Chinese state media has released an email, claiming to be from Peng Shuai, saying "I'm not missing, or unsafe". Few believe it.

Where is the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai who made sex abuse allegations?

China was never going to support "phasing out" coal, when it's currently in the grip of an energy crisis that has proved how dependent it still is on the stuff.

COP26: Why China is unwilling to budge on its coal commitments 

President Xi has placed himself on a par with China’s most powerful leaders - Chairman Mao Zedong and President Deng Xiaoping. 

President Xi turbo boosts power to allow indefinite rule of China

FILE - China's Shuai Peng plays a shot against Romania's Sorana Cirstea during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France. Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by the Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to such charges. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)




A top tennis player's sexual abuse claims against an ex-CCP leader have been mysteriously wiped off the internet.

What one woman's sex abuse claim tells us about China's #MeToo movement

The air quality in Beijing is three times worse than the most polluted areas of London, but it's unlikely to improve until China ends its reliance on coal.

Beijing's air quality is three times worse than London's - what next for China?

Can coal really be consigned to history at COP26 if the world's largest emitter of coal pollution does not attend the conference?

Is COP26 doomed to fail without China's Xi Jinping?

iPhones are one of the items that may become harder to buy in the run-up to Christmas.

Why China's energy-rationing could leave the UK short of Christmas gifts

The Chinese Ambassador to the UK has accused Western Governments of attempting to tarnish Chinas image and mislead their citizens with baseless accusations. 

Uyghur in China: Stories behind two women who have given evidence at UK tribunal

Taliban fighters stand guard in the main gate leading to Afghan presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. The U.S. military struggled to manage a chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan on Monday 

The Taliban and the Chinese Government have maintained relations for many years but Beijing is uncomfortable with the militant's ideological agenda. 

What does the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan mean for its neighbour China?

It is possible the Beijing Winter Games will be held under even tighter conditions than Tokyo 2020, with foreign spectators likely to be banned. 

Beijing 2022: How may restrictions in the winter games differ from the summer?

The city of Rajshahi, in Bangladesh, is at the centre of a Covid epidemic that threatens to overwhelm health services

Rajshahi: The Bangladesh city racing to vaccinate as Covid wreaks havoc

The home secretary will propose altering the wording of the policing bill to include domestic abuse and sexual violence as violent crime, ITV News understands.

Patel to change policing bill after pressure from domestic abuse campaigners

Prince Charles, who joined the inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Sandra Mason, said it was a moment for the country to “survey a new horizon”.

Prince Charles acknowledges ‘atrocity of slavery’ as Barbados becomes a republic

ITV News Europe Editor James Mates visited an ICU in Prague where around 80% of the most seriously ill patients had chosen not to have the vaccine.

Inside an under pressure ICU as Covid rips through the Czech Republic

Ministers will promise to transform housing and invest in technology to help people to stay in their own homes for longer, ITV News understands.

Government to set out long-term vision for social care

 For the prosecution, Ghislaine Maxwell is the female predator who gave cover to Jeffrey Epstein, whereas the defence pitch her as a patsy

Battle lines drawn as Ghislaine Maxwell trial begins 

The forgotten catacombs, cisterns, sewers and quarries beneath Rome are causing sinkholes as traffic on the roads above gets increasingly heavier.

Why are the many layers of history hidden beneath modern Rome causing a problem?

At least 27 people died in a recent Channel crossing attempt but migrants in makeshift camps in Calais say the alternative is not better.

The desperation pushing people to make the dangerous Channel crossing

The Queen called it a 'significant occasion' and spoke of when she first visited the country just ahead of Independence Day in 1966.

Debi Edward

Asia Correspondent