The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

The high-altitude Chinese balloon that crossed over the U.S. last week is just part of a years-long surveillance program with Beijing deploying such craft around the globe, the US said, as officials sought to draw new attention to what they say is an increasingly aggressive Chinese spying campaign.

Four previous Chinese spy balloon flights over the United States passed over sites that would be of interest to Beijing, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, without elaborating on whether they passed over military bases.

Trade Minister Don Farrell has welcomed improvement in relations with Beijing as Australia's first coal shipments in years await Chinese clearance.

China saw a surge in cases of Covid after finally lifting its strict restrictions in December

Surveillance balloons have appeared over US soil before – the president’s reaction is a sign of how boxed in he is by Republicans, says Dr Yu Jie of Chatham House’s Asia-Pacific Programme

The U.S. shooting down of what Washington says was a Chinese spy balloon and Beijing says was a civilian scientific vessel accidentally blown off course has fuelled widespread questions, including about the balloon itself.

The Chinese mainland has contained its Covid outbreak, and Taiwan should stop using the pandemic as an excuse to delay the resumption, official says

US President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that he would cooperate with great power rival China, but vowed "to protect our country," a reference to a Chinese spy balloon that traveled across America last week. "I'm committed to work with China where we…

No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday. China saw an explosion of infections after starting to lift its strict pandemic measures from early December, sparking fears the world's most populous country…

The United States held briefings in Washington and Beijing with foreign diplomats from 40 nations about the Chinese spy balloon that entered US airspace in late January, a senior administration official and diplomats said on Tuesday. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman briefed nearly 150 foreign diplomats across 40…

There is "no arrangement" for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the deputy chairman of Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) said on Wednesday before leaving for Beijing, but added he would follow whatever his hosts set up.