The Latest Breaking News from China

Shanghai Composite Index Ended Nearly Flat on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.41%

Caixin Global · Jul 5, 2022

Vatican envoy in Hong Kong warns Catholic missions to prepare for China crackdown

Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona, the Vatican's unofficial representative in Hong Kong, delivered a stark message to the city's 50-odd Catholic missions before finishing his six-year posting in March: the freedoms they had enjoyed for decades were over.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022

China sees record rains, heat as weather turns volatile

From the snowcapped peaks of Tibet to the tropical island of Hainan, China is sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades while rainfall hit records in June

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Canada says China bars diplomats from Canadian tycoon trial

The Canadian government says Chinese authorities refused to allow diplomats to attend the trial of a Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong five years ago

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Recycling sector battles rising costs, export troubles and contaminated material

Australia's recycling sector tries to ride out tough market conditions as it battles ballooning energy and transport costs and contaminated material.

ABC News · Jul 5, 2022

Macau COVID outbreak hits more than 900 as infections spread

Macau reported 89 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the total to more than 900 infections since mid-June, as authorities in the world's biggest gambling hub race to contain its largest outbreak since the pandemic began.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022

Hackers claim theft of police info in China’s largest data leak

Unknown hackers claimed to have stolen data on as many as a billion Chinese residents after breaching a Shanghai police database, in what industry experts are calling the largest cybersecurity breach in the country’s history.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022

The Loop: Six killed in July 4 shooting, interest rates on the rise, Kyrgios reaches Wimbledon quarter-finals

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ABC News · Jul 4, 2022

Time to strategise Thai-Philippine ties

Newly elected Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai soon after being sworn in. It was his first meeting with a dignitary from Asean though he had earlier met with representatives from the US, China and Japan. Suddenly, the old flame of…

Bangkok Post · Jul 4, 2022

University of Newcastle Ma and Morley Scholarship Program participants explore Indigenous Australia

The students have swapped China for cultural immersion in NSW.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 4, 2022