A Chinese man in debt made a hoax bomb call forcing a domestic flight to make an emergency landing for a safety check, as a desperate measure to keep away his creditor from coming to collect his dues.

China's outgoing President Hu Jintao is angling to promote one of his closest allies to the military's decision-making body, sources said, in a move that would allow him to maintain an influence over

Hit hard by global economic downturn, many firms in China's export hub Wenzhou are closing down as they face a 'more serious' situation than the 2008 financial crisis with big companies in the country

At least 36 people were killed when a double-decker sleeper bus collided with a methane-laden tanker and caught fire on Sunday in northern China, the worst traffic accident in more than a year.

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Renowned astronomer and Nobel Prize laureate Brian P. Schmidt predicted a “dark” future for the universe which he says will eventually fade away throwing astronomers out of work.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seeking an ice-breaking trip to key ally Beijing in September to meet China's outgoing and new leaders, a source with ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters on F

China's manufacturing activity fell to a nine-month low in August as firms struggled with global woes, providing further impetus for Beijing to beef up economic stimulus efforts, HSBC said Thursday.

Experts have said that Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, employed a ‘lookalike’ to take her place in court during her trial for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.

Protests against Japan broke out in more than a dozen Chinese cities including Beijing on Sunday, as authorities allowed thousands of people to vent their anger over an escalating territorial row.

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Hundreds of Tibetans demonstrated in northwest China after police beat four people, an exile group and a US broadcaster said, following a recent string of self-immolations in the region.

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