Beijing ‘killed’ Liu Xiaobo
Chen Guangcheng, one of China's best-known activists who fled to the United States, charged Thursday that Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo was "deliberately killed" by the country's rulers, urging the...
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Need A Ball Or Umbrella? In China There’s A Sharing App For That
Basketballs, electric scooters and rainbow-coloured umbrellas -- nothing seems out of bounds in China's booming "sharing economy". Where once Chinese consumers would look to shell out on items such...
Over 140 People Feared Buried In China Landslide
Chinese rescuers scoured through rocks on Saturday in a frantic search for more than 140 people feared buried after a landslide smashed through a mountain village in southwest Sichuan province. A...
Around 100 People Feared Buried In China Landslide
Around 100 people are feared buried after a landslide smashed through their village in southwest China's Sichuan Province early Saturday, local officials said, as they launched an emergency rescue...
China: Teacher In Trouble After Suffocating Child To Death
A nursery school girl was suffocated to death by her teacher, who taped her mouth shut for being too talkative. According to a report by the Daily Mirror, the victim Guo Jintong was talking too much...
Surgeon Removes 30 Inches Of Man’s Constipated Colon
A team of surgeons in China have beat the odds to remove 30 inches of large intestines from a 22-year old man suffering from Hirschsprung disease – a rare condition which caused severe constipation...
China Says Arson Behind Deadly School Bus Fire
A bus fire that killed 11 kindergarteners in eastern China last month was intentionally set by their disgruntled driver, who was angry at losing overtime wages, authorities said Friday. The driver...
Plane Skids Off Hong Kong Runway In Heavy Rain
A plane veered off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport today after heavy rainstorm lashed the city. The plane, reported to have carried 141 passengers and crew on board, skidded onto the...
10 South Korean Children Die In Fiery China Bus Crash
Ten South Korean kindergarten pupils and two others were killed when a school bus crashed and burst into flames in a tunnel in eastern China on Tuesday, officials and reports said. The children were...
Busy Harvest Time In China’s Bamboo Forests
It's springtime in the bamboo-forested hills surrounding eastern China's Lin'an city, and that means busy mornings of harvesting, packing and selling tonnes of the edible bamboo shoots that the...
First UK Rail Freight Service To China To Depart
The first rail freight train from China to the UK arrived three months ago The first rail freight service from the UK to China will depart on a 7,500-mile journey from Essex on Monday. Thirty...
China Detains 24 After Deadly Hotel Fire
Authorities have detained 24 people after a fire sparked by unsafe welding and cutting work killed 10 people in eastern China, state media said Sunday. Three of nine injured people being treated in...
Struggle Against Evil Sparks China Ritual
Villagers in eastern China have a unique way of washing away the taint of evil spirits -- by bathing in a shower of scorching sparks. The ritual takes place in the city of Putian in Fujian province,...
Villagers Glorify Their Children In China Festival
Looking like living dress-up dolls, elaborately costumed children are paraded through an eastern China village as firecrackers roar, commemorating the end of barbaric child sacrifices hundreds of...
At Least 67 Killed In East China Scaffolding Collapse
play videoRescue workers look for survivors after the collapse State media say the death toll from the collapse of scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China has jumped to 67, with two other...
China Holds ‘World Internet Conference’ As Censorship Intensifies
As China hosts execs from global tech companies at its World Internet Conference, human rights advocates are warning that online censorship in the country is only getting worse. Representatives of U....
President Xi Stresses International Cooperation In Cyberspace Governance
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for increased international cooperation in cyberspace governance and the building of a cyberspace community of common destiny. Noting that Internet...
Qiu Ling Praised For His Kind Gesture Towards His Staff
A company boss is praised by internet users for giving his employees a half-day off to shop during the annual online Singles Day shopping spree, which started on Friday just after midnight....