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An error in translation of a news conference by a governor left the impression that the death toll of students in the May earthquake was higher than thought.

The Chinese government announced a wide range of food safety measures aimed at reining in abuses in the dairy industry.

The ashes of John Leighton Stuart, a missionary and educator who was called a symbol of imperialism by Mao, were finally buried in China 46 years after his death.

The U.S. opened a branch of the Food and Drug Administration in the Chinese capital, the first of several overseas offices aimed at regulating the safety of imported food and medicine.

President Hu Jintao of China toured Havana as his country expanded its already extensive economic relationship with Cuba.

The Tarim mummies have become protagonists in a political dispute over who should control the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

China’s car industry is quietly pressing Beijing for government help as it copes with a jarring slowdown, top Chinese auto executives said.

It will take the efforts of China and other emerging nations to lead the global economy out of what is likely to be a long and painful recession, according to a gathering of economic experts.

A local government’s decision to move its administrative offices from one city to another has provoked two days of unrest in northwest China.

Bank of America said it would nearly double its stake in China Construction Bank, in spite of the spreading global financial crisis.

The acquisition of an aircraft carrier would surely stoke tensions with the U.S. military and its allies in Asia.

The government in exile sought to play down speculation that a significant shift in its strategy might be near.

For all the outrage about Chinese melamine, what the United States has failed to scrutinize is how much of the chemical has pervaded our own food system.

The calm in many Tibetan areas of western China could soon crumble, depending on the outcome of a meeting of Tibetan exiles scheduled to begin Monday in India.

This weekend’s summit meeting by the Group of 20 nations to discuss the global financial crisis accentuates the shift in power away from the West.

Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian was interrogated by prosecutors on Friday, a day after being sent back to the Taipei detention center after a hospital stay. It was the first time he was questioned since being detained last Wednesday. Chen is accused of money laundering and misusing a special fund during his eight years in office. His term ended in May. Prosecutors did not brief the media about the interrogation. Chen was in a good condition health-wise, said his defen ...

China is launching a national campaign to crack down on books, videos and websites publicizing sex and violence after teachers and parents voice concerns for children, said China's press watchdog. After a discussion meeting on Thursday, the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and the National Office of Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications agreed to step up supervision over book sellers near schools and on websites. Previously, the groups only patrolle ...

The contrast is stark when Gou Xiuqiong, an earthquake survivor who makes a living as a hotel cleaner, talks about her difficult present and her hopes for the future. One day recently, Gou sat on a long bench on the hotel lawn. About 100 m away stood a row of deserted restaurants that were shattered by the May 12 quake, some with roofs collapsing. Earning just 800 yuan (114 U.S. dollars) a month and facing the cost of rebuilding her life, she still returned 30,000 yuan to a guest ...

Construction on a new nuclear power plant started Friday in southeast China's Fujian Province, the first nuclear power plant to get into the saddle after the government announced its huge stimulus package to boost domestic demand. Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the inauguration ceremony for the construction of the Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant Friday. The project would require an investment of an estimated 100 billion yuan (14.6 billion U.S. dollars) for six sets of million kilowa ...

Small and medium Chinese enterprises (SMEs) should improve their management of intellectual capital during the financial crisis, a Chinese official said on Friday. "The majority of Chinese entrepreneurs don't realize the true lucrative potential in intellectual capital such as intellectual property, brainpower and corporate culture," Wang Liwen, secretary general of the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Forum. Wang made the remarks while briefing journali ...