| 22 Oct 09 |
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Lurid mob trials transfix Chinese  BEIJING - After she refused a corrupt cop's demand that she turn her teahouse into an illegal casino, three thugs beat Chen Yanling with electric batons, sending her to the hospital for nearly a month. |
| 17 Oct 09 |
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Founder of China New Democracy Party sentenced The founder of a Chinese group that challenged Communist rule with a call for multiparty democracy has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a human rights group said Saturday. |
| 14 Oct 09 |
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Some 30,000 people evacuated in Vietnam as tropical storm Parma weakens  HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam evacuated some 30,000 people along its northern coast as Tropical Storm Parma approached after leaving more than 300 people dead in the Philippines and China. |
| 01 Oct 09 |
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China celebrates 60 years of communist rule  Tanks and other heavy weaponry rumbled across Beijing behind goose-stepping troops as China celebrated 60 years of communist rule Thursday with its biggest-ever military review - a symbol of its rapidly expanding global might. |
| 01 Oct 09 |
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New York's China tribute draws protests  NEW YORK - Red and yellow lights shone from the top of the Empire State Building at dusk Wednesday, a tribute to communist China's 60th anniversary that protesters labeled "blatant approval" of totalitarianism and criticized as inappropriate for an icon... |
| 30 Sep 09 |
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Beijing tightens security ahead of National Day  China's capital was wrapped in tight security Wednesday as police blocked off Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and other popular tourist landmarks ahead of a massive military parade marking 60 years of communist rule. |
| 27 Sep 09 |
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Young Chinese opt for military uniforms in weddings Sun Fengqing is not getting married in a white dress, or even a traditional cheongsam. She's going to wear a green military outfit with a Red Star on her hat and a Mao Zedong badge - the uniform of the young Red Guard from China's Cultural Revolution. |
| 26 Sep 09 |
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U.S. Air Force officer sold secrets to China ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A jury has convicted a retired Air Force officer on charges of selling classified information on U.S.-China military relations to a Chinese agent and lying to the FBI about it. |
| 18 Sep 09 |
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Beijing preps for National Day parade practice  Parts of China's capital shut down early Friday, clearing the streets for a dress rehearsal of a military-led parade to celebrate 60 years of Communist rule. |
| 17 Sep 09 |
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Scientists find tiny T. rex About 125 million years ago a tiny version of Tyrannosaurus rex roamed what is now northeastern China. Tiny, that is, by T. rex standards - you still would not want to meet it face to face. |
| 12 Sep 09 |
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Obama imposes tariffs on Chinese tires  President Barack Obama has imposed new punitive tariffs on all car and light truck tires coming into the United States from China, a move Beijing condemned Saturday as protectionism and a violation of the guidelines of global trade. |
| 10 Sep 09 |
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1 dead after small planes collide PHOENIX - Two small planes collided in midair Wednesday, sending one crashing to the ground and killing a student pilot from China who was training to fly commercial planes, officials said. |
| 09 Sep 09 |
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Death toll rises in China mine blast  BEIJING - The death toll from an explosion at an illegal coal mine in central China rose to 42 Wednesday with another 37 men still trapped with little hope for survival. |
| 08 Sep 09 |
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Alleged shoplifter dies after confrontation Two employees of a Wal-Mart store in eastern China were arrested after a woman was beaten outside the store on suspicion of being a shoplifter and died, a state-owned newspaper reported Tuesday. |
| 07 Sep 09 |
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China's Xinjiang chief keeps his job amid protest  As leader of the volatile far western Xinjiang territory for 15 years, Wang Lequan is the closest China has to a regional strongman. |
| 04 Sep 09 |
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China police break up marching crowds  Police used tear gas and public appeals Friday to break up crowds marching on government and Communist Party offices in western China to protest a lack of public security after a bizarre series of syringe stabbings that appeared ethnically motivated. |
| 02 Sep 09 |
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Ping pong champ finally allowed to date BEIJING - As the reigning table tennis world champion with two Olympic silver medals under his belt, China's Wang Hao almost had it all - except a girlfriend. |
| 31 Aug 09 |
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Dalai Lama says Taiwan, China should have 'very close and unique links'  SHIAO LIN, Taiwan - The Dalai Lama said Taiwan should have "very close and unique links" with China but also enjoy democracy, as he arrived at a devastated village Monday to pray for victims of Taiwan's worst storm in 50 years. |
| 26 Aug 09 |
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Executions fuel China's organ transplants The majority of transplanted organs in China come from executed prisoners, state media reported Wednesday in a rare disclosure about an industry often criticized for being opaque and unethical. |
| 22 Aug 09 |
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Mystery man still going by Jon Doe  SEATTLE - Little snippets of memories have been coming back to the man who now calls himself Jon Doe: being treated in Shanghai for a kidney stone, a high school girlfriend, a wife who died while pregnant. |
| 20 Aug 09 |
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1,300 Chinese kids suffer lead poisoning  More than 1,300 children have been sickened by lead poisoning in central China, the second such case involving a large number of children this month, state media said Thursday. |
| 13 Aug 09 |
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China earthquake critic on trial  BEIJING - The subversion trial of a Chinese activist who had investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in a massive earthquake opened in southwestern China, as police detained and threatened the man's supporters. |
| 11 Aug 09 |
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Report: Landslide topples apartment buildings, burying unknown number of people in east China  BEIJING - A massive landslide triggered by a deadly typhoon toppled at least six apartment buildings burying an unknown number of residents in eastern China, a state news agency said Tuesday. |
| 09 Aug 09 |
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1 million evacuated as typhoon hits China  A typhoon slammed into China's east coast Sunday, flooding entire villages, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of nearly a million residents, after lashing Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the island's worst flooding in 50 years. |
| 05 Aug 09 |
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Pneumonic plague outbreak in China BEIJING - Residents of a remote farming town in western China say people have been seeking to flee in defiance of a lockdown by authorities to prevent the spread of highly infectious pneumonic plague which has claimed three lives in the area. |
