SHANGHAI, June 28 (Reuters): China's lawmakers have reviewed a draft of the national security bill for Hong Kong during a meeting held by the standing committee of the National People's Congress (N
Beijing, June 27 (IANS): Beijing on Saturday issued fresh guidelines on COVID-19 containment, calling on its residents to continue to wear masks, maintain social distancing and wash hands frequently in the wake
BRUSSELS, June 25 (Reuters): The United States and European Union need a shared understanding of China to resist it, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, calling Beijing a threat and accus
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, June 24 (Reuters): China's appetite for salmon and other seafood has crashed this month, after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to chopping boards for impo
HONG KONG, June 23 (Reuters): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she will not select judges to preside over cases brought under the city's new security law, an apparent attempt to assuage
BEIJING, June 23 (Reuters): China on Tuesday successfully put into orbit its final Beidou satellite, completing a navigation network years in the making and setting the stage to challenge the U.S.-owned Gl
BRUSSELS, June 22 (Reuters): The European Union told China on Monday to make good on a promise to open up its economy and warned of "very negative consequences" if Beijing goes ahead with a new s
BRUSSELS, June 22 (Reuters): The European Union and China held a video summit on Monday, their first formal talks since the new European Commission took office late last year. Here are some of the issues:
HONG KONG, June 21 (Reuters): Senior Hong Kong lawyers expressed alarm on Sunday at plans for the city's leader to select judges for national security cases, calling it the most serious challenge to th
Ottawa, June 20 (IANS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he was "disappointed" with China for charging two Canadians with spying, more than 18 months after they were detained in Decemb
GENEVA, June 19 (Reuters): Any new national security laws imposed on Hong Kong "must fully comply with China's human rights obligations" and international treaties protecting civil and politi
BEIJING, June 19 (Reuters): Chinese prosecutors said on Friday they have charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment, in a case that has drive
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS): The 20 Indian soldiers killed in the violent stand-off with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan valley of Ladakh, did not use the firearms they were carrying as per
BEIJING, June 18 (Reuters): China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing's wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the area's
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, June 17 (Reuters): The controlling shareholder and former chairman of Seazen Group, one of China's largest property developers, was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison af
OSLO, June 17 (Reuters): Chinese and Norwegian authorities have concluded salmon from Norway was not the source of the coronavirus found on cutting boards at a Beijing wholesale food market, Norway's f
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, June 16 (Reuters): India's army said on Tuesday 20 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes with Chinese troops at a disputed border site, in a major escalation of a weeks-l
June 16, New Delhi (IANS): India on Tuesday hit out at China for unilaterally attempting to change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, which led to the killings of troops of
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS): Twenty Indian Army men, including officers, were killed in an unprecedented violent clash with Chinese People's Liberation Army troops at Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh on Monday
HONG KONG, June 16 (Reuters): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday urged opponents of Beijing's plan to impose national security legislation in the financial hub to stop "smearing" the effo