The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

China comes to a standstill for Jiang Zemin, with sirens wailing as people gathered for three minutes of silence.

Chinese President Xi Jinping paid tribute to former leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday for ensuring the Communist Party's survival from "political storms" and reforming it to inject new vitality and modernise the country's economy.

The goal is "not to be nasty, but not to be naive."

Chinese authorities eased COVID testing requirements across major cities over the weekend as Beijing appears to be engineering a gradual shift away from its strict COVID zero policy amid elevated cases and public protests.

BEIJING: Chinese solar panel maker LONGi Green Energy Technology Co Ltd said on Monday it will provide evidence to show it is complying with US laws after the US Department of Commerce found it to be circumventing tariffs.

Businesses reopened and testing requirements were relaxed in Beijing and other Chinese cities on Monday as the country tentatively eases out of a strict zero-Covid policy that sparked nationwide protests. Local authorities across China have begun a slow rollback of the restrictions that have governed daily life for years, encouraged…

China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-COVID controls and authorities say new variants are weaker

Recent protests revive a long tradition of Chinese dissent.

Unnamed expert tells state media outlet Yicai that Covid could be downgraded from a category A disease to category C