China World News API

Get the live top world 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 world 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=world&country=cn&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --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": "world", "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: "world",
    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" => "world",
    "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=world&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": 67184,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "07407bb9bc56366d4d2786919d8bef06",
            "title": "日本宪法公布80周年 国会前响起和平呼声",
            "description": "日本宪法公布80周年 国会前响起和平呼声-\"11月3日，人们在日本东京国会议事堂前手持标语举行集会。\"",
            "content": "11月3日，人们在日本东京国会议事堂前举行集会。新华社记者 梁晨 摄\n新华社东京11月3日电 特写｜日本宪法公布80周年 国会前响起和平呼声\n新华社记者梁晨 杨智翔\n3日下午，日本东京国会议事堂前人头攒动，抗议声此起彼伏。\n国会议事堂前的十字路口聚集了约1.4万名民众，一些人站在附近公园的草坪上，高举“反对战争”“宪法是和平之基”等手写标语牌，呼吁守护和平宪法。\n11月3日，人们在日本东京国会议事堂前举行集会。新华社记者 梁晨 摄\n当天是日本现行宪法公布80周年。《日本国宪法》于1946年11月... [1027 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.qstheory.cn/20261104/3824a9c821fa47f0b66c8cd9cf956c5f/c.html",
            "image": "https://www.qstheory.cn/favicon.ico",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:39:43Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "be3c50194566d851618c374cd0d10cb3",
                "name": "求是",
                "url": "https://www.qstheory.cn"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "eb284206c38c593d1ebedffe7544a7ab",
            "title": "美加贸易谈判现转机，卡尼称美方已降低部分要求",
            "description": "加拿大总理卡尼表示，美国在新一轮贸易谈判中降低了部分要求，不再坚持限制加拿大的贸易自主权。不过，汽车等关键领域仍存分歧，双方尚未达成最终协议。",
            "content": "加拿大总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）表示，美国在最新一轮双边贸易谈判中降低了部分要求，并提出更具吸引力的条件，为此前陷入僵局的美加贸易关系带来新的转机。\n卡尼周二在安提瓜和巴布达出席英联邦领导人会议期间向记者表示，双方谈判已经取得进展，美国不再坚持部分涉及加拿大主权、文化政策及对外贸易自主权的要求。\n卡尼将美方立场变化概括为“要求更少，提供更多”，但同时强调，双方尚未完成谈判，仍有重要问题需要解决。\n美国撤回部分要求，加拿大守住政策自主权\n卡尼表示，与此前一轮谈判相比，美国已经调整了部... [1184 chars]",
            "url": "https://xnews.jin10.com/details/234263",
            "image": "https://cdn.jin10.com/assets/img/commons/logo_v3_s.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:42:14Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "aed229700d29a40ea3725e9868c9b365",
                "name": "金十数据",
                "url": "https://xnews.jin10.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e051b26c9111b4118cf0a6f05b332c0a",
            "title": "聚焦美国中期选举：结果出炉后值得关注的六大问题",
            "description": "这场选举将成为对特朗普第二任期议程的全国性公投。民主党在众议院净增三个席位即可获得控制权，参议院的难度则大得多。选举结果将深刻影响美国政治格局。",
            "content": "过去两个月来，特朗普总统一直反复向选民发出一个呼吁：就当他的名字也在选票上。\n周二的中期选举将给选民一个这样做的机会。这场选举预计将成为对特朗普第二任期议程的首次全国性公投，该议程以影响深远的关税、不受欢迎的对伊朗战争以及激进的移民打击为特征。\n共和党官员正为选民可能作出的严厉裁决，以及潜在的重大选举失利做准备。他们普遍预计，共和党将失去众议院控制权。与此同时，他们也越来越担心，参议院可能同样失守。\n民主党人试图围绕选民对关税和战争推高物价的愤怒来展开竞选，将降低民众生活开支作为核心诉求。在特朗... [1672 chars]",
            "url": "https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20261104/midterm-elections-trump-democrats-republicans-key-themes/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/11/03/multimedia/03pol-what-to-watch-bvkm/03pol-what-to-watch-bvkm-articleLarge.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:40:04Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "9845ba8ad62e421b65009850185744e4",
                "name": "纽约时报中文网",
                "url": "https://cn.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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