During secret negotiations, the US pledged to cut its emissions by 28% by 2025 and China promised to reach a peak in emissions by 2030.
Officials who visited Tanzania with President Xi Jinping took advantage of the lack of security checks to buy large amounts of ivory, say activists.
Clashes that have erupted in the city have deepened a sense of impasse between government and a pro-democracy movement.
The perception that China dictates to South Africa is unfounded, Parliament’s portfolio committee on international relations and co-operation said.
The Dalai Lama has lashed out at Zuma after authorities denied the spiritual leader entry to South Africa, accusing SA of ‘bullying’ him.
A 17-year-old student activist is leading the path of Hong Kong’s fight for democracy. Let’s take a look at Joshua Wong in five pictures.
The government has pledged its support for leader CY Leung, accusing pro-democracy protesters of "selfishly" disrupting social order.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Madiba’s comrades had "spat in his face" with denying the Dalai Lama a visa for the summit that was to honour Mandela.
State media says China would not give in to Hong Kong protesters’ demands for full democracy and would wait for mass protests to fizzle out.
The SA Communist Party has called on government to never grant the Dalai Lama a visa to visit South Africa.
China says it welcomes SA’s support of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, after the Dalai Lama says he was again refused entry to the country.
Despite all the fanfare, the Asian giant is not the easy touch the Zimbabwean despot once knew.
China says the EU’s proposed additional sanctions on its key ally Russia will not solve the current problems in Ukraine.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has returned from China with optimistic reports on plans to work together on energy, infrastructure and transport.
Beijing’s relations with countries in Africa are riddled with lies and truths and everything in between. Separating myth from fact is not easy.
President Robert Mugabe will allow Beijing to bypass state tenders for big projects in return for funding from the Chinese government.
The Chinese diaspora in Africa is getting its first shot at a global pageant crown for China.
Militant attacks in China’s far western region have led to almost 100 deaths, the government has announced.
Taiwan authorities say the weather had been suitable for flying when the TransAsia plane crashed, killing 48 people.
Officials are not in agreement on plans to mortgage the country’s minerals to China.
Talks between the South African and Chinese governments have concluded and the plan awaits political signing before first exports to China can begin.
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into seas east off its coast, defying a UN ban on the isolated country testing such weapons.
Sexual discrimination is deeply entrenched in China, but a few brave women are fighting back.
As Beijing seeks to quell discussion of the 1989 event, three protesters and an expert on politics discuss how the massacre has shaped today’s China.
Security forces have been ordered to prevent militants from moving beyond China’s borders days after an attack which killed dozens in Xinjiang.
"The Good Wife", "NCIS" and "The Practice" are some of the shows that have been ordered off a Chinese online video site.
This week, Stats SA is due to release the country’s latest retail figures, while China will report its growth figures. Here’s the economic week ahead.
The US first lady addressed a group of Peking University students while on a tour of China to build goodwill through soft diplomacy.
Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli, detained in September for staging sit-ins at the country’s foreign ministry, has died in hospital.
Air quality was below China’s new national standards in all but three of 74 major cities last year, despite Premier Li Keqiang’s war on pollution.
China has emphasised ethnic unity after assailants killed 29 people in a train station, prompting police to round up Muslim Uighurs for questioning.
At least 33 people were killed after an attack by knife-wielding "terrorists" in the south-western city of Kunming late on Saturday.