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China could move away from its zero-Covid strategy "in the near future" and co-exist with the virus, a top Chinese scientist said in a possible sign that the country's leadership is rethinking its strict approach.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said she never accused anyone of sexual assault, according to an interview published Monday, again walking back an allegation that sparked worldwide concern about her safety.

The former doubles world number one alleged in a social media post in November that former Chinese vice-premier Zhang Gaoli forced her into sex during a years-long relationship.

China will allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media said Monday, further unwinding four decades of strict family planning controls in the world's most populous nation.

Mining operator cryptocurrency such as Huobi Mall and BTC.TOP suspended operations in China. This stoppage comes after Beijing will crack down on mining and trade Bitcoin.

This action made the digital currency plummet. The State Council Committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Liu He announced a crackdown on Friday evening.

China recorded its first COVID-19 death in eight months on Jan. 14, as experts huddled to discuss worrying new strains of the coronavirus that are spreading rapidly around the globe.

The gathering in Geneva of the World Health Organization's emergency committee comes as their colleagues landed in Wuhan for a long-delayed mission to find the origins of the virus.

At least three people were killed and two were injured after a bridge collapsed on a major road in China's Jiangsu province, bTV reported.

The bridge in the city of Wuxi fell on three cars that were below it. Three people were killed in two of the cars and the third car was empty.

A van ploughed into pedestrians after veering onto a crowded sidewalk in a busy area of central Shanghai on Friday (Feb 2), leaving at least 18 people injured, three of them seriously, city authorities said.

The incident occurred at People's Park in the heart of the city around 9am, when crowds of residents would have been on their way to work.

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has withdrawn a television advert in China featuring a mother who threatened to disown her unmarried daughter after it unleashed a wave of criticism on social media for being sexist and insulting single women.

A young woman has gone partially blind after playing China’s most popular game on her smartphone all day. The 21-year-old gamer, who goes under the pseudonym Wu Xiaojing, could not stop playing Honor of Kings until she lost the sight in her right eye.

A senior executive at China's state-backed internet finance body said on Sept. 15 "stateless" digital tokens such as bitcoin posed risks as they could be used for illegal actions, and rules are needed to support the development of "legal" digital currencies.