China, which chairs a high-stakes UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, was due to present a long-awaited compromise text yesterday in an attempt to seal the “peace pact with nature” that the planet sorely needs.

China's abrupt lifting of stringent Covid-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the US-based Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).

Two veteran Chinese state media journalists have died from Covid-19 in the capital Beijing in recent days, media said yesterday, among the first reported deaths since the government abandoned its strict “zero-Covid” policy of curbs and lockdowns.

The death of a young medical student in China ignited concern yesterday over the strain on the country’s healthcare system as staff battle a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases.

China’s top health body said yesterday the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now “impossible” to track, with officials warning

Covid cases are surging in the Chinese capital, officials said yesterday, as the country navigates a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy.

A senior US delegation in China discussed ways to improve ties and the issue of Taiwan with their local counterparts, Beijing said yesterday, as they laid the groundwork for a planned visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

China said Monday it would retire an app used to track travel to areas with Covid-19 cases, a milestone in the country's rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy.

China yesterday announced the first delivery of its new domestically produced passenger jet, with the aircraft expected to make its commercial debut early next year.

China yesterday announced a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms.

China said on Wednesday it would allow COVID patients with mild symptoms to isolate at home as part of a set of new measures that marked a major shift in a tough anti-virus policy that has battered its economy and sparked historic protests.

Students have staged a protest against a coronavirus lockdown at a university in eastern China as authorities across the country take baby steps away from their hardline zero-Covid policy..Millions of people around China still face restrictions, despite some cities rolling back mass testin

China is set to announce a further easing of some of the world’s toughest Covid curbs as early as Wednesday, sources said, as investors cheered the prospect of a policy shift that follows widespread protests and mounting economic damage.

Some communities in Chinese cities where Covid-19 is still spreading are easing off on testing requirements and quarantine rules ahead of an expected shift in virus policies nationwide after widespread social unrest..The uneven relaxation of Covid restrictions is, however, fuelling fear am

China is set to announce in coming days an easing of its Covid quarantine protocols and a reduction in mass testing, sources told Reuters, a marked shift in policy after anger over the world’s toughest curbs fuelled widespread protests.

Further easing of Covid-19 testing requirements and quarantine rules in some Chinese cities was met with a mix of relief and worry yesterday as hundreds of millions await an expected shift in national virus policies after widespread social unrest.

Three Chinese astronauts yesterday arrived at China’s space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth orbit after the Nasa-led International Space Station.

Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin died yesterday at the age of 96, state media reported, hailing him as a great communist revolutionary who helped quell the 1989 pro-democracy protests.

People in the Chinese city of Guangzhou clashed with riot police in hazmat suits on Tuesday night as authorities investigated more of those who have taken part in a string of protests against the world’s toughest Covid restrictions.

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday at the age of 96 of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, Chinese state media reported.