China

Live head transplant ‘never’ allowed in China

A former vice-minister of health in China dismissed the possibility of clinical trials involving a human head transplant, adding that an experiment done in China had severely violated ethical rules.
25 November 2017, 04:51 AM

There is solution to NKorea, Trump tells Xi

US President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that he believes, like Xi, that there is a solution to the North Korea issue.
9 November 2017, 04:29 AM

Online classes gaining popularity among Chinese kids

One-on-one online teaching for children, especially English lessons taught by teachers who are native speakers of the language, is becoming increasingly popular in China.
30 October 2017, 04:56 AM

China Communist Party unveils new leadership

China's Communist Party reveals its new top leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor among the seven-man line-up.
25 October 2017, 04:27 AM

Xi ‘most powerful leader since Mao’

China’s ruling Communist Party has amended its constitution to add President Xi Jinping’s name and ideology in an extension of his formidable political sway.
24 October 2017, 04:28 AM

The economic case for China's Belt and Road

Since 2013, China has been pursuing its “Belt and Road” initiative, which aims to develop physical infrastructure and policy linkages connecting more than 60 countries across Asia, Europe, and Africa.
19 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Indian military helicopter crashes near China border, 7 dead

An Indian airforce helicopter crashes in a remote mountain region near the border with China, killing all seven personnel on board, officials says.
6 October 2017, 07:01 AM

North Korean firms in China ordered to close by January

China has ordered North Korean companies in the country to shut down by January as it applies UN sanctions imposed following Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test, the commerce ministry says.
28 September 2017, 12:04 PM

China favours permanent solution of Rohingya crisis

Communist Party of China assures Bangladesh of convincing Myanmar government to resolve the Rohingya problem permanently. The assurance comes from a meeting in Beijing between the CPC and visiting 18-member Awami League delegation headed by its presidium member Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan.
25 September 2017, 12:03 PM

‘Unusual seismic activity’ in North Korea

China's earthquake administration says it has detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea that is a "suspected explosion", raising fears the isolated state had conducted another nuclear bomb test weeks after its last one.
23 September 2017, 10:42 AM

Myanmar says China endorses crackdown on Rohingya, branded "ethnic cleansing" by UN

China endorses Myanmar's offensive against Rohingya Muslim insurgents, Myanmar state media has said, as the UN secretary-general has described the operation, forcing nearly 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, as "ethnic cleansing".
14 September 2017, 11:59 AM

Refugee Crisis: AL sending team to seek China's help

In the wake of a fresh violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State and the influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, the ruling Awami
12 September 2017, 22:05 PM

China hits back at Trump criticism over NKorea

China hit back on Monday after US President Donald Trump tweeted he was "very disappointed" in China following North Korea's latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.
1 August 2017, 06:51 AM

China hits back at criticism over Nobel laureate's death

China lashes out at international criticism after it denied Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's dying wish to leave the country and faced pressure to set the democracy champion's widow free.
14 July 2017, 14:24 PM

Don't look down: Glass bottom skywalk thrills in China

Suspended more than 120 metres (400 feet) above a gaping chasm, the world's longest cantilevered glass skywalk is delighting and terrifying visitors in China.
5 July 2017, 08:17 AM

Over 140 people feared buried in China landslide

Chinese authorities launch a frantic search for over 140 people feared buried after a landslide smashes through a mountain village in southwest Sichuan province.
24 June 2017, 04:08 AM

Toothpick crossbow craze has China quivering

Handheld crossbows that can fire out needles and nails are the latest must-have toy in China but anxious parents want them banned before a young child gets blinded or worse.
22 June 2017, 05:11 AM

China kindergarten blast kills 7, injures dozens

An explosion rocks a kindergarten in eastern China, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, authorities said, as state media published images showing bloodied and unconscious victims.
15 June 2017, 11:52 AM

China probes Hulk incident

China's football authority said Wednesday it is investigating Brazilian star Hulk's alleged altercation with a rival club's staffer, but it saw "no malicious intent" in a separate racially-charged row involving Argentina's Ezequiel Lavezzi.
17 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Ezequiel Lavezzi denies racism as 'wacky' pose causes storm

Argentina international Ezequiel Lavezzi has issued an apology through his Chinese club after publicity photos that showed him making a slant-eyed pose caused outrage on social media.
15 May 2017, 06:58 AM