China Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown Thousands of Hong Kongers are moving to Britain since Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the Chinese territory last summer. 31/01/2021
China WHO investigators visit Wuhan live animal market in COVID-19 probe The market was the site of a December 2019 outbreak of the virus. Scientists initially suspected the virus came from wild animals sold in the market. The market has since been largely ruled out but it could provide hints to how the virus spread so widely. 31/01/2021
China China withdraws passport recognition amid Hong Kong UK visa row Britain says it will open a visa scheme to Hong Kongers from Sunday, but China says it 'interferes in China's internal affairs' 29/01/2021
no comment Eleven Chinese miners saved as rescuers race to find remaining ten Rescuers in east China have pulled 11 miners from hundreds of metres underground where they were trapped for two weeks, as the race to locate the remaining 10 intensifies. 24/01/2021
China 11 trapped workers rescued from China mine after two weeks Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday. 24/01/2021
China Relaxed scenes in Wuhan - a year on from alerting the world to COVID Exactly a year ago, Wuhan shocked the world by confining its 11 million inhabitants to their homes, beginning a 76-day lockdown. 23/01/2021
no comment Hong Kong puts 10,000 people into lockdown - the city's first The lockdown in the Yau Tsim Mong district will be in place until every resident is tested - something expected to take around 48 hours. 23/01/2021
no comment Beijing starts second day of mass COVID testing for residents Beijing plans to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to stop a new local cluster of COVID cases. 23/01/2021
no comment A year on from lockdown, Wuhan's young enjoy their freedom As the rest of the world continues to grapple with lockdowns and soaring infections, young people in the city, once the epicentre of the novel coronavirus, are enjoying their hard-earned freedom. 22/01/2021
China China mine explosion: Race on to rescue trapped workers as one dies Rescuers have been in contact with some trapped workers and have delivered supplies since the January 10 explosion at a new gold mine under construction in the eastern Shandong province. 21/01/2021
no comment COVID-19 tests in northern China administered by robot According to the developer, the droid can automatically register the subjects' information, making the whole sampling process traceable and ensuring the authenticity of that sampling. 13/01/2021
China China space probe due to enter Mars' orbit China's Mars probe spacecraft is due to enter the red planet's orbit within a month after traveling 400m kilometres since its launch in July 03/01/2021
China China jails citizen journalist for reports on Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown Zhang Zhan's broadcasts from inside the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak were widely shared on social media before she was arrested in May. 28/12/2020
no comment Winter fishing season has come once again to Chagan Lake in China Each year, local fishermen use a centuries-old fishing technique to catch fish and are joined by visitors from across China coming to witness the carnival as temperatures fall from 20 to 30 degrees Celsius below zero. 27/12/2020
China China to replace US as 'world's biggest economy by 2028' due to COVID "We now think that the Chinese economy in dollar terms will overtake the US economy in 2028, a full 5 years earlier than we thought last year," the annual report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has found. 26/12/2020
