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.
But Kenya is second to none in its enthusiasm for doing business with China.
The world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, China and the United States, have signed an agreement to work together to address climate change issues.
A Nairobi ivory bust – China’s first wildlife crime arrest – was part of a month-long, international anti-trafficking operation.
The US stressed its commitment to the defense of Japan and stability in the Asia-Pacific region against a backdrop of territorial claims by China.
China welcomed the Year of the Horse with toned down celebrations as people heeded govt pleas to go easy on firecrackers amid air pollution concerns.
A young women has been awarded a settlement of R55 000 in a Chinese court for workplace gender discrimination, but she still didn’t get the job.
Emerging markets have been hit, but not hard enough for the rest of the world to feel the burn, say analysts.
In a country where unwed mothers have to pay a fine, attitudes are starting to liberalise.
Political leaders need to get their priorities straightened out when it comes to homosexuality versus child abuse, writes Jane Raphaely.
The former president of China’s biggest bank, Yang Kaisheng, has been appointed as Standard Bank Group’s new deputy chairperson.
Sales of luxury goods grew at a lower rate than expected as China continues to clamp down on the use of watches and jewellery as bribes.
The gold price hovered near a three-week high as investors weighed up Asian demand against overall slowing investment.
China has formally approved a number of policy reforms including one easing the country’s long-standing one-child policy.
China will send its special envoy for Africa to South Sudan to help push talks and protect its oil interests.
China reported on Saturday that its spacecraft had touched down in the Sinus Iridum, or the Bay of Rainbows, on the moon.
Economic co-operation meeting fizzles as air space dispute dominates Biden’s trip to China.
China has successfully begun its first rover mission to the moon, sending a robotic craft named Jade Rabbit to trek across the lunar landscape.
Beijing wants all foreign aircraft passing through its "air defence zone" to identify themselves to Chinese authorities.