A man in a wheelchair who has detonated an explosive in Beijing airport, hurt himself and sent smoke billowing through parts of the airport.
Elders keep a tight rein on the country’s leaders because they have to guard their place in history as well as their families’ financial interests.
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is now under US protection in Beijing after fleeing from house arrest, a US-based rights group said on Saturday.
SA’s newest star Branden Grace has drawn comparisons with some of golf’s legends after sealing his third European Tour win already this year.
Soaring purchases of gold bullion and the rising jewellery sales are helping China become the world’s biggest market for gold.
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/ 22 January 2012
Taiwan’s fraud cases fell 26% in 2010 from the previous year after the island joined hands with China to fight crime, the government said.
Russia’s doomed probe for Mars spirals ever closer to the Earth before it plunges back into the atmosphere in a fiery end.
International collectors have spawned a ruthless industry that cares little for a precious history.
Taiwan’s presidential election candidates kicked off campaigns with a televised debate before the poll that will decide Taiwan’s relations with China.
The Beijing city government has said that it will give users of micro blogs three months to register with their real names or face legal consequences.
Outspoken Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei said on Thursday he was "very happy to be free" on bail after more than two months in police custody.
The US has promised it was not seeking to halt China’s rise, but nevertheless said human rights and economic reforms would serve Beijing’s interests.
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/ 21 February 2011
China’s state media on Monday dismissed a weekend web campaign for Middle East-style protests as "performance art", while also urging public patience.
A Chinese group awarded its own "peace prize" on Thursday, just a day before the Nobel Committee was set to honour jailed China dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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/ 22 November 2010
Authorities in central China are searching for a batch of dairy products containing high levels of melamine, the chemical that killed six babies in 20
<b>Michael Jones</b> writes about the world’s factory capital, Beijing.
China observed a day of national mourning on Wednesday for victims of its killer quake, with newspaper front pages bathed in black.
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/ 30 January 2010
China threatened to impose sanctions on US arms firms and cut cooperation with Washington unless it cancels a $6,4-billion arms sale to Taiwan.
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/ 12 October 2009
Novak Djokovic won his third ATP title of the year at the China Open on Sunday, outlasting giant killer Marin Cilic of Croatia in a baseline battle.
Russia’s Maria Sharapova became the latest upset victim at the China Open on Wednesday, while four of her compatriots advanced to the quarterfinals.
A Chinese delegation left on Wednesday for talks in Moscow on the fate of 150 merchants seized by Russian authorities in a smuggling crackdown.
The city of Beijing will recruit tens of thousands of volunteers to monitor the internet, state media said on Friday.
When Zhou Changshun complained about the fairness of elections in his home village in China’s Hebei province, he had just three days left to live.
China wants the G20 summit to make progress against global financial turmoil, the country’s foreign minister said on Saturday.
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/ 28 January 2009
Officials are turning a blind eye to routine violations of China’s labour law to ease the burden on stricken businesses during the financial downturn.
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/ 24 January 2009
China must do more to ease public distress as it battles a slowing economy and rising unemployment, a leadership meeting said
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/ 19 January 2009
Lawyers for more than 200 families said on Monday they were turning to China’s highest court for higher compensation for their affected children.
China on Friday launched a campaign to curb the overuse of antibiotics and slow the development of drug-resistant bacteria.
Websites and blogs popular among China’s young generation extol the virtues of frugality as the global financial crisis bites the country’s economy
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/ 2 December 2008
China’s health ministry says six babies may have died from consuming poisoned milk – this is up from a previous confirmed death toll of three.
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/ 20 September 2008
Beijing was grinding back to its congested normal on Saturday after two months of traffic restrictions and factory closures.
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/ 17 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius, fresh from winning triple gold at the Paralympics, has set his sights on more track glory, with the 2012 Olympics top of his list.