China

Six people have been killed in an early morning knife attack outside a kindergarten, said Lianjiang city police and Chinese state-run media; other mass stabbings have been reported in recent years, often targeting children in or outside schools

China's economy posted a drop in exports for the first time since February, raising global concerns about growth in the world's second-largest economy

After 15 years of activity, the Beijing LGBT+ Centre, one of the most important institutions against sexual and gender discrimination, closed

The country said it will fully implement the priority policy for youth employment and explore market-based employment channels, ensuring that the number of graduates accepted by central and state-owned enterprises is not lower than last year

Foreign Minister Qin Gang reportedly told the US ambassador to China that Washington is responsible for the deterioration of relations between the two nations and must "reflect deeply"

Chinese military motivated the beginning of military exercises around Taiwan by the meeting between Taiwan president and speaker of US House of Representatives

Chinese President Xi Jinping called Russian President Putin "a dear friend" in the Kremlin meeting

The WHO has accused China of hiding data for years on raccoon contagions that could explain the origin of Covid-19, data that has now disappeared

Over the weekend, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, two annual meetings of the People's Republic's largest assemblies were held to ratify Xi Jinping's third term in office, appoint the new premier and define economic goals