FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Yin Li, the ex-party chief of Fujian, has replaced Cai Qi, who has been elevated to become one of the seven members of the party’s top decision-making body

Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a third term as leader of China's ruling Communist Party and unveiled a new leadership team dominated by his allies, including the entire seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, which he heads.

Flooding and extreme high temperatures have caused multiple deaths in eastern China as summer heat descends earlier than usual. Record-high temperatures have been reported in Zhejiang province, just east of the global business hub of Shanghai, topping out above 42 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday. The neighboring coastal…

The heaviest rainfall in decades has triggered floods and landslides in southern China, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people, state media reported. The downpours have dangerously swelled waterways in the low-lying Pearl River basin in recent days, threatening manufacturing, shipping and logistics operations at a time when…

With its new aircraft carrier, China is leapfrogging military technologies to challenge the might of the US navy.

President Xi Jinping has vowed to overhaul and modernise China's armed forces - the largest in the world - and seeks to project its power beyond Chinese shores despite promises it has no hostile intent

Beijing launched a new-generation aircraft carrier Friday, the first such ship to be both designed and built in China, in a milestone as it seeks to extend the range and power of its navy. The Type 003 carrier christened Fujian left its drydock at a shipyard outside Shanghai in the…

The ship began construction in Shanghai in 2018 and is China’s first domestically-developed aircraft carrier.

Heavy rain in China has claimed six lives this week and forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people. Five people died in southeastern China, according to state media reports: A house collapse took three lives in Fujian province on Tuesday, and two died Monday in a landslide caused by torrential…