China News API

Get the live top headlines from China with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top headlines from China. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=general&country=cn&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --data-urlencode "country=cn" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "general", "country": "cn", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "general",
    country: "cn",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "general",
    "country"  => "cn",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=general&country=cn&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 117456,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8bce8d444036d3d73251fd19a3a97dd8",
            "title": "努力让这条母亲河越来越美",
            "description": "努力让这条母亲河越来越美-\"位于黄河“最后一道弯”处的兰考，过去日子不好过。\"",
            "content": "新华社郑州11月3日电 题：努力让这条母亲河越来越美——写在党领导人民治黄80年之际\n新华社记者李俊、宋晓东、杨琳\n黄河落天走东海，万里写入胸怀间。\n秋日的黄河缓缓东流，两岸田畴连片，村落安宁。很少有人会想到，这条大河曾经“三年两决口、百年一改道”。1946年，冀鲁豫黄河故道管理委员会成立，拉开了党领导人民治黄的序幕。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记多次深入沿黄省区考察，3次主持召开专题座谈会，擘画出黄河流域生态保护和高质量发展重大国家战略。\n近日，习近平总书记再次对进一步做好黄河保护治理工作作出重... [2768 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.qstheory.cn/20261104/0c007aa32561438a8ebff9296087626c/c.html",
            "image": "https://www.qstheory.cn/favicon.ico",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:37:01Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "be3c50194566d851618c374cd0d10cb3",
                "name": "求是",
                "url": "https://www.qstheory.cn"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "051300e6bfb4d836e5e3fb795a0fbdf2",
            "title": "美国举行中期选举投票 特朗普政府迎来“期中考试”",
            "description": "在通胀高企、生活成本上升的背景下，特朗普政府第二任期迎来一场形势严峻的“期中考试”。",
            "content": "新华社华盛顿11月3日电（记者熊茂伶 杨伶）美国3日举行中期选举投票。美国东部时间早6时（北京时间19时），缅因州、纽约州、弗吉尼亚州等东部一些州的投票点率先开启投票。在通胀高企、生活成本上升的背景下，特朗普政府第二任期迎来一场形势严峻的“期中考试”。\n11月3日，选民在美国纽约的一处投票站投票。新华社记者 张凤国 摄\n在本次中期选举中，共和党和民主党将角逐国会众议院全部435个席位和参议院100个席位中的35个。选民还将选出36个州的州长以及部分州的州议会议员等地方公职人员。\n按目前的国会席位... [683 chars]",
            "url": "http://www.banyuetan.org/gj/detail/20261104/1000200033136201793755047036329643_1.html",
            "image": "http://img5.banyuetan.org/group1/M00/04/93/CpAAP2rqirqAbxWbAADRMVmxNoE161.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:17:27Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "a481b44ed26a569e6fd4e087699f3d51",
                "name": "半月谈",
                "url": "http://www.banyuetan.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "23625f7d5d6a6aea765c53d998442d56",
            "title": "美国中期选举登场 国会控制权与美以关系成焦点",
            "description": "美国2026年中期选举周二正式举行，全国选民陆续前往投票，决定联邦参众两院以及36个州州长的归属。这场选举不仅攸关未来两年美国国会的主导权，也被视为总统特朗普第二任期的重要民意考验。而就在投票日当天，特朗普更宣布计划停止对以色列长期军事援助，再度成为国际关注焦点。",
            "content": "民主党希望藉由这次选举重新夺回国会控制权。目前共和党掌握参众两院，民主党必须增加四席参议员及三席众议员，才能重新取得国会多数。一旦成功，将能够在特朗普任期最后两年，对白宫施政形成更大制衡。\n今年最受关注的战场包括阿拉斯加、艾奥瓦、堪萨斯、缅因、密歇根、俄亥俄及德州等参议院选区；众议院则有多个摇摆选区竞争激烈。不少关键选区过去都是特朗普大胜的地区，因此民主党这次面临不小挑战。\n竞选期间，两党主打议题明显不同。民主党集中批评特朗普支持率下滑、民众对伊朗战争的不满，以及生活成本持续攀升；共和党则持续强... [1292 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%93%E6%A0%8F%E6%A3%80%E7%B4%A2/%E8%A6%81%E9%97%BB%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90/20261103-%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E4%B8%AD%E6%9C%9F%E9%80%89%E4%B8%BE%E7%99%BB%E5%9C%BA-%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E6%9D%83%E4%B8%8E%E7%BE%8E%E4%BB%A5%E5%85%B3%E7%B3%BB%E6%88%90%E7%84%A6%E7%82%B9",
            "image": "https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/7d9f9116-d7c5-11f1-8951-a575454bc579/w:1280/p:16x9/2026-11-03T201437Z-1759509023-RC2KGOA6PXBO-RTRMADP-3-USA-ELECTION-VIRGINIA.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:26:00Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "ce220ee834949cc829facb394da9f7b7",
                "name": "RFI",
                "url": "https://www.rfi.fr"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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