Apple has opened its biggest Asian store yet in Beijing, with hordes of shoppers descending on the three-floor complex.
Chinese farmers are moving away from their small fields at home and see Africa as the land of potential, writes Lila Buckley.
Japan’s prime minister will use a Cabinet reshuffle to try to mend fences with China and to boost his flagging popularity ahead of general elections.
China has accused Japan of violating its sovereignty as a territorial row simmers with Japanese carmakers cutting their Chinese output.
Japanese companies have closed shop in China after a weekend of violent protests over competing claims to a group of islands in the East China Sea.
Japanese firms have shut factories in China and urged expatriate workers to stay indoors in the wake of angry protests over a territorial dispute.
Thousands of protesters besieged the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Saturday, hurling rocks at the building as police struggled to keep control.
China has sent patrol ships to "assert its sovereignty" over islands at the centre of a row with Japan, which says it now owns the disputed territory.
China has sounded the alarm about the state of the global economy and urged countries gathering at an Asia-Pacific summit to protect themselves.
China’s greatest political scandal for a generation seems like a cross between an airport thriller and a Stalinist show trial.
China’s teenage swimming sensation has ascribed her stunning Olympic success to the quality training she has received since childhood.
A research project has put a human face on the people who have ventured into the tiger’s den. Lisa Steyn reports.
Analysts have warned that the reluctance of African leaders to challenge their benefactor comes at a high price. Liesl Louw-Vaudran reports.
Attracted by Zimbabwe’s government, that likes to see itself as China’s best friend, Chinese businesspeople are making the trek to Zimbabwe.
More ivory was seized last year by customs officials around the world than at any time since a global ban was introduced in 1989.
Pet owners in Asia are snapping up ‘pocket’ primates provided by traders in South Africa. Fiona Macleod reports
Closer ties between South Africa and China have many benefits but critics remain guarded, writes Faeeza Ballim.
Sino-African relations are unfolding against the backdrop of China’s increasing dominance in the global economy, writes Paula Akugizibwe.
More than 300 fans gathered in Shanghai to welcome Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba on his much-anticipated arrival on Saturday.
Two years after eclipsing Japan as the world’s second-largest economy, China has stolen the number two spot on the Fortune 500 list.
"Wei" means "future" and also "uncertainty" – and the future really is unknown, writes nternationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Chinese police say dissident artist Ai Weiwei could face investigation for bigamy and distributing pornography and barred him from travel.
China will launch a spacecraft to conduct its first manned space docking the latest in a plan aimed at giving the country a permanent space station.
Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, jailed for 22 years after the 1989 Tiananmen protests, has died in strange circumstances in central China.
China has long insisted that other countries desist from meddling in its domestic affairs. Now it appears even smog reports for tourists are verboten.
Police in China have beaten and detained political activists marking the 23rd anniversary of the brutal crackdown of the Tiananmen democracy protests.
Despite a shot in the arm, South Africa’s textile industry is still losing out to the Far East, writes Teigue Payne.
Pressure on blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng’s family shows that his flight does not mean China will relax its grip on dissent.
Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday he has left a hospital in Beijing and believes he will be headed on a flight to the US.
Divisions over who should lead the fight against climate change should be laid aside say ministers from some of the world’s poorest countries.
A new index measures countries’ ability to manage change to achieve sustained long-term growth, Lisa Steyn reports.
The first myth is that China is an export economy. It is not, writes Patrick Collinson.