Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge has carried 10 million vehicles since opening, Xinhua says after US outlet’s ‘ghost bridge’ report

More than 10 million vehicles have used a mega bridge linking Hong Kong with Zhuhai and Macau since it opened more than five years ago, Chinese state media has said, just days after a US broadcaster referred to it as an underused “ghost” crossing. Xinhua reported that vehicle flow reached 3.26 million last year, with … Read more

Heavy rains continue to batter China’s Guangdong province as forecasters warn more storms are coming

Previously the worst affected areas were in the north of the province, with floods and landslides displacing more than 110,000 people along the Bei River, a tributary of the Pearl River. State news agency Xinhua said the Bei had recorded its highest levels in over 50 years years on Monday, although the floodwaters have now … Read more

No problem that can’t be talked through, President Xi Jinping tells Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou in historic Beijing talks

In opening remarks made in the presence of the press on Wednesday, both Xi and Ma sought to strike a conciliatory tone despite prolonged cross-strait tensions. 01:26 President Xi Jinping meets Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou in historic talks in Beijing President Xi Jinping meets Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou in historic talks in Beijing Referring to his guest … Read more