The world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have not lost any ice for the past 10 years, a new study has...

A Chinese dad on a visit to New York made his 4-year-old son, dressed only in gym shoes and a pair of yellow underpants, run and do push-ups in the snow to develop a "masculine temperament". shocking...

A Chinese policeman, who has acquired a reputation for cracking down on organized crime, has reportedly gone a holiday, amid rumours that he is under investigation for corruption.

Wang Lijun is...

A Chinese tech company has said that it owns the rights to the iPad trademark and sued Apple for 1.6 billion dollars.

China-based Proview Electronics won its case in December against the US-based...

China, once a nation of bicycles, is reverting to it as a means of movement once again in a measure to push government vehicles off the roads at least once a week in a nationwide effort to conserve...

China will stockpile one million tonnes of sugar in an effort to stabilize prices and protect farmers' interests, the government said Wednesday.

The government will buy home-produced sugar for state...

Against the backdrop of recent self-immolations by Buddhist monks, India Wednesday struck a cautious note on the growing Tibetan unrest, telling China that it was "willing to offer any help" to ease...

Pitching for stronger India-China relations, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday formally inaugurated the Indian embassy's new $10 million complex here which has been built with...

With Beijing worried over the Tibetan unrest, India Wednesday reassured China that it considered the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of China and reiterated New Delhi's policy of not allowing...

A video clip of a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced to do push-ups, wearing just an underwear despite freezing temperature, on a road in the New York city of the US has evoked outrage.

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Voicing satisfaction at the progress in Sino-Indian relations, China Wednesday said there was enough space and opportunity for the people of both countries to develop together.

Welcoming External...

Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna met with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Beijing on Wednesday at the start of his three-day visit to the country.

Krishna and Jiechi...

A top Chinese policeman, who shot to national fame for leading a popular crackdown on organised crime, has gone on leave under mysterious circumstances amid rumours that he is being investigated for...

A China based online blog, which offers an opportunity for single police officers to find their date as per their convenience, has become a huge hit on the Internet.

The move is part of a "plan of...

CHICAGO (AFP) - A former software engineer for Motorola was found guilty Wednesday of stealing trade secrets from the US technology firm just before she tried to leave the country for China, the...

EU looks to China on debt crisis Consumer companies tell a tale of rising prices. Yum, the parent group of Kentucky Fried Chicken, is just one struggling to pass through rising costs to Chinese...

An Alberta wheat farm: The Canadian Wheat Board's role as sole Canadian exporter of wheat and barley to the world is set to end as of Aug. 1. China is the world's largest importer of...

Rare photos have emerged from Tibet, showing a violent Chinese police response to the protest in Serta town in Sichuan Province on Jan. 24, 2012. The series of photos include a group of Chinese...

February 8, 2012 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the world faced a growing ';cult of violence'; and Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be...

8 de febrero de 2012, 13:21 Beijing, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) China and Canada on Wednesday signed accords on cooperation in many sectors to provide new contents to their relations, at the beginning of...

Beijing, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) China will invest more than six billion dollars from 2012 to 2015 in technological projects for water-saving irrigation in its four northern territories, in order to...

Children play in a traditional residential district in Beijing that is undergoing demolition in April 2011. Despite public protest, historic and new homes are being destroyed all over the city to...

The Chinese Embassy in Sofia has announced a BGN 15 000 donation to aid the victims of the floods that have hit Southern Bulgaria. The funding from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China...

Photo/AFP A general view shows the Beijing city skyline and the China Central Television (CCTV) tower recently. Rents for Beijing's office space rose by 75 per cent last year, making it the...

Industry analysts warn that the month-long rally in nickel prices could be lost as import demand from top buyer China eases due to a well supplied local...

CHENGDU, China - Rumors of a possible high-profile asylum attempt, purge or maybe just an awkwardly timed sick leave swirled Wednesday around a famous Chinese law enforcement official, in a case with...

Cathay Pacific currently offers more than 70 flights a week from Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide and Perth) to Hong Kong with good connections onto Shanghai and Beijing,...

MOSCOW, February 9 (Itar-Tass) - The international community should not act in Syria like an elephant in a china shop, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin...

Chinese automaker BAIC is mulling over buying the remaining assets of Swedish automaker Saab Auto, together with Japan's Matsushita Group, according to a report published on auto.gasgoo.com. ...

(IFJ/IFEX) - 8 February 2012 - The following is an excerpt of IFJ's February 2012 Campaign Bulletin:( . . . )3) Journalist Attacked in TaiwanA Taiwanese journalist was brutally attacked four...

The eurozone crisis is likely to continue to drag on China's exports, a key driver of the nation's economic growth, a senior official at Fitch Ratings said yesterday. China has seen an...

Some Internet users in Beijing will get their broadband speeds increased up to 20 Mbps (Megabits per second) for free after the Beijing branch of China Telecom finishes upgrading speeds of the...

BEIJING -- The annual average growth of China's minimum wages should be at least 13 percent in the five years to 2015, according to a government job market plan for the period published on...

BEIJING--Canada and China expanded cooperation Wednesday with agreements to boost bilateral investment and promote energy exports to China as Ottawa seeks to diversify its oil...

BEIJING--China lashed out on Wednesday against British Foreign Secretary William Hague, saying his criticism of Beijing's veto of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to...

TAIPEI -- The Council of Agriculture (COA) was censured yesterday by the government watchdog Control Yuan for failing to report in time on pesticide residues found in fruits and...

MOSCOW: Russian leaders under fire for a UN veto Wednesday rejected outside interference in the Syrian conflict, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warning against behaving "like a bull in a...

Follow this company is getting remodeled this month and will be rebranded as Red Lantern. It's the second change for the Chinese dining part of the operation since Thunder Valley...

Liu Xia is a forbidden artist whose work is censored in her native China. The photographer, who is under house arrest, uses life-like dolls as metaphors for the pain and suffering of the Chinese...

China bans toddler palm-reading A home-filmed video showing a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked through the snow in bitterly cold New York has gone viral and...

Russia and China have vetoed the latest UN Security Council resolution on the ongoing violence in Syria because it leaves out sanctions on the opposition alongside those on the Assad government, and...

Here are a few details of the major investment deal coming soon between Canada and China, as well as a list of what CBC chief political correspondent Terry Milewski calls a "small blizzard of...

The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports he is seeking U.S. asylum following a quarrel with one of China's most powerful local politicians. ...

wide-ranging set of agreements set to further bind the Chinese and Canadian economies. One concluded negotiations for a groundbreaking investment deal. Others announced "partnerships,"...

The Chinese cabinet is promising to raise minimum wages by 13 per cent a year until 2015, as the country's leaders face growing pressure to spread the country's prosperity more widely. The...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the end of a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People at the Great Hall of the People on...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (left) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the end of a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People on Feb. 8, in Beijing,...

When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. Cracking the world's biggest Internet population might seem an obvious ambition for the social networking giant as it trumpets...

Next week, President Obama is set to meet with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (above), who is in line to become the country’s next president. This is a fraught issue, not only because China...