China

The Detail talks to journalist Chen Liu about returning to China after three years of border closures.

The Australian government says it will examine surveillance technology used in offices of the defence department, amid reports the Chinese-made cameras installed there raised security risks.

The trial of 16 Hong Kong democracy activists charged under a national security law imposed by Beijing has begun, in a case that could test the city's judicial independence.

The US is trying to recover debris from the suspected spy balloon that was shot down and fell in shallow waters off South Carolina.

The US military hopes to recover debris from the suspected Chinese spy aircraft that flew across America.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his trip to China after a Chinese spy balloon flew across the US.

There has been much debate about the real number of Covid-19 deaths in China, after the virus ripped through its megacities.

The world's two biggest economies are battling over a precious resource: semiconductors, to build the chips that power our daily lives.

The rapid dismantling of the zero-tolerance policy "feels weird", writes BBC News reporter Stephen McDonell in Beijing.

China is marking its first Lunar New Year since 2020 without Covid-19 domestic travel restrictions and more than 2 billion people are expected to travel over the next 40 days.

While some major cities around the world marked the New Year with a bang and festivities, celebrations were more muted in places with surges of Covid-19 or enmeshed in conflict.

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The Prime Minister says she hopes to lead a trade mission to China - New Zealand's biggest trading partner - once border settings are changed there.

Covid-19 positive patients in China will be allowed to quarantine at home if they have no symptoms, a sign the country is preparing to live with the disease.