BEIJING - Speculation was rife, especially in the Chinese social media, that a well-known crime-fighting former police chief may have tried to and failed in getting political asylum in the United...

BEIJING - Another Tibetan, said to be a monk, has set himself on fire in the troubled southwest Chinese province of Sichuan as thousands defied a security crackdown protesting against Beijing rule,...

A villager in China has been charged with poaching and skinning a giant panda 17 years ago.

Zhang Chengwa, from Yangxian county in northwestern Shaanxi province, was charged with hunting protected...

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to the US will provide an opportunity to end the "trust deficit" that exists between the two countries, a minister has said.

"The level of mutual...

Five people have been detained in Shanghai for stealing over 1,600 iPhone devices bound for the US, police said.

The value of the stolen iPhone 4S phones was estimated at about eight million yuan...

The Chinese Communist Party chief in Tibet has sacked four officials for "endangering stability" in the region.

According to the Tibet Daily newspaper, they were sacked for leaving their posts in...

Apple's controversial Chinese supplier Foxconn was battling on Thursday to contain a security breach after hackers joined the mounting protest over iPhone factory conditions by leaking the login...

Eggs that have hard yolks and can bounce like rubber after being boiled have appeared on the market in several regions across China, leading a food safety watchdog in Shanghai to launch a probe,...

Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60-metre hurdles race at the Aviva Grand...

Canada has said it will allow the sale of uranium to China for use in nuclear energy generation, clearing the way for Canadian producers to compete with China's current suppliers in Kazakhstan,...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has met with activists about what the White House calls a "deterioration" in China's human rights situation. The issue is likely to be discussed when the Chinese vice...

China is probing a chemical spill from a South Korean cargo ship that partially contaminated the drinking water source of a city in eastern part of the country.

The spill caused tap water in some...

A Chinese university has left many people with raised eyebrows by offering lessons for "modern ladies" in etiquette learning that will cost 48,000 yuan (over $7,600) for a year.

Tsinghua University,...

China is going to increase mineral exploration and development within a decade to keep up with its rapidly growing demand, as it believes dependency on foreign sources for energy and minerals can...

A 19-year-old youth in a Chinese city has been detained for allegedly raping, robbing and killing a 91-year-old woman.

The elderly lady surnamed Wei lived alone in Guangdong province's Heyuan city....

Authorities in a Chinese city are planning to cut long speeches of officials that often leave issues at hand undecided and others at meetings quite bored.

The proposal is being discussed at the 12th...

About 1.5 million people have been affected by drought in China's Yunnan province, a media report said Thursday.

The drought has left over 1.44 million people and 827,000 cattle short of drinking...

Exiled Tibetans residing in India held a silent vigil on Thursday in New Delhi over the rising self-immolation cases by their compatriots against Chinese excesses carried out on Tibetan activists and...

The world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have not lost any ice for the past 10 years, a new study has...

A Chinese dad on a visit to New York made his 4-year-old son, dressed only in gym shoes and a pair of yellow underpants, run and do push-ups in the snow to develop a "masculine temperament". shocking...

BEIJING - China's inflation rose to 4.5 per cent in January with soaring food prices contributing significantly to the reversal of a five month trend of easing prices.

Inflation in December was...

The head of a prominent human rights organization has spoken about a meeting he and three other rights activists had with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, urging the White House to focus on human...

Even better for our man in China, just a few Tiananmen Square tank lengths away is the ever-popular Echo Wall, not to be confused, of course, with that other great wall.This one is a circular, brick...

Stephen Harper has chosen to override the qualms of the government’s non-proliferation experts to permit a multibillion-dollar business in exports of Saskatchewan uranium to China’s...

Endorsing Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new approach to dealing with the Middle Kingdom, the man slated to become China’s next leader encouraged Canada to "shelve" political...

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group plans to take its Hong Kong-listed unit, Alibaba.com, private, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.Under the yet-to-be-finalized deal, Alibaba...

The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened slightly higher from its previous close Friday, moving up 13.49 points at 7,924.27 on turnover of NT$4.691 billion (US$159.02 million). Taiwan share...

Taipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) Taiwan's first-ever souvenir show is scheduled to open in late April in an attempt to boost tourism and related industries, the organizers said Friday. The four-day event...

Taipei, Feb. 10 (CAN) Taiwan share prices faced a mild pullback on technical factors Friday after recent significant gains, as concerns over the debt crisis in Greece returned to haunt market...

BEIJING -; Beijing says a celebrity policeman linked to one of country's rising political stars spent a day in a U.S. consulate in southwestern China amid speculation that he sought political...

They have been made by hand in villages across India for centuries. But now it may become a dying art due to competition from China. CNN’s Sara Sidner speaks to those who are most...

vague It seems vague- he was attacked twice, are these physical attacks? He is afraid of being identified in person when he walks on teh street- is there any reason for this? Aren't the...

2/10/2012 12:19 AM ET (RTTNews) - China's trade surplus surged unexpectedly in January, as imports plunged due to weak domestic demand. Meanwhile, shipments dropped owing to week-long Lunar New...

SHANGHAI, China -- Celebrity author Han Han has filed a defamation lawsuit in Shanghai against a writer who alleges some of Han's prolific works were penned by others.Han, a novelist and...

BEIJING -- China's trade suffered its biggest decline in January since the 2008 crisis - a new sign of weak global demand and a slowing domestic economy.Exports fell 0.5 percent from a year...

The US-China relationship has the potential to take the world in a "very positive direction" in the coming decades, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said recently. ...

Six people died and three were injured after a small truck plunged off a cliff on Thursday in the central province of Hubei, local authorities said Friday. The truck carrying nine people, three more...

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's upcoming trip to the United States is aimed at building a cooperative partnership between the two nations, an official said on Thursday. At the invitation of...

A senior Chinese diplomat on Thursday said China, the United States and other countries can still cooperate on the Syria issue, although they hold different stances on a recent UN Security Council...

The Navy admiral nominated to become next commander of US Pacific Command (PACOM) said on Thursday that he plans to improve military to military relationship with China, should the Congress...

Devastating climate change, pollution and drought have shrunk China's second largest freshwater lake, leaving dozens families stranded on its mud...

China has vowed to step up management and supervision over the quality of its products and projects in its development for the years to come, according to a blueprint released Thursday by the State...

The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, rose to a new high against the US dollar on Friday. It strengthened by 72 basis points to stand at 6.2937 against the US dollar on Friday, according to...

President Hu Jintao and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed on Thursday to further facilitate the bilateral strategic partnership and promote greater progress of cooperation in...

China's foreign exchange regulator said Thursday that the country's current account surplus would account for around 3 percent of the GDP in 2011. The ratio hit a record high of 10.1...

China's maritime authorities have confined a foreign cargo ship as they investigate a chemical spill that partially contaminated the drinking water source of a city downstream the Yangtze River...

The continuous drought in Yunnan Province has affected more than 1.44 million people, and the dry weather will persist through the first half of February, local authorities said Thursday. The severe...

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The growth rate was the highest...

New York Times expos ripped at Apple’s core, building on previous concerns about abuses at firms that Apple uses to make its bestselling iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. The claims should be...