China's economy grows by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in a quarter of a century.

China's economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in a quarter of a century.

World stock markets tumbles and oil plumbs new lows on Thursday as investors fear for the global economy on signs of a dramatic slowdown in powerhouse China.

Streaming pioneer Netflix significantly expands its global footprint to 190 countries, making its Internet TV service available in 130 new markets including Bangladesh.

A 37 metre-high gold-coloured statue of Chairman Mao has been built in the Chinese countryside, local media reports.

Mainland Chinese shares recover early losses amid volatile swings, following Monday's suspension of trading which led to a global equities sell-off.

The largest ape to roam Earth died out 100,000 years ago because it failed to tuck into savannah grass after climate change hit its preferred diet of forest fruit, scientists suggest.

Vietnam has accused China of violating its sovereignty by landing a plane on an artificial island it has built in a contested part of the South China Sea.

The first-ever national contest for cremation workers cuts to the heart of Chinese ideas about death, land use and a desire to instill national pride in a stigmatised vocation.

Eight miners trapped for five days after a mine in China caved in have been found alive, state media say.

A Chinese publisher pulls a translation of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore's poems after it sparked controversy for racy content.

Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising clues to the period of lunar volcanism.

The owner of a gypsum mine in China's eastern Shandong province kills himself, as rescuers try to reach 17 miners who have been trapped for two days.

Hazardous smog blanketing China's north-east sparks more red alerts, with authorities advising residents in 10 cities to stay indoors.

A preventive team with help of airport customs detains two Chinese citizens with 6kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

A man buried in rubble for almost three days after a landslide hit Shenzhen in China is pulled out alive, state media says.

Rescuers scrabble through the aftermath of a huge three-day-old landslide discover two people alive in the mud as China's cabinet announced a probe into the country's latest industrial accident.

Rescuers have pulled out the first body from the Shenzhen landslide in China, as signs emerge that several survivors are trapped alive in the rubble.

Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide hit 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.

Spain's Mireia Lalaguna Royo was named the winner of the Miss World 2015 competition in the southern Chinese island resort of Sanya, an event dogged by controversy over China's refusal to allow Canada's entrant to attend.