China has further tightened its grip on the rare earths market, raising taxes on the minerals vital to high-tech industry.
Detained artist Ai Weiwei seems to be in good physical health but mentally conflicted and tense, his wife has said after seeing him.
A video showing Justin Bieber arriving in Hong Kong with 20 bodyguards to be greeted by seven female fans was a hit on the YouTube website on Friday.
Catholics have voted for a new government-approved bishop and underground Protestant leaders issued a bold letter in support of a fellow congregation.
Campaigners have warned that Chinese human rights lawyers remain under intense pressure, following the disappearance of another high-profile person.
Chinese investment in Africa is the single most important development of the previous decade for the continent.
If innovation is about dreaming up the next big idea, then the black box devised by Guangdong East Power probably doesn’t qualify.
A Chinese human rights lawyer came home after disappearing for five days, but another attorney vanished amid a tough crackdown on dissent.
Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters staged a "chair protest" on Monday calling for the release of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
A prominent human rights lawyers in China remains missing three days after he called his wife to say he was led away by state security police.
Publisher paid $1m for right to publish Chinese edition of <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em>, reports say.
The case of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has nothing to do with freedom of expression and the art scene in China is thriving.
Chinese police have seized more than 26 tonnes of milk powder tainted with melamine from an ice cream maker in a south-western city.
Ford Motor on Monday said it will idle plants in Taiwan, China and South Africa beginning this week due to the shortage of parts from Japan.
The United States and China will hold talks on human rights in Beijing next week, including discussions on detentions and arrests.
A top Chinese rights lawyer has returned home after two months in police custody, amid a fierce crackdown on government critics and activists.
Demonstrators all over the world were on Sunday sitting outside Chinese embassies demanding the release of the detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton roared to victory in the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday to deny Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel a fifth win.
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel seized his fourth pole position in a row for Red Bull at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday.
Crackdown on dissent continues with apparent detention by authorities in China of two more associates of activist-artist.
Two days before Ai Weiwei’s disappearance, the artist spoke out at his Beijing studio about police surveillance and harassment.
Leaders of five of the world’s major emerging powers said on Thursday the use of force in Libya and the Arab world should be avoided.
Trade and finance officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa pledged pledged on Wednesday to examine ways to expand economic links.
If trade is the mortar holding together the Brics — Brazil, Russia, India, China and newcomer SA — the omens would appear poor for the grouping.
At least four cargoes of South African coal were sold back to the original sellers by Chinese buyers during the past month, all coming from Europe.
Friends say they have been unable to contact the detained artist’s driver, Zhang Jingsong or his accountant, Ms Hu.
The leaders of the Brics nations have voiced lofty goals, from rebalancing the global economy to giving the developing world more say in the G20.
China has told Washington not to interfere in its affairs after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the release of dozens of activists.
It’s a world first, with technology that hopes to revive an ailing industry. But it is unlikely to be seen in full in the mainland.
Chinese police said prominent artist and rights activist Ai Weiwei is under investigation "for suspected economic crimes".
Ai Weiwei, detained by the Chinese authorities and unreachable since April 3, has joined a select band of artists who have risked everything.
German foreign minister calls for immediate release of China’s leading artist, who has been missing for more than 36 hours.