The Tibetan government-in-exile has called on the international community to take action to halt violence in western China that has reportedly killed several Tibetans and left others wounded.
China on Tuesday criticized human rights groups' accounts of a violent clash between Tibetan protesters and the Chinese police, accusing them of trying to "distort the truth."
Until about four years ago, farmer Zhou Jie and his family had been living in rural Anhui province, growing grain and other staples on a small plot of land.
CNN's Eunice Yoon reports on how a technological upgrade to the Chinese rail ticketing system is becoming class warfare.
Chinese authorities sentenced a democracy activist to 10 years in prison for subversion, a relative said Thursday, the third dissident found guilty of similar charges in less than a month.
Stocks in Europe and Asia rallied Tuesday following a report showing China's economic growth slowed, but not as much as had been feared.
Locked in a long-running border dispute, India and China Tuesday agreed to set up a new system aimed at maintaining peace along their treacherous Himalayan boundary.
U.S. stocks are gearing up for a positive open Tuesday, as global investors welcome data that show China's economic growth slowed, but not as much as feared.
China's economic growth slowed at the end of last year, as exports slumped and government restraints took some steam out of the booming real estate market.
A chemical plant in northeast China that sparked huge protests last summer amid concerns about its safety has resumed production, despite earlier assurances that it would relocated.
For the first time, urban dwellers in China now outnumber those living in the country.
After more than a week of visiting the train station to wait in line for tickets and leaving empty-handed, Qin Yun has given up.
Fourteen people were killed in two traffic accidents over the weekend in China, state media reported Sunday.
As many as 200,000 people -- most of them mainland China-based Taiwanese - are expected to return to Taiwan this weekend for an election viewed as critical to the future of an economy that has boomed thanks to warmer ties with Beijing.
There were wild scenes outside a Beijing Apple store for the release of the new iPhone 4S. CNN's Stan Grant reports.
Authorities are investigating the death of a Tibetan villager fatally shot by police during their probe into an alleged theft at a construction site in China's northwest Gansu province, state media reported.
Jobs and money, national identity and political stability.
At least nine Chinese provinces, including Hunan, Chongqing, Jiangsu and Anhui have joined the hunt for a killer they believe responsible for a spate of armed robberies across the country.
China's inflation rate cooled for the fifth month in a row in December.
Chinese inflation edged down in December, setting the stage for a continuation of cautious policy loosening to support the slowing economy.
The $64,000 question facing the global economy this year should be more accurately dubbed the 404,163 yuan question: Can China avoid a big slowdown in growth in 2012?
China has announced it will soon begin releasing information on Beijing's problematic air pollution in finer detail for the first time.
CNN's Ramy Inocencio discusses the impact smog is having on Beijing's economy and population.
China will this week launch its highest-level diplomatic visit to the Gulf for more than two years, seeking to bolster its growing energy ties to the region amid jitters over possible western sanctions on Iranian oil and Tehran's counter-threat to block the Strait of Hormuz.
China's export powerhouse is slowing down.
Thousands of passengers were stranded Tuesday morning after dozens of early morning flights were either canceled or delayed due to a thick, dark cloud of smog that rolled through the Chinese capital.
Thousands of Tibetans took to the streets in western China early this week to commemorate a monk who died Sunday after setting himself on fire, local residents and activists told CNN.
A former Tibetan monk has died and another is seriously injured after setting themselves on fire in southwest China's Sichuan province on Friday -- the 13th and 14th acts of self-immolation in the country since March.
President Barack Obama unveiled Thursday a new military strategy. It calls for "pivoting" from the Middle East to the Far East, focusing partly on the military buildup of China.
Land sales slowed sharply in China last year, according to a series of industry reports that highlight the deepening woes of debt-laden local governments that depend on land auctions as a crucial revenue source.
China may be flexing its growing economic and military muscles, but the country's leadership is concerned about its vulnerability on a more nebulous front: culture.
China's official reading of manufacturing sentiment showed mild expansion in December, an improvement from the slight contraction the month before, a government agency said Sunday.
China plans to put laboratories in space, collect samples from the moon and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to an ambitious plan released this week aimed at putting the country on the global map for space exploration.