| 04 Aug 09 |
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Report: Clinton heading to North Korea to negotiate reporters release  SEOUL, South Korea - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is headed to North Korea to negotiate the freedom of two detained American journalists, news reports said Tuesday, nearly five months after they were seized on the China border. |
| 29 Jul 09 |
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Rights group: China still world's top executioner The number of prisoners put to death worldwide decreased in 2008, a human rights group said Wednesday, adding that China retained its position as the world's top executioner. |
| 28 Jul 09 |
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U.S. declares new era with China  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama declared a new era of "co-operation, not confrontation" with China on Monday, even though two days of high-level talks were not expected to resolve differences over the two nations' yawning trade gap and China's unease... |
| 27 Jul 09 |
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Clinton paints robust picture of US policy abroad, warns NKorea that tantrums wont work  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stood fast Sunday behind the administration's readiness to engage with foes like Iran and North Korea and heaped praise on China in advance of two days of critical talks aimed at easing the global... |
| 26 Jul 09 |
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Heavy rains trigger deadly landslide in China  BEIJING - A landslide in China's southwest killed at least six people and damaged a bridge that is a key link for reconstruction in areas hit by a devastating earthquake last year, a state news agency said. |
| 25 Jul 09 |
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Panda conceived with frozen sperm born BEIJING - For the first time, a giant panda cub has been born in China after being conceived using frozen sperm, officials announced Friday - an innovation scientists hope will help the endangered species avoid extinction. |
| 22 Jul 09 |
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Thousands gather for solar eclipse TAREGNA, India - The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia from India to China into near darkness Wednesday as millions gathered to watch the phenomenon. |
| 20 Jul 09 |
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China quarantines British students  Chinese health authorities have quarantined 107 visiting students and teachers from Britain at a hotel in Beijing after some of their schoolmates were diagnosed with swine flu, the British Embassy said Monday. |
| 20 Jul 09 |
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5-minute total eclipse of the sun happens this week Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century, as vast swaths of India and China, the entire city of Shanghai and southern Japanese islands are plunged into darkness Wednesday for about five... |
| 16 Jul 09 |
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Dog nurses abandoned panda cubs in China Two red panda cubs abandoned by their mother at birth are thriving at a northern China zoo thanks to milk and loving care from an unlikely surrogate mother - a dog, state media reported on Thursday. |
| 14 Jul 09 |
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China riot-hit city still tense  The capital of China's western Xinjiang region was tense amid tight security Tuesday. |
| 12 Jul 09 |
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China looks for answers after week of chaos  URUMQI, China - It was about 8 p.m. when the mob descended on Zhongwan Road. The police didn't arrive until six hours later. In the time between, most residents locked their doors and hid, peering out through windows and listening from basements as ethnic... |
| 08 Jul 09 |
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China threatens to execute rioters  Hundreds of helmeted troops in riot gear swarmed the central square of the capital of western Xinjiang on Wednesday after ethnic riots left at least 156 dead. The city's Communist Party boss promised those behind the killings would be executed. |
| 08 Jul 09 |
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China official says 140 killed, 828 hurt amid riots  Violent street battles killed at least 140 people and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China's volatile western Xinjiang region in decades, and officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise. |
| 08 Jul 09 |
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Chinese forces stem ethnic clashes  China flooded the capital of western Xinjiang province with security forces Wednesday after ethnic riots left at least 156 dead. The city's Communist Party boss promised those behind the killings would be executed. |
| 06 Jul 09 |
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Report: Ethnic protest spreading in China  Witnesses say an ethnic protest has spread to a second city in China's western Xinjiang province after riots rocked the region's capital, killing at least 140 and injuring more than 800. |
| 20 Jun 09 |
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N. Korean missiles unlikely to hit Hawaii SEOUL, South Korea - The U.S., South Korea, China, Russia and Japan may hold talks next month on neutralizing North Korea's rogue nuclear program after the secretive regime abruptly ended a formal six-nation disarmament dialogue by conducting an atomic... |
| 18 Jun 09 |
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Report: N. Korea eyes missile toward Hawaii SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program. |
| 17 Jun 09 |
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N. Korea threatens military retaliation MOSCOW - Russia and China expressed serious concern Wednesday about tension on the Korean peninsula and, in the face of increasingly belligerent rhetoric, joined international pressure for North Korea to return to nuclear talks. |
| 16 Jun 09 |
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Waitress freed after stabbing official demanding sex  A Chinese karaoke bar waitress who became a folk hero after fatally stabbing a Communist Party official who demanded sex was freed Tuesday, state media said. |
| 08 Jun 09 |
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New Orleans mayor, wife quarantined in China  New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife have been quarantined in China after a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. |
| 06 Jun 09 |
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26 people killed in China landslide BEIJING - A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes, killing 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern China, state television said Saturday. |
| 04 Jun 09 |
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Tiananmen anniversary crackdown  Chinese police aggressively deterred dissent on Thursday's 20th anniversary of the crackdown on democracy activists in Tiananmen Square, ignoring calls from Hillary Clinton and Taiwan's China-friendly president for Beijing to face up to the 1989 violence. |
| 04 Jun 09 |
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Tiananmen Square filled with security  BEIJING - A massive police presence ringed China's iconic Tiananmen Square on Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy activists, as the government continued an overwhelming drive to muzzle dissent and block commemorations. |
| 02 Jun 09 |
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China clamps down ahead of Tiananmen anniversary  Chinese authorities blocked popular websites like Twitter and Flickr on Tuesday after forcing dissidents from Beijing in a clampdown ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. |
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