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/ 12 January 2009
China is likely to establish a holiday to mark what it calls the ”liberation” of Tibetan serfs, state media said on Monday.
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/ 12 January 2009
China posted a sharp fall in 2008 car sales growth on Monday as makers worldwide grapple with slowing demand.
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/ 12 January 2009
China has shut down 91 websites for pornographic and other ”vulgar” content, as well as a political blog portal.
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/ 12 January 2009
A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband.
China on Friday launched a campaign to curb the overuse of antibiotics and slow the development of drug-resistant bacteria.
China issued long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday, a move that will pour billions of dollars into new networks.
Websites and blogs popular among China’s young generation extol the virtues of frugality as the global financial crisis bites the country’s economy
China has launched a crackdown against websites that officials accused of spreading pornography and threatening youth morals, including Google.
China has launched a crackdown on a new network of political activists, writers and lawyers who have supported a bold new manifesto.
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/ 31 December 2008
The chairperson of a Chinese diary company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children.
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/ 30 December 2008
The biggest migration in human history has gone into reverse. China’s ocean of blue-collar workers are streaming back to the country’s hinterland.
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/ 26 December 2008
China said on Friday many of its schools were structurally unsafe more than seven months after a devastating earthquake.
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/ 26 December 2008
The morning before China’s vast earthquake killed Kang Ergui’s son, the father worked as a security guard at the boy’s school.
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/ 25 December 2008
A man was given three days in detention for breaking a non-smoking rule on a new high-speed rail line, Chinese state media said.
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/ 19 December 2008
China is set this year to become the world’s largest physical market for gold, precious metals analyst GFMS said on Friday.
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/ 18 December 2008
Battery-maker turned car company BYD has launched China’s first hybrid electric vehicle for the retail market.
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/ 14 December 2008
Dozens of people in Hong Kong were hurt after two bottles containing an acidic liquid were dropped from a building into a busy commercial district.
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/ 14 December 2008
Two Hong Kong Airlines pilots have been sacked after trying to take off from a taxiway rather than the main runway at the city’s airport.
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/ 10 December 2008
On the eve of reform, China’s regimented media relied on daily slogans, but 30 years on journalists are pushing the envelope.
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/ 8 December 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay a ”heavy price” for meeting the Dalai Lama, a Chinese state paper said on Monday.
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/ 8 December 2008
A young woman in southern China has partially lost her hearing after her boyfriend ruptured her eardrum during an excessively passionate kiss.
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/ 4 December 2008
United States Treasury chief Henry Paulson led a high-powered delegation for bilateral talks that opened in Beijing on Thursday.
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/ 2 December 2008
China’s health ministry says six babies may have died from consuming poisoned milk – this is up from a previous confirmed death toll of three.
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/ 1 December 2008
Zeng Yawen’s outdoor laboratory in the hills of southern China is a trove of potential — rice that thrives in cool temperatures or high altitudes.
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/ 30 November 2008
The new face of Aids in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker.
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/ 29 November 2008
Internet giant Baidu has promised to overhaul its operations after accusations it allowed unlicensed medical services to buy high search rankings.
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/ 22 November 2008
A UN body has expressed deep concern over allegations of widespread torture in China and called on the country to fully probe rights abuses.
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/ 12 November 2008
Police chief Laobu Laluo prides himself on dispensing justice unflinchingly — whoever the criminal may be.
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/ 12 November 2008
Few in the West have heard of Dongguan, but the chances are that your shoes, your TV or your children’s toys originated here.
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/ 11 November 2008
Evidence of a weakening Chinese economy and poor data from Japan and UK reinforced fears on Tuesday of a prolonged recession.
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/ 11 November 2008
Top seed Roger Federer remained undaunted despite a shock defeat that put his bid for a Masters Cup hat-trick in serious jeopardy.
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/ 11 November 2008
The Chinese government will never accept the Dalai Lama’s calls for ”high-level autonomy” for Tibet, an official said at a briefing on Monday.