Chinese border police have seized 70kg of vanadium bound for North Korea, foiling an attempt to smuggle a material used to make missile parts.
For the first time in decades Chinese officials are actively encouraging procreation, urging eligible couples to have two children.
A Chinese delegation left on Wednesday for talks in Moscow on the fate of 150 merchants seized by Russian authorities in a smuggling crackdown.
Several Chinese websites went offline on Tuesday amid tightening controls that have already left mainland web users without access to social sites.
The daughter of two held followers and a former detainee tell of continuing abuse 10 years after China launched its crackdown.
Gongmeng centre’s lawyers have acted in numerous high-profile cases, most recently representing victims of tainted milk.
China warned Australia on Thursday not to interfere in the case of a Rio Tinto executive held on spy claims.
from ethnic unrest in north-western China’s Urumqi city on July 5 has risen by eight to 192, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
Statement follows release of first definition of internet addiction last year — but critics say criteria for condition are too vague.
Dong Yuanyuan was a happy newlywed until ethnic hatred spilled over into violence in China’s far west. She is recovering: her husband is missing.
The script is jarringly familiar. Bodies lie on streets of an ethnic minority area, troops fan out, and Beijing denounces overseas enemies.
Police fanned out in the far-flung Chinese city of Urumqi on Wednesday to try to stifle unrest days after 156 people were killed in ethnic violence.
Chinese are venting their anger online after ethnic unrest in the Muslim region of Xinjiang left at least 156 dead.
Hundreds of Uighur clashed with police in the capital of China’s Muslim region of Xinjiang on Tuesday, two days after ethnic unrest left 156 dead.
China said a riot that shook Xinjiang on Sunday killed 140 people and the government called the ethnic unrest a plot against its power.
China’s ambitions to strengthen control of the internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday.
The Dalai Lama has accused China of ”acting like a child” in cracking down on Tibetans and other minorities, saying it lacked moral authority.
China’s up-and-coming carmakers unveiled a smorgasbord of new vehicles on Monday at Shanghai’s car show
World champion Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in opening practice on Friday for Sunday’s Chinese Formula One Grand Prix.
Ferrari say this week’s Chinese Grand Prix must be a turning point to their disastrous season.
ANC T-shirt suppliers are all local, the ruling party said on Thursday after reports that it sourced T shirts totalling millions of rands from China.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was set to arrive in China Tuesday on a visit likely to deepen already strong ties that focus on oil.
Success in winning China’s help with tasks such as reviving the world economy or fighting climate change can depend on which China you’re talking to.
The Chinese art bubble has burst. Long live Chinese art! Or so seems to be the refrain of artists and galleries in China, where prices are sagging.
Maya Jaggi detects echoes of 9/11 in a story about Chinese totalitarianism.
Already under pressure to create jobs and growth while clinging to power, China’s Communist Party faces a growing headache from internet users.
Europe is comfortable with China’s role but believes the G20 summit will be too early to decide on Beijing’s calls for more say in financial bodies.
A police station in a part of north-western China near Tibetan-populated areas was attacked early on Sunday, leaving two police officers hurt
China marked its inaugural Serfs’ Emancipation Day on Saturday with testimonials by Tibetans on the merits of Communist rule.
The Beijing-backed Panchen Lama addressed an international Buddhist audience in English on Saturday, as officially atheist China turned to Buddhism.
After a long hibernation, the live music scene is thriving in China’s hippest city, with a host of new jazz and blues clubs, writes Tessa Thorniley.
Lots of salty yak butter tea and an end to beatings marked the start of the 1960s for farmer Kigya, who grew up shackled to the estate of a nobleman.