Mar 28 Facing outbreak in Shanghai, China begins biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years By Associated Press China has begun its most extensive lockdown in two years to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai. China's largest city with 26 million people had handled previous outbreaks with limited lockdowns of housing compounds or workplaces… Continue reading
Mar 22 What we know about the China Eastern plane crash By Associated Press One day after the China Eastern Airlines flight plunged from the sky, there are more questions than answers. Continue reading
Mar 22 Wallets, IDs but no survivors found in China Eastern crash By Dake Kang, Ng Han Guan, Associated Press Video clips show small pieces of the plane and exposed earth where the plane crashed, but no survivors have been found. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 5:49 Dozens presumed dead in China’s worst aviation disaster in nearly a decade By William Brangham, Miles O'Brien Search teams worked into the night in southern China after a domestic flight crashed with 132 people on board and no signs of survivors. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou when it dove to the ground. It… Continue watching
Mar 18 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks on Biden’s meeting with Chinese president Xi By Associated Press Biden and Xi spoke for nearly two hours as the White House looked to deter Beijing from providing military or economic assistance for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 17 Biden to speak with Chinese President Xi to discuss Russia, economic issues By Associated Press President Joe Biden will speak Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss ongoing economic competition between the two countries and Russia's war against Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 17 Activist father of U.S. Olympian Alysa Liu targeted by Chinese spy ring By Sally Ho, Associated Press U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father Arthur Liu – a former political refugee – were targeted in a spying operation ahead of the Beijing Olympics that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, the… Continue reading
Mar 14 U.S., China officials meet amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Biden administration has become increasingly concerned that China is using the Ukraine war to advance Beijing's long-term interest in its competition with the United States. Continue reading
Mar 14 ‘Stealth omicron’ variant drives multiple outbreaks in China By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press The “stealth omicron” variant is fueling China's biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years, with 1,337 local cases tallied across the mainland. Continue reading
Mar 13 Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35 By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base in western Ukraine on Sunday, killing 35 people in an attack on a facility that has served as a crucial hub for cooperation between Ukraine and the NATO countries supporting it… Continue reading