French President Emmanuel Macron has reasserted his nation's presence in the Pacific on a visit to French Polynesia, a trip aimed at countering growing Chinese dominance in the region.
China has reported 76 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily total since January amid a surge of local infections in the eastern city of Nanjing, which started a second round of mass testing to curb the outbreak.
Trucks carrying water and food have streamed into a Chinese city at the centre of flooding that killed at least 63 people, while soldiers laid sandbags to fill gaps in river dykes that left neighbourhoods under water.
Airline flights have been canceled in eastern China and cargo ships have been ordered out of the area as Typhoon In-fa churns towards the mainland after dumping rain on Taiwan.
China has imposed sanctions on seven top US officials and organisations in retaliation for measures taken by Washington against Chinese figures in Hong Kong, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.
China has rejected a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a Chinese laboratory, a top health official says.
At least 25 people have died in China's flood-stricken central province of Henan, a dozen of them in a subway line in its capital that was drenched by what weather officials called the heaviest rains for 1000 years.
China says it will take "necessary measures" to respond to the US blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities.
The Commerce Ministry...
The North Korean and Chinese leaders have expressed their desire to further strengthen their ties as they exchanged messages marking the 60th anniversary of their countries' defence treaty.
