China News API

Get the live top headlines from China with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean 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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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": 122492,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1e8a462d986a01b5bd331893c0961b98",
            "title": "青春逐冰雪 奋进向未来--第33届世界大学生冬季运动会发出诚挚邀请",
            "description": "第33届世界大学生冬季运动会将于2027年1月15日至25日在吉林省长春市、吉林市举办。10月14日，国新办举行新闻发布会，介绍赛事筹备情况。",
            "content": "【来自国新办新闻发布会的报道】\n光明日报记者 陈鹏\n第33届世界大学生冬季运动会将于2027年1月15日至25日在吉林省长春市、吉林市举办。10月14日，国新办举行新闻发布会，介绍赛事筹备情况。\n大冬会组委会副主席、教育部副部长王嘉毅介绍：“大冬会是全球规模最大、最具影响力的大学生冬季体育盛会。长春大冬会是继北京冬奥会、哈尔滨亚冬会之后，我国承办的又一项国际性综合性冰雪赛事，备受国内外关注。”\n本届大冬会主题为“逐梦冰雪，长驻青春”。这是继2009年哈尔滨大冬会后，该项冬季体育盛会再次落户中国。... [1198 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.gmw.cn/2026-10/15/content_39047107.htm",
            "image": "https://imgnews.gmw.cn/attachement/jpg/site2/20261013/a30362289c1b4a679363f58d89691b46.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:15:00Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "5ffda0ebce7aedd3582a7cf3abb41526",
                "name": "光明网",
                "url": "https://news.gmw.cn"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cc6c4c47d3a001b902abdc2d1138ae7d",
            "title": "中国9月出口激增 顺差逼近万亿美元",
            "description": "官方最新数据显示，中国9月份进出口表现远超市场预期，前三季度贸易顺差逼近1万亿美元大关，有望刷新历史纪录。然而，在以半导体和汽车为代表的出口高歌猛进背后，国内消费却持续萎靡，北京依靠外需拉动增长的模式正引发美欧等主要贸易伙伴的强烈反弹。这种内外失衡的增长路径究竟还能持续多久？",
            "content": "（德国之声中文网）中国海关总署周三（10月14日）公布的数据显示，9月份中国出口出现大幅攀升，推动今年全年的贸易顺差有望创下历史新高，这可能加剧中国与欧盟及美国之间的贸易摩擦。\n根据官方数据，以美元计，中国9月份出口同比增长36.3%，从8月份25%的增速进一步加快，创下自今年2月以来的最快增速。进口方面则同比增长31%，同样高于8月份28.2%的增幅。由于进出口增速双双超过此前彭博社调查预期的25.7%与25%以及路透社预期的25.5%，中国9月单月录得1335亿美元的贸易顺差，为2025年1... [2085 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dw.com/zh/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%87%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%9A%B4%E5%A2%9E%E6%B6%88%E8%B4%B9%E7%96%B2%E8%BD%AF-%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E9%9A%90%E5%BF%A7%E9%9A%BE%E5%8C%96%E8%A7%A3/a-79659242",
            "image": "https://static.dw.com/image/77961566_6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T17:40:24Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "67e0c40c5e24b3fec372ab75763abad9",
                "name": "DW.com",
                "url": "https://www.dw.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c12427e9a8fa7015af6833b82c30fc55",
            "title": "伊朗袭击行动升级，一艘集装箱船于霍尔木兹海峡沉没",
            "description": "周三，随着伊朗对商业船只的袭击持续升级，一艘集装箱船在霍尔木兹海峡沉没。\n新加坡海事机构在周三声明中指出：“这类袭击属于无端发起，毫无正当理由，并且违反国际法。”但海上安保机构 Marisks 表示，目前没有…",
            "content": "来源：环球市场播报\n核心要点\n新加坡籍船舶 GFS Pride 遭不明飞行物击中后起火沉没。\n新加坡海事及港务管理局表示，船上 21 名船员全部安全撤离，无人员受伤。\n本月霍尔木兹海峡、波斯湾以及阿曼湾已有超过 20 艘船只遇袭，其中大部分为油轮。\n周三，随着伊朗对商业船只的袭击持续升级，一艘集装箱船在霍尔木兹海峡沉没。\n新加坡注册的GFS Pride 号遭不明投射物击中，随后起火沉没。新加坡海事及港务管理局通报，船上 21 名船员全部安全撤离，没有人员受伤。\n新加坡海事机构在周三声明中指出：“... [539 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sohu.com/a/1087834722_122014422?scm=10001.325_13-325_13.0.0-0-0-0-0.5_1334",
            "image": "https://q3.itc.cn/q_70/images03/20261015/6417bebd58154ce38c9850b1a3e500e0.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T17:10:25Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "dee97671174cd057d301b7b688dde43c",
                "name": "搜狐网",
                "url": "https://www.sohu.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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