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Girl, five, cries inconsolably after her medic mother died in the fight against coronavirus

Zhang Jingjing, 32, died from a cardiac arrest earlier this month after working day and night to save patients during a two-month mission to Hubei, the former ground zero of the outbreak.




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Chinese state media blasts Trump for 'destroying America's democracy and freedom'

'Numerous people are wondering how the US system can tolerate such a person as a president,' Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times accused in an opinion piece.




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People are buying up a heartburn medicine that's being tested as a coronavirus treatment

Major retailers such as Amazon and Walgreens appeared to be experiencing shortages of the medication.




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'No such thing': China's ambassador to Australia denies 'wet markets' even exist

China's ambassador to Australia has bizarrely denied that 'wet markets' even exist in the Communist nation as the country continues to deny that the outbreak began in Wuhan.




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Coronavirus: Chinese doctor 'discovered COVID-19' in December

Dr Zhang Jixian, 54, has been hailed by China as the first person to report the virus to local officials. She found out that the disease was contagious in December after treating a family of three.




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Footage from 2018 shows scientists in Wuhan's virus lab studying 'a novel coronavirus'

Shi Zhengli, a lead researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, said the pathogen in the report was different from the strain of coronavirus that has triggered the pandemic.




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Top Chinese official calls Donald Trump's demand for reparations over coronavirus 'blackmail'

China suggested Tuesday that Donald Trump is 'blackmailing' them by blaming Beijing for the coronavirus pandemic and demanding it pay compensations to the U.S.




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Chinese man who once gobbled down a raw snake gallbladder sees his lungs riddled with worms 

An exotic food lover from China who once devoured a snake gallbladder has found his lungs festered with worms. Doctors said that his riddled organs were caused by eating uncooked seafood.




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Billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest hits back after inviting Chinese diplomat to press conference

The billionaire invited Victorian China Consul-General Zhou Long -  who did not take questions but credited the 'transparent' manner with which China had dealt with the COVID-19 outbreak.




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How Chinese investors could save Australia's housing market despite ambassador Cheng Jingye's threat

China expert Professor James Laurenceson predicts cashed-up Chinese investors will continue having an interest in Australian property - despite diplomatic tensions over coronavirus.




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Hampshire bowler Chris Wood opens up on his gambling addiction in bid to help other athletes 

EXCLUSIVE BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: Chris Wood never quite considered killing himself, but he did wonder about the point of living. Cricketer by day, gambler by night.




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Chinese tourists ignore social distancing and swarm to a 'sacred' mountain to watch the sunrise

A video shows the Mount Tai, one of China's five greatest mountains, being jam-packed with visitors this morning. Similar sights can be spotted in other famous tourist attractions in China today.




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The truth behind the 'mercy flight' carrying medical supplies from Wuhan 

The Suparna privately chartered flight touched down at Sydney Airport on April 8 with 70 tonnes of personal protective equipment from Wuhan, the reported epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak.




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Coronavirus: China's state media claims Trump 'publicly lying'

Hu Xijin, the outspoken head of Communist propaganda outlet the Global Times, has launched an astonishing attack on Trump, accusing the US president of 'publicly lying about China'.




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Billie Eilish looks stylish in edgy Burberry ensemble as Vogue China's latest cover girl

The Bad Guy singer, 18, looked captivating while clad in an almost Handmaid's Tale looking hat and plaid Burberry coat in the portrait, which was shot by fashion photographer Nick Knight.




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'Once upon a virus': China mocks the US response to the coronavirus crisis with Lego-like animation

In the animation posted online by China's official Xinhua news agency, a warrior Lego figure wearing a face mask warns a Statue of Liberty figure of the dangers of the virus.




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HARRY COLE: MPs and journalists asking claim to be victims of suspicious hacking 

HARRY COLE: One MP who says he's a victim of attempts to trick him into giving information over the internet is Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat.




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China academic accuses Australia of 'stabbing Beijing in the back' over coronavirus inquiry calls

An influential academic who writes for a Chinese Communist Party newspaper has accused Australia of 'stabbing China in the back' over its calls for an international coronavirus inquiry.




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Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and Kerry Stokes back China in diplomatic row

What do mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and media mogul Kerry Stokes have in common? Both stand boost fortunes thanks to China, and both have done Beijing's bidding on COVID-19.




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Ministers were 'fully aware' China had covered up the true scale of coronavirus, MI6 source claims

A senior former MI6 official says that UK Ministers were told 'not to believe Beijing's claims' from the beginning and to pour cold water on all information coming from Chinese officials on the virus.




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Australian billionaires have been 'groomed' by China to be 'megaphones' of Communist Party policy

Mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and media mogul Kerry Stokes drew widespread outrage for calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to dump an inquiry into the origin of coronavirus.




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China and Australia tensions mount over coronavirus inquiry after diplomat's 'outrageous behaviour'

China's 'bullying' responses to Australia's calls for an international coronavirus inquiry were slammed as 'outrageous' as experts rethink the diplomatic relationship.




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China's supersonic stealth bomber could be ready later this year

The feared Xian H-20, which doubles China's strike range and completes its nuclear triad, puts Australia, Japan and Korea all within range and could be rolled out this year amid escalating global tensions.




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Boris Johnson's Downing Street press conference is met with criticism on Gogglebox

Contributors on the Channel 4 show mocked Boris Johnson's description of COVID-19 as 'an unexpected mugger', with several pointing out it was 'no surprise'.




