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China announces launch of first indigenous aircraft carrier

The Fujian aircraft carrier features a full-length flight deck with a catapult launch system, making it more technically advanced than the other two Chinese carriers.

China battles Covid-19 outbreak as WHO warns of Delta-fuelled spread

The rise in infections come as a leaked internal CDC document found fully immunised people with so-called breakthrough infections of the Delta variant can spread the disease as easily as unvaccinated people.

About 30 still trapped after Chinese coronavirus quarantine hotel collapse

The Quanzhou municipality said 38 of the 70 or so people had been rescued four hours after the collapse.

Eight killed in China as hijacked bus crashes into pedestrians

The bus was hijacked mid-afternoon and hit pedestrians along the way as it careened down the street in the city of Longyan, said police.

2nd Catholic bishop in China steps aside for state-approved cleric

There are an estimated 10 million Catholics in China, divided between a government-run association whose clergy are approved by the Communist Party, and the unofficial church loyal to the Vatican.

Typhoon Megi kills four in Taiwan

The third typhoon to strike Taiwan this month has killed at least four people and injured hundreds of others.

Death toll in China landslide reaches 22, 17 still missing

Days of heavy rain caused a landslide at a hydropower plant in China's Fujian Province.