Rapid wage increases are threatening China's competitiveness, but improved productivity and other advantages mean it will continue to attract investors, analysts say.

Labour costs in China would matc

The wife of Bo Xilai, the former political leader whose downfall sent shockwaves through China, has been charged with murdering a British businessman, state news agency Xinhua said Thursday.

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Fifty-three rescuers sent in to recover five trapped coal miners at a colliery in southwest China had to be pulled to safety on Thursday after they too became stuck underground, state media said.

If climbing trees is a passion, you now have a chance to perfect it, as a university in China is offering classes to train students to "move smoothly among the trees".

The Xiamen University, a unive

Beijing will establish a military garrison on a group of disputed islands in the South China Sea, China's defence ministry said on Monday, a move likely to provoke further tensions with its neighbours.

A cancer-causing toxin linked to mildewed cattle feed has been found in baby formula in China, an official said on Monday, the latest quality problem to plague the nation's dairy industry since a 2008

The heaviest rain to hit Beijing in six decades killed at least 10 people and left cars and buses submerged, and 10 other storm deaths were reported elsewhere as China braced on Sunday for more downpours.

The battle against separatism should be stepped up in Tibet where ''ethnic unity, social harmony and stability is the lifeline," a top Chinese leader has said.

The death toll from the heaviest rain to hit Beijing in over 60 years has risen to 37, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.

Xinhua news agency said more victims of the downpours which battered muc

Chinese artist and fierce government critic Ai Weiwei said on Friday his challenge against a $2.4 million fine for alleged tax evasion that he says is politically motivated had failed.