Beijing couple discover they’ve been drinking toilet water for half a year

After moving in, Tan experienced hair loss and acne, while his girlfriend faced chest pains and a persistent cough ...

California Gov. Newsom meets with China’s President Xi to discuss climate change

California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a weeklong mission to negotiate climate partnerships between the ...

Australian journalist Cheng Lei released after 3 years in China detention

Cheng Lei, a Chinese Australian journalist, has returned to Australia after being detained in China for three years on espionage charges.  C...

Seniors do the catwalk in lavish Chinese modeling pageant

The curtains have been drawn at Beijing’s 36th annual Middle Age and Senior Modeling Contest, where older contestants strut their style on t...

China replaces missing foreign minister, scrubs records of his time in office

Shortly after removing missing Foreign Minister Qin Gang from office, China moved to wipe out his records, according to reports. Background:...

Man in China arrested for attempting to extort restaurant by putting cockroach in his food

A man was arrested for trying to extort a restaurant in Beijing by spitting a cockroach onto his food. What happened: The incident reportedl...

China’s foreign minister now missing for a month, Beijing still silent

Speculations are mounting over the mysterious disappearance of China’s foreign minister as Beijing continues to remain tight-lipped on the m...

China hits Jack Ma’s Ant Group with nearly $1 billion fine

China’s central bank has reportedly slapped technology provider Ant Group, which Chinese billionaire Jack Ma founded in 2014, with a 7.12 bi...

China rejects criticism after top diplomat tells Japan, S. Korea they will ‘never be Westerners’

China has reportedly dismissed critical opinions over comments made by a top diplomat who invited Japan and South Korea to an apparent all-A...

Watch: Xi Jinping meets with ‘old friend’ Bill Gates in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed improving U.S.-China relations with his “old friend” Bill Gates in Beijing on Friday. The meeting: Xi...

‘Is Taiwan Not China?’: Lionel Messi encounters passport mix-up at Beijing airport

Lionel Messi was recently stopped from entering China ahead of a friendly Thursday match in Beijing due to a passport mishap. Key details: M...

Hong Kong cops detain dozens of protesters on Tiananmen massacre anniversary

Dozens of protestors were detained in Hong Kong in connection with the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, according to repor...

‘Brother Ma’: Elon Musk welcomed in China with 16-course feast, praise from Chinese fans

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was welcomed to China with a feast and praise from Chinese fans as he visited the country for the first time in three ye...

China threatens ‘countermeasures’ against ‘US entities’ over downing of spy balloon

China has threatened to enact “countermeasures” against U.S. entities involved in the downing of its wandering spy balloon earlier this mont...

Chinese woman claims to be detained by police in secret location after Beijing protest

Before you read: Twitter users find porn after searching about COVID protests in China Physics equations, white papers, alpacas: a guide to ...

COVID cases skyrocket in China following easing of zero-COVID policy

After China’s zero-COVID policy garnered heavy criticism, Chinese authorities announced an easing of restrictions on Dec. 7. Within days, ...

‘Don’t let misses become regrets’: Chinese woman quits job to travel with her widowed grandfather

Xiao Wan, a 25-year-old woman from Sichuan province, China, went viral for quitting her job to travel with her grandfather. Her 84-year-ol...

Woman sparks outrage in China after throwing puppy out fourth-floor window during fight

In a viral video circulating on Chinese social media, a woman pushes a Labrador retriever out of a window from her fourth-floor apartment w...

China facing UN action after damning human rights report

China is reportedly facing action from some countries in the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) following a recent report that accus...

Chinese scientists successfully create world’s first mammal with fully reprogrammed genes

Chinese scientists have successfully recombined a mouse’s chromosomes to create the world’s first mammal with fully reprogrammed genes.  Usi...

Chinese rock star Zheng Jun accused of child abuse after posting about son’s 1,000-kowtow punishment

Chinese rock star Zheng Jun received online backlash after he revealed on Weibo that he punished his 11-year-old son by having him kowtow 1...

New Hong Kong textbooks say it was never a British colony, calls 2019 protests ‘terrorist activities’

New Hong Kong textbooks appear to favor Beijing accounts of history, with them now stating that the island was never a British colony and d...

Kris Wu faces possible 3 to 10 years in jail if convicted of rape charges at Beijing secret trial

Chinese Canadian rapper and pop star Kris Wu attended his closed-door trial at a court in Beijing last week, with reports saying the former ...

San Jose man faces up to 30 years in prison for smuggling US aviation tech from NASA contractor to China

Jonathan Yet Wing Soong, 34, has been charged with smuggling and violating export control laws after allegedly sending sensitive aeronautic...

Viral clip shows man apparently stopping Olympian Eileen Gu from leaving after a selfie in Beijing

A recent video shows a man seemingly trying to stop Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu from leaving after they take a selfie together.  The a...

US State Department criticizes China’s human rights record in latest report

The U.S. State Department’s latest global human rights report accused China of meddling in Hong Kong’s political affairs by revising its el...

Australian journalist Chen Lei faces spy charges in closed-door Beijing trial

Australian journalist Cheng Lei, an anchor for Chinese state-run outlet CGTN for nearly a decade, faced allegations of “supplying state sec...

Chinese man charged for plot to coerce ‘fugitive’ expats in US to return to China

A Chinese national has been charged with conspiring to act as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the U.S. Sun Hoi Ying, 53, rep...

‘I’m starving’: Chloe Kim asks reporters for snacks on her way to achieving Olympics gold medal history

Chloe Kim, the back-to-back Olympic gold medal champion in the snowboard halfpipe, asked reporters for snacks after hunger set in during a ...

China warns foreign athletes will face ‘certain punishment’ for speech not in the ‘Olympic spirit’

Foreign athletes set to participate in the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing have been warned that “any behavior or speech that is against the O...

Beijing suggests Canadian mail transmitted Omicron, Ottawa says the claim is ‘extraordinary’

Beijing said its first Omicron case was someone who has not made contact with another confirmed case and has not traveled outside the city ...

Mother in China criticized for taking 6-year-old to postgraduate exam so he could ‘feel the atmosphere’

A mother in China took her 6-year-old son to witness “gaokao” — China’s annual college entrance examinations — so he could “feel the a...

US applies for visas for 18 officials to attend Beijing Winter Olympics amid diplomatic boycott

The U.S. government is apparently backpedaling on its earlier pronouncement that it will be implementing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Be...

US officials to boycott 2022 Beijing Games due to China’s alleged human rights ‘atrocities’

U.S. government officials will reportedly not be joining Team USA athletes at the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics due to alleged human...

Uyghur genocide accusations prompts calls for diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics from US lawmakers

Concerns over the safety of U.S. athletes in the Winter Olympics in Beijing are mounting as President Joe Biden mulls a “diplomatic boycott”...

Australian Woman Fired, to Be Deported for Breaking Beijing Quarantine to Go Jogging

An Australian woman who had just arrived in Beijing was fired and is set to be deported after she broke the quarantine rule created to preve...