U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against...

Hundreds of exiled Tibetan women took out a peaceful rally in Dharamsala on Friday to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan Women's Uprising Day which came two days after an uprising led by the Dalai Lama against Chinese rule in...

China warned Friday that internet search software giant Google will have to face consequence if it violates laws in the communist...

Pre-marriage health check-ups should be held as there has been an increase in the congenital defect rate among new born babies, a Chinese official said here...

Google will have to 'bear the consequence' if it insists on violating China's laws and regulations, a senior official warned...

Search engine Google on Thursday denied it was planning to shut down its business in China by the end of the...

While praising the Indian Government for cracking down on anti-Chinese activities on its soil, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has called on Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to stop indulging in separatist activities and create conducive conditions for talks with...

The Chinese Army brass has urged the Pentagon to take the initiative to fix stagnant Sino-US military...

A 23-member delegation of the Chinese Democratic Movement (CDM) has arrived here to support a Tibetan exiles' demand of autonomy from...

Member and former Speaker of Tibetan parliament in-exile, Karma Choephel confirmed that their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that after reaching a peaceful settlement with China, the government in-exile will be...

Eleven Siberian tigers have died of malnutrition at a zoo in China in the past three months, a wild life official...

Delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after attending a session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, China, 11 Mar...

HONG KONG: China Mobile will pay $5.8 billion for 20 percent of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank the company said on Wednesday, a move it hopes will help it dominate the country's nascent mobile...

SHANGHAI: Chinese authorities have sentenced an outspoken Shanghai activist to 18 months of re-education through labour for her protest at the trial of leading dissident Liu Xiaobo, her husband said...

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s cabinet has approved a proposal to let Chinese financial institutions invest in their Taiwanese peers and set up branches on the island, an official said...

SHANGHAI: Shares in Air China tumbled Friday after the nation’s flag carrier said it plans to raise more than 950 million dollars through a private share placement to boost capital and lower...

MIRI: The World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Malaysia above New Zealand, China and Italy in terms of business sophistication and innovation, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry,...

NUBL ) has scheduled a Webcast release for next Tuesday, March 16, 2010 to provide updates on the Company's smartphone strategy and $20 million outlook for 2010. Additionally the Webcast agenda...

CCTR ) recently announced goal to generate $200 million in revenue through partnership programs in 2010 has been reviewed in an on-demand Webcast. Dr. James Jiang, CEO of China Crescent, made the...

(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, an endangered Siberian tiger runs away with a chicken tossed by tourists at the Harbin Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China's...

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Plc, Anglo American Plc and Xstrata Plc are shipping coal 10,000 miles to China from their Cerrejon mine in Colombia for the first time this year because of...

Google Inc. will face serious consequences if it stops censoring content on its Web site there. "I hope Google can respect Chinese rules and regulations," said Li Yizhong, Minister of...

Industry and Information Technology Minister Li Yizhong, China's top internet regulator, insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or 'pay the...

Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country. The tigers were reportedly starving and kept in...

Led by a big gain in electronics, U.S. retail sales increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in February, despite three major snow storms in the East, the Commerce Department estimated Friday. ...

Soaring divorce rates have prompted Chinese lawmakers and political advisors to propose a mandatory "cooling off" period to allow troubled couples to save their marriages."An...

NEW YORK - The United States should focus on cooperating with China instead of forcing it to appreciate its currency, the editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine said."I've always believed that it...

of a diary allegedly written by a local tobacco official detailing bribes he received, boozy meals with other officials and numerous extra-marital sexual liaisons is just the latest example of...

BEIJING, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Eleven rare Siberian tigers have starved to death at a zoo in northeast China over the past three months, state-run media reported Friday. The 11 tigers...

, the capital of Liaoning province, said the 11 tigers had died due to malnutrition, Xinhua news agency said. Two hungry tigers at the same zoo in Shenyang severely mauled a zoo worker in...

BEIJING (AP) - Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country,...

China and the US traded barbs on Friday over the economy and human rights, raising the temperature ahead of what could be a crucial showdown over currency policy next month. Su Ning, a deputy...

More than 2,000 vessels were stopped Friday by thick fog at the mouth of the Pearl River in south China's Guangdong Province, said local maritime authorities.The vessels were stopped for safety...

Chinese political advisors from Tibet and Xinjiang said Friday that cultural and religious freedom is fully respected and protected according to law in the two ethnic regions, fighting back against...

Chinese Foreign Ministry voiced firm opposition here Friday to U.S. house speaker's recent statement on Tibet, saying it was "extremely irresponsible."U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

A Chinese legislator Friday called for the establishment of a national reserve system as soon as possible to protect a rare mineral tellurium.Chu Junhao, a deputy to the National People's Congress...

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday called on the armed forces to strengthen political construction to provide mighty support for safeguarding China's sovereignty, national security and development...

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A delegation of Chinese tour operators arrives in Miami this week for some hotel shopping. The wholesalers from Beijing and Shanghai will tour the Everglades, inspect the Four Seasons and other top...

announced today that it intends to provide Land Breeze II, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation ("CIC"), a notice of intention to convert US$250 million of the US$500m...

Siberian tigers are one of the world's rarest species. Photograph: Victor Fraile/Reuters Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo...

An official from the Land Resources Bureau of Yaodu District in Linfen, China recently announced that a mega-church serving 50,000 Christians is to be torn down by the government. The six-story main...