All news on the topic: China

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Dog meat chefs set for biggest pooch slaughter festival in years after lockdown
Dog meat chefs in China's Guangxi province are preparing for the first big Yulin Dog Meat Festival in years after China's notoriously stringent Covid lockdown measures have been lifted
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Mystery floating sand blankets country - and it could have sinister effects
China's skies are filled with floating sand and dust clouds which are forcing residents to stay indoors and cancel outdoor activities, with some resorting to face masks
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China 'ready to fight' and slams US for 'illegally trespassing' as tensions soar
China's military has completed three days of large-scale combat exercises around Taiwan following the Taiwanese president's trip to the US last week, which were meant as a warning
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China sends warships and fighter jets toward Taiwan in 'serious warning'
Eight Chinese warships and 71 planes, including Shenyang J-16 jet fighters, flew across the middle line of the strait that separates Taiwan from the mainland
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US-China tensions set to escalate as Taiwan president lands for historic meeting
Mr McCarthy greeted President Tsai on her arrival at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California in a historic first since the US broke formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1979
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Spy balloon controlled by China got intel from US military & could self destruct
US military officials said that the data collected by the Chinese spy balloon was mainly from electronic signals, such as communications from base personnel
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TikTok being investigated by US Justice Department for spying on people
Popular video platform TikTok, who is owned ByteDance and based in Beijing, has admitted to acquiring the data of American citizens. It also has close ties with the Chinese government
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'Rain of worms' hits China with wriggling insects splattered on cars and streets
Locals were seen hoisting umbrellas as they carried out their daily routines in the Chinese province of Liaoning, which borders North Korea, after little worms were seen splattered over cars in the street
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China warns the US is 'heading for war' if America 'continues down wrong path'
China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang held a press conference on Tuesday as he praised Beijing's growing relationship with Russia which "set an example for global foreign relations"
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Woman held after model killed and dismembered with her head found in soup pot
Abby Choi, 28, disappeared in February and her dismembered legs were found three days later in a fridge in a makeshift butcher's workshop in Hong Kong
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China 'prepares for war' as it unveils enormous £185billion defence budget
China Government spokesman Wang Chao gave no indication of whether the rate of increase to be announced on Sunday at the opening of the National People's Congress's annual session in Beijing would be above or below last year's 7.1%
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Head of FBI announces 'most likely' theory for how Covid virus began in China
Christopher Wray has confessed the Chinese government allegedly tried to cover-up the FBI's findings in 2021 after having "moderate confidence" the pandemic was due to an accidental lab leak
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Couple's horror as they raise wrong child after embryo mix-up in botched IVF
The couple has now sued the clinic in China in an attempt to get answers from them and judges have awarded the couple £76,880 in compensation after being told of the hospital's chaotic embryo records
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'Selling endangered seahorses for use in medicine may save them from extinction'
Nada Farhoud examines an unusual and counterintuitive way to help preserve endangered seahorse populations which will be explored in a new documentary on Netflix
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Incredible device allows couple to kiss even if they're thousands of miles apart
The Remote Kiss, a pair of silicone lips studded with motors and pressure sensors developed in China, promises to recreate the pressure, movement and even the warmth of a lover's kiss
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Mine collapse kills at least 5 with 49 missing after workers buried in disaster
The death toll in the disaster has now risen to five as conditions in the area remain dangerous and the search had to be suspended for several hours after a second landslide hit the gigantic facility in Inner Mongolia’s Alxa League
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China tests 'phantom space strike' that tricks defence systems in nuclear attack
The Chinese military has successfully tested a "phantom space strike" where it tricks missile defence systems by overwhelming them with decoy signals in a nuclear attack, it is reported
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Liz Truss makes political comeback with speech in Japan hitting out at China
It will be the former Prime Minister's first address since she was forced to quit No10 in October after a disastrous stint in Downing Street which triggered a plunge in the Tories' poll ratings
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UFO experts predict wave of unidentified objects coming to UK after US sightings
The US military shot down four UFOs in less than two weeks with one suspected of being a Chinese spy balloon. The rest are thought to be "benign" but authorities are unsure
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US military reveals what the three UFOs shot down might've actually been
The US military has not yet recovered any of the debris from the three UFOs shot down over the weekend, but they maybe linked to research purposes, according to White House spokesman John Kirby
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US military recovers sensors from UFO shot down amid fears of spy balloon
A Chinese balloon shot down in the Atlantic Ocean has been found with sensors and electronic pieces by rescue crews as the US believe the items were used to spy on sensitive military sites
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US missed first attempt to shoot down UFO flying over 'sensitive sites'
President Biden ordered a "small, metallic balloon" floating over Lake Huron in Michigan, US, to be shot down. However, the US Air Force's jet missile missed with officials unsure where it landed
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White House says China has 'high-altitude balloon programme connected to army'
The US National Security Council's John Kirby said the US and Canada have been scrutinising airspace more closely after sightings of balloons. The objects are now being shot down
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Ex-girlfriends crash wedding with banner threatening to expose groom's past
A group of women clearly unhappy with how their ex-boyfriend treated them, swarmed his wedding in Yunnan, China, holding up a large red banner which read: "We are the team of Chen’s ex-girlfriends, today we will destroy you”
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All we know about UFOs shot down over US with China spy claims and aliens fears
US forces downed its fourth unidentified object in just over a week, following the Chinese balloon that was first spotted crossing North America amid spy fears. What do we know?