Drones have taken centre stage in an escalating arms race between China and Japan, who are struggle to assert their dominance over disputed islands.
A Chinese newspaper at the centre of public protests about government censorship will publish as usual following reports of a deal to end the row.
Protesters have mounted a second day of rallies calling for press freedom in China, as netizens and celebrities backed the campaign.
Hundreds of people have demonstrated in support of media freedom in China outside the offices of a newspaper at the centre of a censorship row.
Entrepreneurs in China’s south-west are dreaming of turning the city of Chengdu into the world’s next Silicon Valley.
Holidaying in the People’s Republic has changed beyond recognition now that the new Chinese middle classes have learned to love it.
Presents come at a price — and not at the prices declared by the politicians who received them, writes Nelly Shamase.
Vice-president Xi Jinping has been appointed chief of China’s military.
China’s new leaders will soon reveal themselves in a piece of political theatre critics say is out of step with a fast-modernising society.
Former China president Jiang Zemin has worked assiduously to make sure his influence will be felt throughout the next leadership.
As China prepares for its leadership transition, state media has hailed a "golden decade" under the incumbents.
A change in leadership in the United States and China – the world’s two biggest economies – will see a transformation in fiscal and monetary policies.
With social problems spreading in China, a younger generation may be ready to question Communist party policy.
We’re Kevin Bloom and Richard Poplak, and for the last two years we’ve been traversing Africa, attempting to uncover the forces that are reshaping it.
An edited extract from Anton Harber’s e-book sheds light on Naspers boss, Koos Bekker.
As part of their Africa 3.0 project, Richard Poplak and Kevin Bloom explore ‘Chocolate City’, a bustling community of African traders in Guangzhou, China.
Although the Brics offers advantages, it will not always make sense to go along with its decisions, say Peter Draper and Catherine Grant.
Another Tibetan has set himself on fire while shouting slogans calling for the Dalai Lama’s return to Tibet, a London-based rights group has said.
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.