China trade surplus widens in April
China's trade surplus widened in April, the customs agency said, as weak imports growth dulled the negative impact of poor exports caused by stagnation in Europe.
The country recorded a surplus of $1
Chen says China authorities targeting relatives
Blind activist Chen Guangchen on Thursday accused authorities in his home province in eastern China of seeking revenge for his escape by detaining his nephew and threatening other relatives.
Chen, wh
China students sit for exam plugged with IV drips
A series of images of high school students writing an exam, plugged with IV drips has taken the Web by storm.
Story source 'CHImushroom' uploaded the photos that describe in vivid detail the crowded
Expressway accidents in China kill 12, injure 19
Chinese state media say 12 people have been killed and 19 others injured in two back-to-back highway accidents in southwest China.
The official Xinhua News Agency says that a truck hit a car on Satur
China tightens Internet regulations in Tibet
China has tightened Internet regulations in Tibet, arguing that this was required to avert any attempts by supporters of the Dalai Lama to create 'ethnic disharmony' in a region that has been rocked b
Coca Cola apologizes in China
Coca Cola has apologized over how it acted in China after some of its products were alleged to be contaminated with chlorine, China Daily reported on Saturday.
The contamination occurred in February
10 killed in coal mine accident in China
At last 10 people were killed and four others trapped in a coal mine accident in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province.
The mine was flooded resulting in the deaths of the miners.
One body wa
China premier tells Clinton to respect differences
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to respect differences between the two countries, as US officials scrambled to resolve a row over a dissident.
Wen welcom
China police detain, beat Chen Guangcheng supporters
Chinese police have detained supporters of Chen Guangcheng at the hospital where the blind activist is being treated, and have beaten two of them, the backers and their relatives said on Friday.
Crow
Blind Chinese dissident hopes to study abroad
Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, who left the US embassy in Beijing on Thursday, hopes to study abroad, a Chinese official said on Friday.
A spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said on Frid