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Natural disasters kill 1,074 in China

Natural disasters across China have left at least 1,074 people dead and 270 unaccounted for since the beginning of this year, an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday.

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Top Chinese economic fugitive to return after 13 years for medical treatment

China's most wanted economic fugitive, Yang Xiuzhu, has been reported to have given up her application for political asylum in the United States, and wishes to return to China as soon as possible.

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WOW| A Brave Dancer

“It’s been trendy for a while to support HIV, but it never really became ‘brave’ in the same way as cancer, or breast cancer, or things like that,” says Yang Yang.

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China, U.S. ready to further cooperate under G20 framework: official

China and the United States agreed to closely cooperate under the G20 framework to boost the world economy, a senior Chinese official said Tuesday.

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Exquisite work inspired by Buddha draws many to HK mall

A crystal sculpture of the Guanyin bodhisattva, or Goddess of Mercy, has become an instant draw at a Hong Kong mall, where shoppers are stopping in their tracks to stare at its intricacy.

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China rejects U.S. aircraft surveillance over South China Sea

​China's military rejected U.S. claims on China's "unsafe" intercept of an American Navy reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, and demanded the U.S. ends such action.

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Renowned Chinese writer Yang Jiang dies at 105

​Renowned Chinese writer Yang Jiang, known for her prolific output and marriage to an equally famous author, died Wednesday at age 105, state media said.

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China voices strong dissatisfaction over US report

Defense Ministry Spokesman Yang Yujun on Saturday expressed "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to a Pentagon report that he said has misrepresented China's military development.

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China voices strong dissatisfaction over U.S. report on Chinese military

Defense Ministry Spokesman Yang Yujun on Saturday expressed "strong dissatisfaction" and "firm opposition" to a Pentagon report that he said has misrepresented China's military development.

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WOW| A Chinese documentary director: who tries to find another himself in this world

Tracing back the history, what did the most famous and influential people do at their age of 21?

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No country for art-house films

It is a problem Chinese art-house filmmakers have faced for a long time.

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HK$8.2b smart production hub for Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O to capitalise on ‘new economic order’

A HK$8.2 billion smart production hub is being planned in Tseung Kwan O under a package of initiatives aimed at allowing Hong Kong to capitalise on the “new economic order”, according to the IT minister.

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Tibetans launch life-saving social media campaign

​Dekyitso, a Tibetan Buddhist musician, suspended her Tibetan New Year trip with her parents after she heard that one of her former schoolmates was seriously injured in a traffic accident.

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DPRK senior party official Kim Yang Gon killed in car accident

Kim Yang Gon, a senior party official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was killed in a car crash Tuesday, the official news agency KCNA reported Wednesday morning.

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Knowledge lends wings to bedbound Chinese man

​Yang Ming dropped out of school at age 14. Bedridden and almost blind, he felt his life was wasting away until the advent of MOOC.

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China take last two diving golds to top medal standings at Kazan worlds

Chinese divers swept the last two events as Qiu Bo made a golden treble on the men's 10m platform while Wang Han/Yang Hao snatched the gold in the mixed 3m synchro springboard at the FINA Swimming World Championships here on Sunday.

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China take last two diving golds to top medal standings at Kazan worlds

Chinese divers swept the last two events as Qiu Bo made a golden treble on the men's 10m platform while Wang Han/Yang Hao snatched the gold in the mixed 3m synchro springboard at the FINA Swimming World Championships here on Sunday.