A Chinese tax on moon cakes — exchanged at this time of year in a symbolic tribute to the full moon — has left a bad taste in the mouths of many.
Attacks apparently planned by Uighur militants to coincide with a visit to the Xinjiang region by Pakistan’s president have been thwarted, China says.
Some bosses in China demand that their employees consume alcohol on the job.
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says China’s justice system cannot be trusted, in an article for a foreign magazine.
China is considering changes to its criminal law that human rights activists say would effectively legalise the forced disappearance of dissidents.
According to some estimates, a third of China’s population — about 429-million — are overweight or obese.
Tyre-makers have fought a six-year battle against what they claim is dumping from China.
China will appeal a World Trade Organisation rejection of its curbs on exports of industrial raw materials, the government has said.
US Vice-President Joe Biden on Sunday rejected views that American power is waning and said Washington would never default on its debt.
Strong economic growth, increased government spending on education and the one-child policy have made gifted young women increasingly common in China.
China’s second-biggest train maker will recall 54 bullet trains used on the new showcase Beijing-Shanghai line for safety reasons.
Questioning of the artist focused on the proposed "Jasmine Revolution" protests in China in February and writings that could constitute subversion.
The new version of the iPhone has already hit the Chinese market — the fake market that is — and is selling for as little as $31.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi pledged his country’s ongoing support for Sudan, "whatever … the internal and external changes".
Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard scholar, has taken office as head of the Tibetan government in exile, vowing to free his homeland from Chinese "colonialism.
The United States’ biggest creditor, China, bluntly criticised the superpower one day after the superpower’s credit rating was downgraded.
China has said it was paying "close attention" to a disastrous famine in the Horn of Africa after top US House Democrat urged it to do more.
China’s media are curbing combative reporting of a train disaster after what observers said were orders from the Communist Party’s propaganda arm.
Angry families of people killed in last weekend’s train crash in eastern China gathered to mourn on Friday, directing ire at the Railways Ministry for
China’s rail minister, facing public outrage over Saturday’s deadly train crash, has ordered a two-month safety review of railway operations.
Chinese officials in Kunming have ordered two fake Apple shops to close because the stores did not have official business permits.
Rescue workers on Sunday dug through the tangled wreckage after a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in eastern China.
One of the most important areas where China is set to play a bigger role is in the construction and infrastructure sectors in Africa.
With handshakes and smiles, China showed off the friendly face of its most high profile military unit to foreign journalists on Thursday.
The International Monetary Fund says it remains concerned with the potential for a property price bubble in China
China, a country known for its rampant piracy, has now reached a new milestone — fake Apple stores.
A worker fell to his death at Foxconn Technology Group’s manufacturing plant in southern China, local media reported on Wednesday.
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?