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Man whose family is trapped in China says Beijing engaging in hostage diplomacy over COVID-19 row

Sadam Abdusalam's wife and Australian citizen son have been trapped in China's Xinjiang province for three years as part of the communist regime's systemic persecution of its Uyghur population.




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Australian politician slammed for sharing anti-America tweets and saying 'China is our future'

A tweet posted by Mark Buttigieg flashed on screen during Q and A on Monday night, where Mr Buttigieg claimed Australia's relationship with the US is biased.




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Dr Fauci says there's 'NO evidence' coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab - contradicting Trump claims

Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, panned the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology on Monday.




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Trump says China made 'horrible mistake' and covered up coronavirus outbreak

President Donald Trump suggested that the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe is the result of a 'horrible mistake' made by China, during a Fox News virtual town hall on Sunday.




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China 'harasses, threatens and silences' Wuhan COVID-19 survivors who plan to sue the government

Multiple activists, journalists and ordinary internet users have already vanished after criticising Beijing's approach to the crisis as the country tries to control the COVID-19 narrative.




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Iranian airline 'fuelled Middle East's coronavirus crisis by continuing flights to China'

Mahan Air, a private company linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is accused of lying about these flights after Tehran barred all flights to China on January 31.




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Children CAN spread coronavirus, studies claim as NIH launches trial to track pediatric infections 

One Chinese study found school closures can lower a peak in coronavirus cases by 40% to 60% and a Germany study found children carry as high levels of the virus as adults can.




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Shanghai Disneyland is 'set to open in mid-May' after a nearly four-month coronavirus shutdown

Preparations for the opening are underway as the theme park in China is set to welcome visitors again in mid-to-late May, a source revealed to the Chinese media on Monday.




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China's 'spider-man cleaner' picks litter on a vertical cliff face with little protection

With a hardhat, a harness and a rope, these so-called 'spider-man cleaners' need to collect garbage left by visitors on dangerous cliff faces in Zhangjiajie, south-western China.




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Paralysed mother, 79, miraculously survives after being 'buried alive by her son'

Police in north-western China's Shaanxi province rescued the paralysed mother, known by her surname Wang, on Tuesday after the woman's daughter-in-law reported her missing.




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FTSE 100 opens flat on 5849 as Asian shares continue to climb after China's central bank fixed yuan

London markets opened flat today as Asian shares continued to climb after China's central bank fixed the yuan in a bid to ease US trade-war tensions.




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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Beckham's body art proves tattoo much for the Chinese state

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Beckham likes to think he is a man of the people. However, the Communist state of China takes a rather different view of his body art.




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Trump says he believes the U.S. coronavirus death count but 'not China's'

President Trump said he believed the American coronavirus death toll was accurate - but not China's - amid reports that he planned to start sowing doubt about the U.S. totals.




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Australia's proposed 'coronavirus travel bubble' with New Zealand could be expanded

Neville Power, the chairman of the government's COVID-19 recovery taskforce, has suggested resuming travel ties with China. He used to run iron ore exporter Fortescue Metals.




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New Zealand's foreign minister smashes the Chinese ambassador

The debate over Taiwan's place within the World Health Organisation has escalated with New Zealand's foreign minister Winston Peters taking aim at the Chinese ambassador.




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Gordon, Gino & Fred: Road Trip around Asia is postponed

Gordon Ramsay, Gino D'Acampo and Fred Sirieix's planned stint around Asia for Gordon, Gino & Fred: Road Trip has been postponed thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Chinese girl, seven, has to study UNDER her parents' market counter every day

Touching images showed the little girl taking lessons online with her laptop and naked light bulbs in the confined space under the market stall in the outskirt of Yichang city, Hubei province.




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Chinese school orders students to run two hours every day in 'weight-loss classes'

A video filmed Wednesday showed two rows of students running around the field track during 'weight-loss classes' at the Shuguang Bilingual School in Huai'an, Jiangsu province of eastern China.




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Coronavirus: Trump twice ignored aides' advice over China

President Donald Trump turned down suggestions by aides who encouraged him to press Chinese President Xi Jinping on transparency.




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Coronavirus US: Mike Pompeo says China hasn't provided samples

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China is holding back essential information about the coronavirus, although a whistleblower says a top U.S. official failed to ask for it in January.




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How China 'used Word document to launch potentially devastating cyber-attack' on Western Australia

The report by Israeli cyber-security company Check Point said hackers known as Naikon targeted a worker in the office of the Western Autralian premier.




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China uses New Jersey Mayor's claim he had COVID-19 in November to blame US for virus

China is honing in on claims made by New Jersey mayor Michael Melham that he contracted COVID-19 as early as November, suggesting the virus could have emerged from the US.




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TikTok user finds a 'coronavirus cell' on the Australian $20 bank note 

The Royal Australian Mint began circulating the new note in October 2019, months before the virus was even identified in Wuhan, China - the original epicentre.




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Chinese scenic spot unveils 'the world's largest swing' which stands 30 storeys tall

A Chinese scenic spot has built a huge swing on the edge of a 2,300-foot-tall cliff and is planning to apply for the world record of the largest swing. The swing is roughly the height of a 30-storey building.




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Odion Ighalo 'desperate to stay at Manchester United' with striker due for return to China on May 31

Odion Ighalo was settling in nicely to his dream Manchester United loan before it was cruelly cut off by coronavirus, leaving the striker desperate to extend his stay with the Premier League club.




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Salomon Rondon 'desperate to return to Newcastle' as he eyes European switch after spell in China

Rondon spent the entirety of the 2018-19 season on loan at Newcastle from West Brom and scored 12 goals in 33 appearances, which saw him crowned the club's player of the year.