Tougher regulation ordered for content already screened for politically sensitive or pornographic words, and writers must register their real identities.

Capital has confirmed 51 local cases since Thursday, including 44 on Saturday and early Sunday.

Adding chopsticks to the table for the sole purpose of serving is seen by many as interrupting Chinese family values.

Premier Li Keqiang’s push to promote hawkers seen as better suited to small centres rather than the country’s major urban areas.

Families must shoulder the bulk of care for older members, a burden that is only expected to increase as the country ages.

Donors pledge US$8.8 billion to immunise 300 million over the next five years

Analysis of gene samples from 84 Covid-19 patients in city suggests most had a European origin, according to researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Mudanjiang in China’s northeast has given itself six days to screen all of its residents for the pathogen after coming under pressure from an influx of cases in April.

Provincial authorities say 300 asymptomatic cases were identified in the mass screening programme.

Mandatory screening of millions of people a shot in the arm for city but authorities need to give more information about how the programme was conducted, scientists say.

Pledge will be good news for Jizhi Gari and his parents who have spent the past six months travelling the country in search of odd jobs.

Thirty-six colleges are taking part in initiative to nurture talent and focus more on basic research.

Ministry of Education issues detailed instructions on age-appropriate learning in subjects including maths, languages and science.

Pupils around the country returned to the classroom last week, with most schools insisting on face coverings

The food delivery sector in China has 7 million drivers and has become a temporary solution for many hit by coronavirus economic shock waves.

The four children were supposed to be playing in their village but entered an illegal building site through broken fencing.

From mahjong to face masks, small things can balloon into big arguments in the pandemic pressure cooker, Chinese psychologist says.

Residents of nine regions, including Wuhan, Beijing and Shanghai, to be sampled using both nucleic acid and antibody tests, state media reports.

Directive part of a raft of new rules in store for colleges as classes gradually resume.

Surging international demand for personal protective equipment has lured new players into the lucrative industry but not all are up to standard.

Top police and prosecutors sent to help look into allegations in the eastern Chinese city of Yantai, state broadcaster reports.

Customs authority announces move after complaints from buyers about substandard products.

‘It was like waiting for death,’ infected man says of suffering at home while hospitals were full.

A Beijing doctor tells of fear, chaos and ‘cruel disease’ during pandemic.

Hospitals in the United States and China administer the supplement as part of a therapy for people with Covid-19.

Researchers find viral load highest in first seven days after patients start showing signs of the disease.

Education tourism is hugely popular among wealthier families, but health concerns, travel restrictions and uncertainty about school holidays mean that this year most youngsters will be staying at home.

Chinese doctors use extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to rescue critically ill patient from verge of death.

Men who have contracted the disease and recovered should seek medical advice regarding ‘theoretical’ risk to their reproductive health, Wuhan hospital says.

Two Wuhan officials fired, one under investigation, and local government workers go door-to-door to apologise after residents rage at sloppy food handling.