China sets Oct. 16 opening date for Communist Party congress

China says a key congress of the ruling Communist Party at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to be granted a third five-year term will open on Oct.

Virus curbs must change to help economy

A Chinese think tank issued a rare public disagreement yesterday with the ruling Communist Party’s severe “zero COVID” policy, saying curbs that shut down cities and

China’s drought-hit areas get rain, bringing flood risks

More than 100,000 people have been moved to safer areas by yesterday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of southwest China that was devastated by

Xi replies to letter from families of ‘Lisbon Maru’ survivors

President Xi Jinping has recently replied to a letter from the families of the survivors of the “Lisbon Maru.” In the letter, Xi encouraged them to

US sails warships through Taiwan Strait in first since Pelosi

The U.S. Navy sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait yesterday, in the first such transit publicized since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier

US Coast Guard cutter is denied port call in Solomon Islands

A U.S. coast guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port

Eating spicy in Chongqing’s WWII shelters

The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China’s four “furnace” cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine — notably its hotpot, a peppery bubbling

UN rights chief hints report on Xinjiang may miss deadline

The outgoing U.N. human rights chief suggested yesterday that her office may not make good on her promise to release its long-awaited report on China’s Xinjiang

Panda twins born in China as species struggles for survival

Twin giant pandas have been born at a breeding center in southwestern China, a sign of progress for the country’s unofficial national mascot as it struggles

Tropical Storm Ma-on headed for southeastern China

Tropical Storm Ma-on was gaining strength as it headed for Macau, Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China after displacing thousands in the Philippines. Macau Weather Bureau announced minutes ago

China broadens visa availability as pandemic concerns ease

China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19

Chinese province plans ban on sale of gasoline cars

Hainan island in the South China Sea says it will become China's first region to ban sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars to curb climate-changing carbon emissions. Sales of fossil fuel-powered

Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops

  With China’s biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by a severe drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing

Tsai says resolve in self-defense cannot be shaken

Taiwan's leader invoked an armed conflict from 1958 as an example of the island’s resolve to defend itself while she met yesterday with more foreign visitors

China fights brush fires, extends power rationing in drought

Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record

Indiana governor in Taipei following high-profile US visits

Indiana's Republican governor met with Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen yesterday morning, following two recent high-profile visits by U.S. politicians that drew China’s ire and Chinese military

Chinese gov’t plans cloud seeding to protect grain crop from drought

China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate rain, while factories in the southwest waited yesterday to

China jails Canadian tycoon for 13 years for finance crimes

A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced last week to 13 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar string of financial offenses

Chinese farmers struggle as scorching drought wilts crops

Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong's greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a scorching summer that

US to hold trade talks with Taiwan, island drills military

The U.S. government will hold trade talks with Taiwan in a sign of support for the island democracy that China claims as its own territory,

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