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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Urban workers crowded train stations across China's largest cities on Tuesday as the country's mass migration for Lunar New Year ...

By Jessie Pang and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's top judge defended the independence of the judiciary in the Chinese-ruled territory a...

By Martin Quin Pollard and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - China suspended issuing short-term visas in South Korea and Japan on Tuesday, after

More countries around the world are demanding that visitors from China take COVID tests, days before it drops border controls and ushers in an eagerly awaited return to travel for a population that has been largely stuck at home for 3 years.

China defended on Thursday its handling of its raging COVID-19 outbreak after President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organization said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths.

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Chinese leaders have reportedly delayed a key economic policy meeting amid growing signs that Covid-19 infections are surging nearly a week after Beijing jettisoned some of the world's toughest restrictions.

By Kevin Yao and Albee Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) -President Xi Jinping and his senior officials pledged to shore up Chinas battered economy next year as the deaths of two veteran state journalists highlighted the worsening spread of COVID-19 in the capital Beijing. Xi and his leaders ended their two-day Central Economic Work Conference with a call, via state media, to step up policy adjustments and strengthen coordination to support an economy that analysts estimate grew just 3% this year - its wo...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government said on Thursday that the isolation period for COVID-19 patients and their close contacts will be cut t...

Residents of Chinas capital were allowed into parks, supermarkets, offices and airports without a negative COVID-19 test on Tuesday, the latest in a mix of easing steps nationwide after unprecedented protests against a tough zero-COVID policy.

By Yimou Lee, Sarah Wu and Greg Torode