China will punish 54 people for their roles in a July train crash that killed 40 people, the government said Wednesday.
Criticism of lax food safety standards at Chinese companies abounded on microblogging sites in China on Tuesday following the latest scare involving dairy products in the country.
China is launching a national online marriage database to fight bigamy, a move that has raised concerns among millions of Chinese about protection of privacy.
Police fired tear gas Friday at demonstrators gathered for a fourth straight day of protests over a coal power plant in the southern Chinese town of Haimen and for the release of villagers detained during earlier scuffles with authorities.
Police fire tear gas at demonstrators who gathered for a fourth day to demand the removal of a local power plant.
Demonstrators faced tear gas and a heavy police presence as they gathered for a third straight day to protest a coal power plant in southern China.
CNN's Stan Grant reports from a China-North Korea border town to gauge reaction to the passing of Kim Jong Il.
Riot police used tear gas to disperse a large crowd of people who gathered Tuesday to protest a coal power plant in southern China.
Actor Christian Bale attempts to visit a blind activist but is chased away by Chinese security. Stan Grant reports.
Thousands of residents gathered in Wukan village in southern China on Friday morning to mourn the loss of a fellow villager who died under police custody amid protest over land seizures.
Residents gather in Wukan, a Chinese village, to mourn the loss of a man who died under police custody.
Earlier this week, the Jian River that runs through the city of Luoyang, Henan province in northern China, turned bloody red.
China slapped duties on U.S.-made cars Wednesday, an action that could imperil billions in sales by Detroit automakers but which will leave most of their sales in the country unaffected.
Taming rapidly rising prices is so 2011.
A school bus accident in eastern China left 15 elementary students dead and eight others hurt, the latest in a series of deadly crashes involving children, local government officials said Tuesday.
International shipping services have returned to the Mekong River, one of the region's busiest trade routes, as four nations launch a joint patrol to secure the waterway.
China's president, Hu Jintao, on Sunday pledged an "even more active" opening up of the country's economy and a renewed commitment to free trade as he sought to respond to concerns over apparent reform fatigue in Beijing and a deteriorating global economy.
China is open to accept a legally binding global agreement to reduce carbon emissions. CNN's Robyn Curnow explains.
Inflation in China is losing some of its momentum, triggering a shift to worries focused more so on the country's slowing economic growth.
Chinese consumer inflation fell in November to 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, a steep decline from 5.5 per cent in October and well below the three year peak recorded in July.
Chinese police bust two child-trafficking rings, rescuing 179 children after a six-month nationwide investigation.
Chinese police have busted two child-trafficking rings after a six-month nationwide investigation, rescuing 178 children and arresting 608 suspects, the country's Ministry of Public Security announced this week.
Thick haze shrouding Beijing forced authorities to cancel flights and close expressways, state media reported Monday.
China's police have long played a game of cat and mouse with China's millions of microbloggers, plowing through terabytes of celebrity gossip and other electronic drivel to drill down to anything that may constitute an anti-state opinion.
On a typical day, China's border with Myanmar is quite porous and vibrant. Often from the same ethnic groups, traders from both sides share much in common and do brisk business.
Though strained at times, relations between China and Myanmar are expected to remain strong. Jaime FlorCruz reports.
Chinese manufacturing slowed down in November, its anemic growth slipping into a contraction, according to published reports on Thursday.
European stocks were unable to maintain the strong rally from the previous session on Thursday, stalling in early trading as sentiment returned to caution.
When an old widower from the central Chinese city of Wuhan went into hospital last summer because of a persistent high fever, he was diagnosed with the AIDS virus -- and made national news.
China is cutting the amount of money banks need to hold in reserve, freeing those funds to stimulate the Chinese economy.
When Li Na clinched the French Open crown, willed on by 100 million Chinese fans, it fulfilled a moment of destiny for both player and country.
He's the ambassador who carries his own bags and the can for the U.S. in China.
China's recent economic downturn is spurring a new wave of worker strikes, which experts say are the only effective channel for them to air their grievances.
China's migrant workers are credited for fueling the economy, but feel they lack rights. CNN's Eunice Yoon reports.
Alice Waters, US Organic pioneer, says she has high hopes for an organic revolution in China.
