One of China’s most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family early on Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail.
China’s millions of rural workers will become a serious threat to stability unless they are better treated in their new urban homes.
Google has become a "political tool" vilifying the Chinese government, an official Beijing newspaper has said of Google’s hacking attack claims.
A prominent human rights lawyers in China remains missing three days after he called his wife to say he was led away by state security police.
Chinese police said prominent artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei is under investigation "for suspected economic crimes".
United States President Barack Obama delivered a strong message on US concerns over Beijing’s human rights record at a summit on Wednesday.
China told the United States on Wednesday that its first test-flight of a stealth fighter jet should not be seen as a threat.
North Korea said on Friday it would strike again at the South if a live-firing drill planned by Seoul on a disputed island went ahead.
China on Monday offered for the first time to submit its voluntary carbon emissions target to a binding United Nations resolution.
China expressed concern on Thursday about South Korea’s planned joint military exercise with the United States.