Militant attacks in China’s far western region have led to almost 100 deaths, the government has announced.
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.
Attacks apparently planned by Uighur militants to coincide with a visit to the Xinjiang region by Pakistan’s president have been thwarted, China says.
With handshakes and smiles, China showed off the friendly face of its most high profile military unit to foreign journalists on Thursday.
China is developing satellites that will allow it to project power beyond its shores and which may deter the US from using aircraft carriers.
The leaders of the Brics nations have voiced lofty goals, from rebalancing the global economy to giving the developing world more say in the G20.
China may be struggling with growing income disparities, but when it comes to making a fortune, Chinese still believe that to get rich is glorious.
Chinese media praised President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States on Friday as a diplomatic "masterstroke" in easing tensions.
China on Tuesday denied any connection to an industrial espionage scandal at French car-maker Renault.
China has invented its answer to the Nobel Peace Prize, the "Confucius Peace Prize" and will bestow it a day before the Nobel.
South African President Jacob Zuma, struggling with sluggish growth and worker discontent at home, seeks to boost trade on Monday on a trip to China.
Outward normality has returned to Lhasa. But, more than two years after ethnic violence erupted there, residents still talk of fear and suspicion.
No image available
/ 29 January 2010
There is little love lost between the Burma businessmen, farmers and massage girls who flock to booming China and their host nation.
No image available
/ 26 January 2010
Chinese state media stepped up their war of words with the United States over internet control on Tuesday, with a newspaper claiming a US conspiracy.
No image available
/ 25 January 2010
The giant red poster staring over China’s Wanding border crossing with Burma proclaims that their "brotherly feelings will last forever".
No image available
/ 21 January 2010
China sought to contain tension with the US over online censorship and hacking, saying Google’s dispute with Beijing should not be over-stated.