Liu Xia, the widow of late Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning political dissident Liu Xiaobo, leaves China on a flight to Berlin early today, one of her friends told Reuters.

A former Chinese Communist Party official who is once tipped for a top leadership post is sentenced to life in prison for bribery on Tuesday, the latest senior cadre to fall in President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption crusade.

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International buys Wolverhampton Wanderers for £45m, with the club expected to confirm the deal on Thursday.

Aston Villa have been sold to a Chinese group owned by Dr Tony Jiantong Xia, the Championship club announced on Wednesday, in a deal worth a reported $86 million.

A walk around the historical block of Nantang, in Ningbo of China to get a glimpse of the weekend activities of the local people, and to try out some of their traditional delicacies.

An Italian-Chinese medical team plans to perform the world's first head transplant in China, amid concerns over medical ethics in the country.

Chinese stocks continue to tumble, a day after "Black Monday" sent markets crashing across the globe.

Mainland Chinese shares continue to slide on Wednesday, falling more than 8% on opening.

Cops find 50 people crammed into a 6-seat van in China. Watch the impossible scene captured on video.

China has rejected calls from several foreign governments to free five women's rights activists who have spent nearly three weeks in detention.