The concluding instalment in the Hogwarts franchise has been postponed to make way for <i>Beginning of the Great Revival: The Founding of a Party</i>.
China accused the US of "grossly" interfering in its internal affairs and damaging relations after President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama.
China is developing satellites that will allow it to project power beyond its shores and which may deter the US from using aircraft carriers.
SA has joined other Brics nations in a pledge to bring down the cost of high-quality medicine — and make it more accessible to the poor.
Is the most surprising thing about China how much it has changed in recent decades, or how little?
Sparking speculation about a leadership transition due in China next year, Chinese media has denied former president Jiang Zemin has died.
The Chinese government has long held up the world’s largest hydroelectric project as a symbol of its engineering prowess.
A Tibetan writer was sentenced to four years in jail last month after helping edit a magazine critical of Chinese policy in the restive region.
China’s success in becoming an accredited vaccine-maker will benefit the developing world.
The UN rights chief has expressed disappointment that China failed to arrest Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges.
Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges, was given a red-carpet welcome on Wednesday by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Authorities are struggling to keep pace with its rapidly growing urban population — a common problem across the country of 1.3-billion people.
China is set to launch its once-a-decade panda census, amid efforts to boost numbers of the endangered animal in the wild.
One of China’s most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family early on Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail.
On the northern verges of Harare the massive new military college is taking shape, a monument to China’s tightening hold on Zimbabwe.
No talking, no tweeting and no travel for a year — these are some of the conditions of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s release.
Outspoken Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei said on Thursday he was "very happy to be free" on bail after more than two months in police custody.
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, detained since April, has been released on bail, according to reports from state media.
More than five million people have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in eastern China that is also pushing up food prices.
China’s millions of rural workers will become a serious threat to stability unless they are better treated in their new urban homes.
Security experts say any sophisticated state in the 21st century has formidable powers to read almost any electronic information it wishes.
Vietnam has announced it will hold a naval drill next week in the South China Sea as an escalating maritime dispute fuels tensions with Beijing.
Officials suggest refurbished former Soviet vessel will operate in disputed waters, including the Taiwan Straits.
Google has become a "political tool" vilifying the Chinese government, an official Beijing newspaper has said of Google’s hacking attack claims.
For Chinese diners in a specialist Hong Kong restaurant, smiling with anticipation, it is the highlight and centrepiece of the meal.
The Chinese military has accused the United States of launching a global "internet war" to bring down Arab and other governments.
China made its first confirmed contact with Libyan rebels in the latest setback for Gaddafi, while France has been trying to persuade him to leave.
The Dalai Lama has formally relinquished his political powers to Prime Minister in Exile Lobsang Sangay, but will remain the symbol of Tibetan unity.
It has been reported that China’s sovereign wealth fund is about to receive new capital from the government.
India’s prime minister and dozens of business leaders began trade talks in Ethiopia as the Asian giant strives to catch up with China.
India has spread a mix of aid, education and technology transfers through Africa, hoping it will pay out in the scramble for natural resources.
A company that China says is controlled by Ai Weiwei was accused of tax evasion in the government’s clearest disclosure about its probe.