China will send 416 athletes to Rio de Janeiro next month, its largest overseas delegation in Olympic history.

World Cup winner and Brazil legend Ronaldo feels "abandoned" by Lionel Messi and hopes he reneges on his retirement from international football.

Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk arrives in Shanghai on Wednesday to complete his potential move to Chinese club Shanghai SIPG.

Rescuers in eastern China search for survivors of a tornado and hailstorm that killed at least 98 people as it swept over a city's outskirts, destroying buildings, smashing trees and flipping vehicles on their roofs.

Tornado and hail storms kills at least 51 people in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, state media says.

A Chinese supercomputer tops a list of the world's fastest computers for the seventh straight year — and for the first time the winner uses only Chinese-designed processors instead of US technology.

First it was on your computer, then a cinema near you and now World Of Warcraft (WoW) is taking over China.

Chinese electronics giant Suning said it will take a majority stake in Italy's Inter Milan on Monday, making the three-time European champions the most high-profile acquisition yet by investors from China.

Chinese women have made their strongest showing on Forbes magazine's list of the world's most powerful women.

China rebuffs US pressure to curb its activity in the South China Sea, restating its sovereignty over most of the disputed territory and saying it "has no fear of trouble".

Chinese construction on a South China Sea islet claimed by the Philippines would prompt "actions being taken" by the United States and other nations, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warns.

A Chinese teenager has been found hiding in the cargo hold of an Emirates passenger jet that had flown from Shanghai to Dubai.

China's richest man has opened a massive entertainment complex to compete with US giant Disney.

A black man and a young Chinese woman are flirting, as he leans in for a kiss she thrusts a detergent capsule in his

Pumping up the world economy is an "urgent priority" G7 leaders say, but left the door open for a go-your-own-way approach in a sign of lingering divisions over how to boost growth.

World leaders kicked off two days of G7 talks in Japan, with the creaky global economy taking centre stage and disquiet over China's growing influence looming over proceedings.

This concept bus The Transit Elevated BUS (TEB) is an elevated bus capable of driving over cars in moving traffic.

Microblogging site Twitter is to stop counting photographs and links in its 140-character limit for tweets, according to a report from Bloomberg.

This is what it's like aboard Beijing's "UFO", the world's largest glass sightseeing platform that opened in the capital's suburban Shilinxia scenic spot on April 30.

China condemns the US Defence Department's annual report on the Chinese military today, calling it deliberate distortion that has "severely damaged" mutual trust.