The Latest Breaking News from China

Shanghai Composite Index Ended Nearly Flat on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 1.27%

Caixin Global · Jun 20, 2022

After China row, Australia eyes Southeast Asia as ally in trade

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to deepen economic engagement with region amid tensions with Beijing.

Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2022

On This Day in 2012: Didier Drogba heads for China after departing Chelsea

The Ivorian agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Chinese club, reportedly worth £200,000 per week.

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

China says it tested missile-interception system

China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that "achieved its expected purpose", the Defence Ministry said, describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country.

Reuters · Jun 20, 2022

In the Solomon Islands, Wong takes first tentative steps in repairing a strained relationship

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was no doubt expecting a cooler reception than her three previous visits to the Pacific when she touched down in Honiara last Friday. The Solomon Islands government website had not even listed the Australian minister’s visit – but it did note the first visit of a…

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2022

Designation failure: On China’s decision to block terror tag for Lashkar leader

India must continue to gather evidence and build its case on cross-border terrorism in international fora

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2022

India has really helped us during this crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka’s new PM sounds surprisingly upbeat in possibly the toughest assignment of his long political career

The Hindu · Jun 19, 2022

China further reins in business activities of officials' families

China's ruling Communist Party has issued rules to further rein in the business activities of the families of senior government officials, in the latest move to fight corruption, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

Reuters · Jun 19, 2022

Leviathan: China’s new navy

With its new aircraft carrier, China is leapfrogging military technologies to challenge the might of the US navy.

Al Jazeera · Jun 19, 2022

Dogs trapped on 'truck from hell' rescued before they're butchered for meat festival

Video footage by animal charity NoToDogMeat shows campaigners and police stopping a truck at a checkpoint as it headed from Xi'an in China to the festival yesterday

Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2022