Mainland China reported 16 new COVID-19 cases on April 17, up from 15 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Sunday. The National Health Commission, in a statement, …
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China, US agree on need for stronger climate commitments
China and the US have agreed that stronger pledges to fight climate change should be introduced before a new round of international talks at the end of the year.
China’s Yunnan reports 1 imported COVID-19 case
China Yunnan Province reported one imported COVID-19 case on Saturday the provincial health commission said Sunday The confirmed …
Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million
The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as …
Surpassing Hong Kong and Singapore was easy. Shenzhen’s next economic miracle rests on Tencent, Huawei and its top companies
Shenzhen, the richest city in southern Guangdong province known as China’s Silicon Valley, surpassed Hong Kong and Singapore over the past two years in terms of gross domestic product. By 2025, the …
US and China commit to cooperating on climate crisis
World’s biggest polluters release joint commitment to climate action following John Kerry visit to Shanghai …
China opens its borders to billions of dollars of gold imports – sources
China is the world’s biggest gold consumer, gobbling up hundreds of tonnes of the precious metal worth tens of billions of dollars each year, but its imports plunged as the coronavirus spread and …
US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency
The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate with other countries to curb climate change, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit …
U.S. and China agree to cooperate on climate action, but details remain to be negotiated
Despite an increasingly tense relationship, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to work together to tackle global climate change, including by “raising ambition” for emissions cuts during the 2020s — a …
China, U.S. agree on need for stronger climate commitments
China and the United States agree that stronger pledges to fight climate change should be introduced before a new round of international talks at the end of the year, the two countries said in a…
China says US-Japan actions are stoking division
China has hit back at the U.S.-Japan show of alliance during talks between President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, calling it an ironic attempt of stoking division …
Fierce Beijing critic Jimmy Lai jailed for 14 months over Hong Kong pro-democracy protests
Inside Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper as China clamps down on press freedom Hong Kong’s rebel media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison in Hong Kong District Court Friday after …
After China, US envoy Kerry in S. Korea for climate talks
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met with South Korea’s foreign minister in Seoul on Saturday for talks ahead of a virtual climate summit of world leaders called …