The Latest Breaking News from China

Editorial: Three Principles Should Guide China’s Economic Future

Measures that fail to adhere to the principles of market orientation, the rule of law, and internationalization ought to be either reformed or scrapped

Caixin Global · Mar 21, 2022

China Warns of ‘Unimaginable’ Fallout if Ukraine-Like Crisis Happened in Asia

Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng says that region could be pushed into ‘an abyss’ resulting from Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy that is ‘as dangerous as the NATO strategy of eastward expansion in Europe’

Caixin Global · Mar 21, 2022

Defence Minister Peter Dutton flags future US-style Space Force for Australia

Launching Australia's new Space Command, the Defence Minister flags a future Australian military force in space similar to the one established by former US president Donald Trump, as China and Russia's space power grows.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2022

No survivors found after China Eastern Airlines plane crashes with 132 on board

"Wreckage of the plane was found at the scene," Chinese state media said, per AP.

Axios · Mar 21, 2022

China's President Xi calls for 'all-out efforts' to find Eastern jet crash survivors

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for "all-out" efforts to organise search and rescue for passengers on the Eastern Airlines jet crash on Monday, state television reported.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022

China Eastern and the Boeing 737: what are their safety records?

China Eastern last suffered a fatal accident in 2004

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022

China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on Board Crashes

A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said. The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 21, 2022

Doyle McManus: Ukraine’s resistance offers a useful lesson to Taiwan

WASHINGTON — Russia’s war in Ukraine has taught the world’s autocrats some useful lessons:

Los Angeles Times · Mar 21, 2022

China Eastern Airlines flight with 133 people on board crashes into mountains

The Boeing 737 flight, travelling from Kunming to Guangzhou, crashed in the mountains in the early hours of this morning.

Daily Record · Mar 21, 2022

Plane carrying 133 people on board crashes in China

A China Eastern Airlines plane with 133 people on board crashed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday.

Dynamite News · Mar 21, 2022