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Flooding and landslides destroy buildings and roads in China

Heavy rainstorms have caused major flooding and landslides in southern China, destroying buildings, crops and roads, and forcing many people to flee their homes. In...

Michelle Bachelet will not stand for second term as human rights chief

The UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, said she will not seek a new four-year term after the current one that has been overshadowed...

Dragon boat tradition returns to China as Covid retreats

The dragon boat tradition has returned in parts of China for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in late 2019. It comes...

Beijing and Shanghai ease Covid restrictions as outbreaks fade

Shoppers returned to the malls of Beijing on Sunday as the Chinese capital relaxed pandemic restrictions after declaring a small but persistent Covid-19 outbreak...

Chinese foreign minister visits Samoa to deepen Pacific ties

China’s foreign minister has met with the leaders of Samoa in his third stop of an island-hopping tour aimed at deepening Chinese ties with...

Chinese leader defends record to UN human rights chief

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has defended the country’s record to the top UN human rights official, saying each nation should be allowed to find...

Airbnb pulls out of China as country remains closed to tourists

Airbnb has announced it will stop representing short-term rental properties in China as the country remains closed to tourists. The company said it will focus...

Beijing extends work-from-home order as Covid-19 cases rise

Beijing has extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing as cases of Covid-19 again rose in the...

Shanghai seeks to ease seven-week virus lockdown with next few days

Shanghai will try to reopen within a few days as a Covid-19 outbreak in China’s largest city subsides, an official has said. The strict lockdown...

China criticises ‘irresponsible’ WHO remarks on zero-Covid approach

China has defended sticking to its strict zero-Covid approach, calling critical remarks from the head of the World Health Organisation “irresponsible”. The response from the...

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