The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

China's government said on Thursday that its border with special administrative region Hong Kong would reopen on Jan. 8, the first time in three years, as Beijing accelerates the unwinding of stringent COVID rules that have battered economic growth.

BEIJING: China is ready to resume oil and gas talks and manage maritime issues “cordially” with the Philippines, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, according to Chinese state television.

The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China, the EU executive said on Tuesday, as infections there surged following Beijing's relaxation of its "zero-COVID" policies.

The UK will require travellers from China to have a negative test before arrival from Thursday

China has described the extension of international restrictions on travellers from its territory as "unacceptable" as countries including France, Japan, India and the United States impose Covid controls on visitors from the world's most populous nation.

SHANGHAI: For five days the elderly Chinese woman’s corpse lay decomposing in the Shanghai house she shared with her family before a hearse finally arrived to take away her remains.

Beijing blasted testing requirements on passengers from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved based on reciprocity. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing…

All travellers from mainland China need a pre-departure test, and some will be tested for Covid on arrival

Beijing is blasting testing requirements on passengers from China and threatening countermeasures against countries involved based on reciprocity