Chinese websites that provide Twitter-like services have suddenly reverted to testing mode and access has been spotty amid reports of a clampdown.
Google’s deal with Beijing to end a censorship dispute removes one irritant in US-China relations, but the two countries still face deep divisions.
Security forces fanned out in China’s Urumqi city on Monday, the first anniversary of unrest that exposed ethnic tensions in the Xinjiang region.
Outward normality has returned to Lhasa. But, more than two years after ethnic violence erupted there, residents still talk of fear and suspicion.
Hundreds of rescuers struggled in treacherous conditions on Tuesday to find 106 people buried in a landslide in south-west China.
But regulations, governance and corruption all
pose challenges.
Award-winning conservationist and philanthropist Karma Samdrup tells court of beatings during interrogation.
Torrential rains battering south and central China have left 175 people dead and forced the evacuation of 1,7-million.
Huge floods in southern China have killed at least 132 people and displaced 800 000 others as the annual storm season picked up ferocity.
The vuvuzelas providing the ear-splitting soundtrack for the Soccer World Cup in South Africa are proving a gold mine for manufacturers in China.
Tibetans are rebuilding their livelihoods with one of the world’s most ghoulish parasites — the caterpillar fungus.
An armed gang stole money and a camera from four Chinese journalists in South Africa for the Soccer World Cup, Chinese media reported on Thursday.
For the first time the government in Beijing has put a hefty value on its forest ecosystems.
The death toll from flooding and landslides in southern China climbed to 38 on Thursday, state media reported.
Premier Wen Jiabao took said this week that any clash could have serious reverberations for the region, not least his own country.
A top Chinese commerce official has defended Beijing’s investment policies in Africa, as a giant deal was announced for a cement plant in SA.
The China Development Bank (CDB) on Tuesday offered to provide $1-billion for a planned hydroelectric station in Zambia.
Shanghai opened its multibillion-dollar World Expo to the public on Saturday, showcasing China’s booming economy and resurgent national pride.
A knife-wielding man injured 28 children, two teachers and a security guard in a kindergarten in China, the fourth such stabbing case in recent weeks.
China has lifted a two-decade ban on people with HIV/Aids from entering the country, just as it is about to welcome the world to the Shanghai Expo.
China observed a day of national mourning on Wednesday for victims of its killer quake, with newspaper front pages bathed in black.
China will on Wednesday hold a national day of mourning for victims of an earthquake that has claimed more than 2 000 lives.
Supplies poured into north-west China on Monday as two women and a girl were rescued more than five days after a quake that has killed 2 000.
Fashion is not about browsing through a store, especially if you’re an label out to court one of the world’s fastest growing luxury markets: China.
President Hu Jintao flew to China’s remote and ruined Yushu county to speed relief distribution on Sunday, as Tibetan monks prayed over victims.
Good calls and not good luck have won Jenson Button two of his first four races with his new team McLaren.
Trans-Siberian Express? Ferry from Spain? Train from Turkey? The Formula One circus is considering all the options to beat the volcanic ash.
Tibetans cremated their dead on Saturday after a massive earthquake struck a remote part of China earlier in the week.
Tibetans mourned dead relatives on Friday from an earthquake that killed nearly 800 people in remote western China.
Ferrari have warned their fans to expect a tough battle in this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix where rivals McLaren will have a speed advantage.
Rescue workers dug through piles of rubble on Thursday searching for survivors of a devastating quake in China which killed over 600 people.
A strong earthquake hit a remote mountainous area of China on Wednesday, killing about 400 people and injuring thousands.