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China recorded its first case of monkeypox on Friday in a person who had recently entered the country, officials said. Health authorities in the southwestern city of Chongqing said the person displayed symptoms while undergoing quarantine...

China’s ambassador in Geneva warned Friday that Beijing’s cooperation with the UN rights office was “in danger” after it published a report listing serious abuses in the Xinjiang region. “We cannot conduct cooperation as if nothing...

General Motors has lost its mojo in China. Sales of its flagship Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet brands have slumped by a third over the past five years to 1.3 million cars a year as consumers snap...

Tuesday saw President Vladimir Putin participate in significant military drills with China and a number of other nations that are friendly to Russia, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. At the Sergeevski military range, Putin was...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake that slammed southwestern China on Monday claimed the lives of at least seven people, according to state media. According to state broadcaster CCTV, preliminary investigations revealed that several towns in Sichuan province had...

The national human spaceflight agency said that two astronauts on board China’s Tiangong space station successfully completed a six-hour spacewalk on Friday. Astronauts Chen Dong and Liu Yang returned to their cabin module in the early...

China’s manufacturing activity dropped in August for the second month in a row, official data showed Wednesday, as strict zero-Covid restrictions and extreme heat hit growth. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a key gauge of manufacturing...

According to the local newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan is considering deploying more than 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to bolster its capacity to tackle China’s mounting regional threats. According to the publication, which cited unnamed sources, the...

Scorching temperatures in eastern China have pushed up egg prices because hens are laying fewer in a hotter-than-usual summer, local media reported. Extreme weather has become more frequent owing to climate change, scientists say, and this...

China’s premier has called on the country’s richest provinces to offer economic support to boost pro-growth measures. The country saw consumption and output unexpectedly slow down in July. “A sense of urgency must be strengthened to...