 years during a two-month summer heatwave that caused forest fires, damaged crops and hit power supplies, the national meteorological agency said.

China experienced a devastating 6.6 magnitude earthquake on Monday, which claimed at least 74 lives.
Major roads leading to the epicentre of the earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan have started to reopen and traffic has resumed.

China condemns Pelosi visit, calling it “manic, irresponsible and irrational.” 

China starts large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, just hours after America’s Nancy Pelosi left the self-governed island, following a controversial visit that has infuriated Beijing. 

Aljazeera says MACAU has locked down one of the city’s most famous hotels, the Grand Lisboa, after more than a dozen COVID-19 cases were found there on Tuesday.

The Guardian says China would be making “a catastrophic miscalculation” if it invaded Taiwan, Liz Truss has said, telling the Nato summit that the UK and other countries should reconsider trading relationships with countries that used economic power in “coercive” ways.

Arab News says Shanghai will lock down a district of 2.7 million people on Saturday to conduct mass coronavirus testing, city authorities said, as the Chinese metropolis struggles to fully emerge from punishing curbs.