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.
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.