China

Video shows a fast-moving wall of sand turning the sky yellow as drivers flee the billowing clouds.

Footage has emerged of a sandstorm that reportedly chased motorists for more than 100 kilometres across the Haixi region of Qinghai province.

Australian activist Drew Pavlou has been arrested and detained in London just 20 minutes into a protest outside the Chinese embassy after authorities alleged he had emailed a bomb threat.

The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, a top US military officer says while visiting Indonesia as part of a trip to the Indo-Pacific.

The 23-tonne laboratory module was launched on Sunday and docked at the Tiangong space station, where it will be used for scientific experiments. 

China has launched the second of the three modules required to complete its permanent space station by the year's end.

Australian shares struggle for momentum as gains in miners on the back of firm commodity prices counter losses in technology and financial stocks.

A Chinese court has overruled a rare legal challenge brought by an unmarried Beijing woman who was refused access to egg-freezing services by a hospital.

Drew Pavlou says he was kept in custody overnight by British police and held incommunicado over allegations he had emailed a bomb threat to the Chinese embassy before a protest in London.

Is the cattle industry's multi-million-dollar reliance on imported phosphorus about to change? 

One of the world's oldest vertebrates, the Yangtze sturgeon, had existed in the wild for more than 200 million years. But now it's extinct, thanks to water traffic, pollution and over-fishing, say conservationists.

From a banking crisis to property market slumps, China's economy is under stress and the country also recently recorded its lowest quarterly growth rate figure since 1990. What might those challenges mean for Australians?

China's cybersecurity regulator has fined ride-share company Didi 8 billion yuan ($1.7 billion), ending a probe that forced it to delist from the New York Stock Exchange after a year in operation, sending foreign investors a warning about China's tech sector.

A new report out of Beijing declares the AUKUS nuclear submarine project is a grave risk to non-proliferation and warns that Australia may be intent on developing nuclear weapons.

China's government has established a new minerals giant that will purchase iron ore from abroad on behalf of Chinese steel producers — a move seen as an attempt to gain long-term leverage in price negotiations with Australian exporters.

China's government has established a new minerals giant that will purchase iron ore from abroad on behalf of Chinese steel producers — a move seen as an attempt to gain long-term leverage in price negotiations with Australian exporters.

Officials in Beijing say they will take "forceful measures" if US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan.

The UFC is among the world's most-watched sporting leagues — but is China, the home of martial arts and the birthplace of Kung Fu, ready for it?

Chinese and Western brands have been criticised for ignoring China's beauty standards and accused of depicting women as "ugly".

Australian shares are heading for their best day in weeks, with resources stocks jumping on worries over a supply crunch and banks advancing on expectations higher interest rates will boost profits.

Surfskating is becoming increasingly popular among women in China after COVID lockdowns. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese comes to power at a decisive moment for South-East Asia, a decade that likely will determine if the region's ceaseless quest for strategic autonomy is sustainable as China's influence grows and competition with the United States intensifies.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry says any visit by Ms Pelosi would "seriously undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity".

Homes in an apartment complex in Guangzhou city's Liwan district are opened to find any close contacts hiding inside and to disinfect the premises, state media reports. District officials have apologised for "oversimplified and violent" behaviour. 

Footage has emerged of several Hurstville councillors being accompanied by escorts in China