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China says it plans to get serious about polition, but will it really?
People in China who want to take industries to task for fouling their surroundings have been rushing to file complaints and lawsuits this year in a test...
Revamped environmental law raises hope for cleanup in China
People in China who want to take industries to task for fouling their surroundings have been rushing to file complaints and lawsuits this year in a test...
China summons Myanmar ambassador after bomb kills four Chinese
China has summoned the Myanmar ambassador for a meeting in Beijing after a bomb from a Myanmar aircraft fell in Chinese territory and killed four Chinese...
Who doesn’t want China’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ being told?
A documentary about China’s catastrophic air pollution — earning hundreds of millions of views with days of its release last week — has been suddenly...
Image of Asia: Outside the Great Hall of the People
Thousands of delegates are in the Chinese capital this week to attend the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the National People’s...
'Under the dome': Documentary on China's pollution goes viral
A slick new documentary on China’s environmental woes has racked up more than 175 million online views in two days, underscoring growing concern...
Pollution documentary attracts huge interest in China
A slick new documentary on China’s environmental woes has racked up more than 175 million online views in two days, underscoring growing concern...
Healthy increase in wild panda numbers in China
Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. According to a census by China’s State Forestry Administration, the panda population has grown by 268...
China bans all ivory imports for one year to protect elephants
China has imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports that took immediate effect Thursday amid criticism that its citizens’ huge appetite for ivory has...
China bans all ivory imports for 1 year to protect elephants
China has imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports that took immediate effect Thursday amid criticism that its citizens’ huge appetite for ivory has...
Harrowing scenes as Argentinan president mocks Chinese accent in a Tweet
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is in hot water after making fun of Chinese accents on Twitter while on official business in the country.
Argentina’s president mimicks Chinese accent in tweet
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is in hot water after making fun of Chinese accents on Twitter while on official business in the country.
Every breath you take: Nine out of 10 Chinese cities fail to meet air quality standards
Nearly 90 per cent of China’s big cities failed to meet air quality standards in 2014, but that was still an improvement on 2013 as the country’s...
Mass log on as China’s growing online population nears 650 million
China hit a new milestone over the weekend as the world’s largest online population continues to rise, with the number of Internet users now nearly...
China bans U.S. poultry, eggs imports amid avian flu fears
China has banned all imports of U.S. poultry, poultry products and eggs amid recent reports of highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza found in the...
Busted: Sexy China TV drama returns to air with tighter frames
A Chinese television drama that was pulled off the air after the female characters appeared on screen showing cleavage has returned to the screen, though...
Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking
Internet giant Google’s unwillingness to obey Chinese law is to blame for the shutdown of its hugely popular email service, state-run media said...
China to list legal places of worship in effort to ‘root out’ illegal
In an effort to identify unsanctioned groups and “root out illegal religious activities”, China will publish online details of legal religious...
Christmas in China, with saxophones, Smurfs and steam trains
Christmas - once banned in China - has exploded in the atheist nation in recent years, with marketeers using everything from saxophones and Smurfs to steam...
Grandfather defends petition to expel HIV-positive boy from Chinese village
The grandfather of a Chinese HIV-positive boy has defended his support for a petition to banish him from their village, media reported Saturday, in a case...
China sentences state-owned firm chief to death for graft
In a rare instance of an official being condemned to die, China has sentenced the head of a state-owned company to death for corruption involving nearly...
China again says it will stop using executed prisoner organs
China will stop its controversial practice of using executed prisoners as a source of transplant organs from next month, a Chinese newspaper reported Thursday,...
China takes over Japan to become world’s second-largest stock market
China has taken over Japan to become home to the world’s second-largest stock market for the first time in three years.
China in talks with Russia over joint military drills in 2015
China’s defence ministry said on Thursday that it was in talks with Russian counterparts about joint military exercises next year, after Moscow announced...
China’s shock interest rates cut boosts world markets
China announced new measures to stimulate economic growth on Friday, sending world stock markets higher.
Australia and China ink multi-billion dollar free trade deal
Australia and China sealed a multi-billion dollar Free Trade Agreement (FTA) later Monday during a visit by President Xi Jinping, officials said.
Fire in China food plant kills at least 18
Chinese state media report that at least 18 people have died after a fire broke out in a carrot-packaging plant in eastern China.
China, US agree limits on emissions, but experts see little new
The world’s outlook for reaching a global climate deal next year brightened Wednesday as China and the US — the top two polluters — presented...
China and U.S. agree to ambitious greenhouse gas emissions targets
China and the U.S. agreed to ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement, with Beijing setting a goal for...
In Beijing, Obama cautiously confronts a rising China and its leader
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday a successful China was in the interests of the United States and the world but Beijing had to be a partner in...
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