Buildings including China Zun, Beijing's tallest building, are seen in the city's central business district. Photo: AFP
12 February 2022
Foreign ministers of the "Quad" -- the United States, India, Australia and Japan -- met...
Breath of fresh air: (From left) Dominic, Bu and Birdy having a picnic at a public seating area next to a play area for children closed due to Covid-19 restrictions, in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP
09 February 2022
When Hong Kong made a Covid check-in app mandatory at restaurants, friends Birdy and Bu...
Photo: AFP
31 January 2022
Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday...
A polluted day in the Chinese capital (AFP/JADE GAO) (JADE GAO)
25 January 2022
Beijing warned Monday that heavy air pollution is likely during the Winter Olympics, but...
A coronavirus cluster has been detected in Beijing just weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics (AFP/Noel Celis)
24 January 2022
Beijing city officials on Sunday said all two million residents of a neighbourhood where...
Yantian Port in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province is China's largest container terminal. (AFP/STR)
16 January 2022
Chinese exports surged in 2021 on solid global demand as countries reopened from pandemic...
People walk past the Huarong Asset Management building in the financial district in Beijing. Photo: AFP
11 January 2022
China reported more cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant on...
Kim Jong-un | Photo Credit: AFP
08 January 2022
North Korea has slammed the US-led diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Games...
Workers in protective suits stand at an entrance to a university's residential area under lockdown following the COVID-19 outbreak in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, Dec. 20, 2021. (Reuters Photo)
30 December 2021
Chinese officials admitted Wednesday they have faced challenges getting enough supplies...
Visitors walk in front of a screen showing China's President Xi Jinping at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on November 11, 2021. Noel Celis / AFP
13 November 2021
Top Communist Party leaders wrapped up a key meeting in Beijing this week by passing an...
Heavy smog continues to affect vast areas of China with visibility said to be less than 200 meters in areas that included the cities of Beijing and Tianjin, and the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanxi. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG
06 November 2021
Highways and school playgrounds in Beijing were closed Friday due to heavy pollution, as...
People wait in line to receive Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination booster shots as a security guard checks body temperature of a man along a street in Beijing on October 30, 2021. Jade GAO / AFP
30 October 2021
Beijing officials on Friday told residents to postpone weddings and keep funeral...

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