4 dead, 13 injured in Tianjin gas explosion in north China
July 20, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — Four people have died in a gas explosion that injured 13 others at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, state media said Wednesday.
3 missing in gas explosion in major north China port city
July 20, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion after a partial building collapse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Tuesday morning left three people missing and 11 injured.
The event remains under investigation, but it appears to point to the deterioration of infrastructure following more than three decades of breakneck economic growth.
Anti-coronavirus measures tightened across China
January 14, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — China further tightened its anti-pandemic measures in Beijing and across the country on Friday as scattered outbreaks continued ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in a little over two weeks.
China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Olympics
January 13, 2022 GMTTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, which poses a test to its “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy and its ability to successfully host the Winter Olympics.
China’s Tianjin orders more testing of 14 million residents
January 12, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The northern Chinese city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing of all 14 million residents Wednesday following the discovery of 97 cases of the omicron variant during initial screenings that began Sunday.
Chinese port city reports 41 virus cases, amid mass testing
January 10, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — Authorities in the Chinese city of Tianjin on Monday reported 41 COVID-19 infections out of 3.4 million residents tested since the discovery of two local omicron cases.
Officials say they plan to test all of the 14 million inhabitants of the large port city that lies near the capital of Beijing.
China’s Tianjin on partial lockdown after omicron found
January 10, 2022 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The numbers are small, but the major port of Tianjin may be facing China's first local outbreak of omicron of any size, less than a month before the Winter Olympics open in nearby Beijing.
Early-season snow blankets Beijing, northern China
November 7, 2021 GMTBEIJING (AP) — An early-season snowstorm blanketed much of northern China including the capital Beijing, prompting highway closures and flight and train cancellations and delays.
Temperatures plunged to freezing and below as a cold front moved from west to east.
Four Continents skating set for Europe debut in Estonia
October 4, 2021 GMTLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Four Continents Championships for figure skaters from outside Europe will be held in Europe for the first time after Estonia stepped in as a replacement host for China, the International Skating Union said on Monday.
China keeps virus at bay at high cost ahead of Olympics
September 22, 2021 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The Beizhong International Travel Agency in the eastern city of Tianjin has had only one customer since coronavirus outbreaks that began in July prompted Chinese leaders to renew city lockdowns and travel controls.
ISU seeking host for 4 Continents 2022 event in January
September 13, 2021 GMTLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Skating Union is seeking a replacement host for the 2022 Four Continents event after Tianjin, China bowed out.
The ISU said Monday that it is conducting a search for a new site for the Jan.
US envoy Kerry says China crucial to handling climate crisis
September 2, 2021 GMTBEIJING (AP) — China needs to expand its efforts to reduce carbon emissions to help hold back the rise in global temperatures, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Thursday.
The State Department said Kerry told Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng in a virtual meeting that there is “no way” for the world to solve the climate crisis without China’s “full engagement and commitment.”
China warns Kerry that bad ties could set back climate talks
September 2, 2021 GMTBEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday that deteriorating U.S.-China relations could undermine cooperation between the two on climate change.
China’s ties to Taliban warm ahead of US leaving Afghanistan
July 29, 2021 GMTBEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister met Wednesday with a delegation of high-level Taliban officials as ties between them warm ahead of the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan.
A photo posted on the ministry’s website showed Wang Yi posing with senior Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and his delegation in the city of Tianjin, then sitting down to talks.
US, China hold high-level talks, highlighting differences
July 26, 2021 GMTTIANJIN, China (AP) — High-level face-to-face talks between U.S. and Chinese diplomats on Monday highlighted sharp differences between the sides, although the tone appeared somewhat less contentious than at their last meeting.
No. 2 US diplomat Sherman to visit China as tensions soar
July 22, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to China this weekend on a visit that comes as tensions between Washington and Beijing soar on multiple fronts, the State Department said Wednesday.
Orlando’s Pato sidelined 3-6 weeks after knee surgery
May 5, 2021 GMTORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando forward Alexandre Pato is expected to be sidelined for three to six weeks following arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.
The 31-year-old Brazilian was operated on Tuesday by Orlando chief medical officer Dr...
Fans return, Chinese Super League season off to strong start
April 29, 2021 GMTJust over a week into the Chinese Super League season, Oscar is among the international players who are helping fans forget about the financial problems which plagued the competition ahead of the start...
China finance official executed in bribery case
January 29, 2021 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case...
Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream
January 17, 2021 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The coronavirus was found on ice cream produced in eastern China, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch, according to the government...
Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death
January 5, 2021 GMTBEIJING (AP) — The former head of state-owned China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd. was sentenced to death Tuesday for bribe taking in one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years.
The Latest: China reports results of mass testing
November 24, 2020 GMTBEIJING — China has reported new coronavirus cases in the cities of Shanghai and Tianjin as it seeks to prevent small outbreaks from becoming larger ones...
China tests millions after coronavirus flareups in 3 cities
November 23, 2020 GMTBEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week...
Asia Today: Shanghai airport worker gets virus; 8,000 tested
November 10, 2020 GMTBEIJING (AP) — Authorities in China’s financial hub of Shanghai have quarantined 186 people and conducted coronavirus tests on more than 8,000 after a freight handler at the city’s main international airport tested positive for the virus...
China says Interpol ex-president confesses to bribe taking
June 20, 2019 GMTBEIJING (AP) — Former Interpol President Meng Hongwei confessed to accepting more than $2 million in bribes and expressed regret for his crime, a Chinese court said Thursday...
Cologne signs veteran Claudio Pizarro in bid to boost attack
September 29, 2017 GMTCOLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Cologne has signed veteran Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro in a bid to boost its attacking threat.
The Bundesliga side has struggled for goals since French striker Anthony Modeste left in a big-money move to Chinese side Tianjin Quanjian.
Thunderstorms complicate recovery from Tianjin port blasts
August 18, 2015 GMTTIANJIN, China (AP) — Thunderstorms Tuesday complicated recovery efforts from last week's massive explosions at a warehouse in China's Tianjin port that killed at least 114 people, left 57 missing and exposed dangerous chemicals — including some that could become flammable on contact with water.