Chinese artist Ai Weiwei remained out of contact on Monday after police prevented the combative critic of the Communist Party from boarding a plane.
China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen and the United States carried out the most executions last year.
Opposing views about how to reform the global monetary system were laid bare at a meeting of the top 20 economies on Thursday.
China executed on Wednesday three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking despite a flurry of public appeals for clemency.
Malawi’s natural resources minister says Lynas is expected to mine for rare earth elements in the southern African country "as soon as possible".
Small amounts of radiation from Japan’s leaking nuclear power plant have spread across Asia, authorities said on Tuesday.
China has issued new targets to curb carbon output and improve efficiency in using energy and water, state media reported on Monday.
China appears to be moving aggressively to plug holes in its "Great Firewall" censorship system, foreign internet companies and analysts say.
China signed nearly $700-million in loan deals with Zimbabwe on Monday, its biggest loan package to date.
Zimbabwe and China on Monday signed a raft of agreements worth $585-million aimed at reviving the southern African country.
It may be a low-key campaign for 83 000 votes dotted around the globe, but an election of exiled Tibetans may ring in momentous changes.
Abortions of female foetuses have led to a massive surplus of young unmarried men in India and China, raising fears of an outcast group.
An increasing number of small mines are owned by Ghanaians on paper but controlled illegally by Chinese entrepreneurs.
Chinese workers are industrious, committed to saving and willing to gamble enormous sums in the peninsula’s sprawling casinos.
There’s a a growing number of Chinese farmers selling their produce online, giving them access to customers countrywide and boosting their income.
As the Dalai Lama steps down from his political role, it is difficult to identify a successor who can match his standing.
China may be struggling with growing income disparities, but when it comes to making a fortune, Chinese still believe that to get rich is glorious.
The exiled Dalai Lama announced on Thursday that he planned to formally step down as political leader of the Tibetan government in exile.
Li Fu is 29, owns five cars and has a diamond-encrusted cell phone. Wang Qingzhan is 44, works as a cleaner and lives with his family in a tiny room.
An anonymous call for a peaceful protest has sparked a major show of force from the Chinese authorities.
A behemoth dragon-shaped shopping mall in the desert near Dubai has become a symbol of the deepening links between East Asia and the Middle East.
China’s plan for the next five years will put a hard target on energy use, capping consumption at four billion tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015.
An official Chinese newspaper on Thursday accused foreign journalists in the country of fabricating news
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/ 25 February 2011
A total of 2 433 people died in coal mine accidents in China last year, a senior work safety official said on Friday.
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/ 24 February 2011
The US’s distrust of China is playing itself out in the most unlikely of battlefields — including mobile telephony.
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/ 21 February 2011
Message posted on overseas website and titled "The jasmine revolution in China" prompts security crackdown.
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/ 21 February 2011
China’s state media on Monday dismissed a weekend web campaign for Middle East-style protests as "performance art", while also urging public patience.
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/ 14 February 2011
Japan lost its 42-year ranking as the world’s second-biggest economy to China in 2010, with data on Monday showing a contraction in the last quarter.
Zimbabwe has hiked mining exploration fees almost 2 000% to $1-million in a bid to curb speculation, a state daily reported on Wednesday.
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/ 9 February 2011
Africa’s natural resources will remain key to China as the Asian giant grows at a more moderate pace, an expert told an conference in Cape Town.
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/ 7 February 2011
Despite a booming construction industry in Botswana, President Khama’s government faces a backlash from local business people over his perceived bias.
Continuing expansion in China has offset the reduction in carbon emissions in recession hit Western countries.