Travellers streamed into China by air, land and sea yesterday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the Covid pandemic.

Nineteen people died and 20 were injured yesterday in a road traffic accident in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, state media reported.

Seventeen people were killed and 22 were injured Sunday in a road traffic accident in eastern China's Jiangxi province, state media reported.

Jack Ma will cede control of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, the company announced yesterday, following a Communist Party crackdown on the nation’s tech sector that targeted the charismatic billionaire.

China yesterday marked the first day of “chun yun”, the 40-day period of Lunar New Year travel known pre-pandemic as the world’s largest annual migration of people, bracing for a huge increase in travellers and the spread of Covid-19 infections.

A US Navy warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, irking China, which claims the waters as its territory.

China's Ant Group said on Saturday that its founder Jack Ma will no longer control the Chinese fintech giant after the firm's shareholders agreed to implement a series of shareholding adjustments that will see him give up most of his voting rights.

China expects a sharp jump in travel during the Chinese New Year holidays, with about 2.1 billion trips – by air, land and water – to be made over the period, twice as much as the same time in 2022. .The recent relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions is likely to spur people to return home to

China yesterday defended its handling of its raging Covid-19 outbreak after US President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths.

China called on the World Health Organization Thursday to take a "just" position on Covid-19, after the body criticised Beijing's "very narrow" definition of virus deaths.

State media in China yesterday played down the severity of a surge of Covid-19 infections ahead of an expected briefing by its scientists to the World Health Organization, which is hoping for detailed data on the evolution of the virus.

Coughing, groaning, and gasping for breath, elderly Covid patients crammed hospital corridors in Shanghai yesterday as a wave of Covid-19 cases raged through the Chinese megacity.

China Tuesday condemned fresh Covid test requirements by around a dozen countries on passengers travelling abroad from its territory, warning it could take "counter measures" in response.

The head of Nasa has said that China could claim the moon as its own territory if it beats the US in the race to the lunar surface.

Some people in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a rise in Covid-19 infections to return to regular activity yesterday, raising the prospect of a boost to the economy as more recover from infections.

China and the United States must pursue dialogue rather than confrontation and avoid the mistakes made during the Cold War, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday in his first public comments since his appointment as head of the ruling Communist Party’s foreign affairs office.

Travellers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases, with Australia the latest to demand a negative test before arrival.

The World Health Organization on Friday once again urged China's health officials to regularly share specific and real-time information on the Covid-19 situation in the country, as it continues to assess the latest surge in infections.

China has appointed Qin Gang, a trusted aide of President Xi Jinping, as its new foreign minister, state radio reported yesterday.

<B>China has appointed Qin Gang, a trusted aide of President Xi Jinping, as its new foreign minister, state radio reported on Friday.</B>.Qin, 56, and currently China's ambassador to the United States, replaces Wang Yi, who has been foreign minister for the past decade. Wang, 69, was promo