About 6,000 residents in southern China were evacuated Thursday after an explosion tore through a warehouse at a chemical plant, state media reported.
China is facing its worst wave of labour unrest since a series of wildcat strikes at Japanese-owned car plants last year, as declining export orders force factories to reduce worker pay.
Chinese manufacturing has hit the brakes, slowing to a 32-month low in November and raising concerns about a global economic slowdown, according to a preliminary report issued Wednesday.
The stock market is like an overly emotional teenaged girl with an unrequited crush. OMG! My life is over!
CNN's Eunice Yoon reports on a government crackdown on village investors burned by underground lending.
As I type this week's column, I look out of my office window and stare at a depressing sight. A heavy blanket of smog and dust hangs over the sky. Buildings nearby are barely visible. Air is barely breathable.
Despite the global financial crisis, China's rich are getting richer.
High-Speed Rail (HSR) has been around been around for decades, but it's back in the transport spotlight amid a surge of interest from the United States and China.
As China's cooling real estate sector shows no sign of easing, some struggling companies are taking creative measures to attract buyers with promotions such as free iPhones, name brand bags and even luxury cars.
Outspoken dissident artist Ai Weiwei said he believes only a moral victory is possible against the Chinese government in his tax evasion case.
China essentially got an "E" for effort Tuesday from the International Monetary Fund, which applauded strides made in bolstering the financial sector but issued a long list of improvements that still have to be made.
An explosion at a restaurant in central China Monday morning has killed nine people and injured 34 others, state media said.
A huge explosion rocked a commercial building Monday morning in central China, killing at least seven people and injuring 31, state media said.
A gas leak triggered an underground explosion that killed 19 miners Thursday in southwest China, state media reported, the latest fatalities in the nation's dangerous coal industry.
Europe is heading for recession. China is battling its own economic demons. And with the United States also facing problems at home (9% unemployment anyone?), it's hardly in a position to help.
Over the past year, China's government has enacted various measures to curb rapidly rising prices, without sacrificing economic growth. So far, those efforts seem to be working. Prices were up 5.5% from a year ago in October, according to the Consumer Price Index released by China's National Bureau of Statistics early Wednesday.
China's state-owned broadcaster has launched an aggressive international push to extend the country's influence, opening a new headquarters in Washington that will broadcast English-language programming from the heart of the US capital.
Lisa Sylvester looks at reports that most fake military components are traced to China.
A bipartisan congressional report has found a widespread problem with counterfeit electronic parts installed or purchased for use in American military systems around the world. Two U.S. senators said most of the bogus parts originate in China, according to an investigation by their staff.
While most consumer goods companies are seeking opportunities in China, domestic condom maker Safedom is going in the opposite direction -- seeking European partners or acquisitions as part of a bid to go global.
The heads of China's leading information technology companies have pledged to censor internet content more strictly as the Communist party tries to tame a boisterous online media.
Rescuers pulled out the last 45 workers trapped following a mine explosion that killed eight others in central China, state media reported Saturday.
It says it all when Europe turns to China for a bailout. That was what happened last week when the man in charge of the European Financial Stability Fund flew to Beijing to see if he could interest Chinese investors in propping up the finances of the eurozone.
Historian Niall Ferguson asks why Western cultures are so good at creating wealth for themselves and less for the rest.
China will make new commitments on its exchange rate policy Friday as part of the official Group of 20 communiqué, according to a U.S. official close to the matter.
A Buddhist nun in southwest China has died after setting herself on fire, the 11th Tibetan -- and second nun -- to self-immolate since March.
A mine explosion killed four workers and left 57 others trapped underground in central China, state media reported Friday, the latest fatalities in the nation's dangerous coal industry.
CNN's Eunice Yoon discusses China's possible role in the Greek debt crisis.
After a deal was hammered out by European Union leaders last week on a joint plan to help bail out Greece and bolster European banks, the world looked to China to help pick up the check.
China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 successfully docked with the lab module Tiangong-1 early Thursday, another milestone in Beijing's plan to build a space station.
The Chinese government is ordering outspoken artist Ai Weiwei to pay 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) in back taxes, a move Ai calls "retaliation against a dissident."
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