China sentences "XXX Return of Xander Cage" actor Kris Wu to 13 years in prison for raping minorAccording to reports, Wu was detained and accused in August last year. His case was heard without media access in June. Du Meizhu, a beauty...
'Sick of everything': Beijingers fed up with tightening restrictionsAs infections in Beijing surge, residents are increasingly fed up with navigating vague, shifting restrictions and exhausted by the uncerta...
Beijing in 'race against time' to contain COVID surgeThe flare-up means millions of people are facing mandatory testing and thousands are under targeted lockdowns, just days after the city sta...
COVID-19: Virus cluster at nightclub sets off new Beijing clampdownA total of 166 cases have been linked to the Heaven Supermarket club in the downtown Gongti nightlife area after an infected person visited...
No lockdown in Beijing as Shanghai hunts CovidDaily cases in Beijing have remained in the dozens, a tiny fraction of the outbreak in Shanghai and what other cities around the world now ...
As Beijing Covid outbreak proves stubborn, mass tests becoming routineMost of the 25 million people in the commercial hub of Shanghai, China's most populous city, had been confined to their housing compounds f...
Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight CovidChinese authorities have stuck to their zero-Covid policy of lockdowns and mass testing as they battle the biggest outbreak since the early...
Beijing shuts dine-in services for holidays to stem outbreakRestaurants in Beijing have been ordered to close dine-in services over the May holidays as the Chinese capital grapples with a COVID-19 ou...
Beijing orders COVID-19 tests for its 21 million people; Shanghai reports 52 more deathsThe Chinese capital, which is battling the spread of the Omicron variant in the city, similar to Shanghai, has ordered mass testing from Tu...
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buyingChina is already trying to contain a wave of infections in its biggest city Shanghai, which has been almost entirely locked down for weeks ...
Beijing seals off mall, housing compounds over virus outbreakChina has largely curbed widespread transmission of the coronavirus through snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions, but autho...
Beijing tightens COVID-19 curbs as cases detected across capitalA meeting led by the capital's Communist party boss, Cai Qi, urged all districts in Beijing to enter an "emergency" mode, sealing off resid...
Xi Jinping seen in public after doctor’s death sparks angerXi visited the Chaoyang district in Beijing Monday afternoon “to learn about the situation of epidemic prevision and control at the grassro...
Best time to own a Tesla: New battery design can charge electric cars in 10 minutesYou will no longer have to wait for hours to charge your car.
Blast reported outside American embassy in BeijingThe Indian embassy is located close to the site where the explosion took place.
China's 'toilet revolution': Beijing upgrades 500 public loosBeijing authorities have upgraded 500 public toilets this year, the report said.
Self-heating battery may help electric cars beat winter woesConventional batteries at below freezing temperatures suffer severe power loss, which leads to slow charging and restricted regenerative br...