The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Hill, from Reading, became the first British snowboarder to win a Paralympic medal after a scintillating banked slalom run on Friday

China has granted approval to five COVID-19 antigen kits made by local companies to be used for self-testing, state broadcaster CCTV said on Saturday, as it tweaks its testing regime that has been pressured by Omicron. China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) published a notice on Friday saying Beijing Huaketai…

Although the American-born skier Eileen Gu became a darling of the Chinese public during the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China trained many of its sports champions at home, through its juguo (whole nation) sports regime. And now China is applying the juguo approach -- deploying massive resources to achieve a…

Beijing is struggling to settle on a clear message over Ukraine because it is trying to reconcile the irreconcilable

Knight was heartbroken by finishing fourth in her favoured super-G event but was proud of her response in the giant slalom in Beijing

China’s Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called the situation in Ukraine "grave" and offered Beijing’s help in playing a "positive role" for peace while continuing to refuse to criticize Russia. China has largely sided with Russia in the conflict, which it has refused to refer to as a war or…

Hill comes third in men’s banked slalom SB-LL2 on his debut for Britain’s first ever para snowboard Paralympics medal

Beijing’s support for Russia comes with downsides for the region, not least a hit to global markets.

China’s premier is calling the situation in Ukraine “grave” and offering Beijing's help in playing a “positive role” for peace while continuing to refuse to criticize Russia