A security ministry official in China has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the US and passing on state secrets, Hong Kong media reports said.

The official, who was working as the private secr

China's slowdown worsened in May as its factories saw a further deterioration in demand at home and abroad, dealing a new blow to a global economy struggling with a sharp downturn in Europe and a falt

Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital, a US-based broadcaster said, as a young mother became the latest Tibetan to self-im

Chinese scientists will attempt the world’s deepest manned submersible dive by going 7,000 metres in the Pacific Ocean between mid-June and early July.

A 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit northern China on Monday morning, shaking buildings in the capital Beijing, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The earthquake struck at 10:22am (0222 GMT) at a depth

China's new push to open state controlled industries may look bold after a decade of stuttering privatisation progress, but Beijing faces stiff resistance from vested interests in its effort to extend

Chinese police have arrested a man believed to be a serial killer targeting mostly young males in southwest China's Yunnan province and charged him with 11 murders.

A large amount of physical eviden

Chinese manufacturing contracted in May for the seventh consecutive month as exports deteriorated, British banking giant HSBC said Thursday, arguing the data showed the need for more policy easing.

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A three-year-old toddler drove through a busy intersection in China on his toy scooter. He was captured by a traffic video camera crossing the intersection.

The traffic police immediately spotted th

The World Bank cut its economic growth forecast for China in 2012 to 8.2 per cent on Wednesday and urged the country to rely on easier fiscal policy that boosts consumption rather than state investmen