A Chinese man, believed to be suffering from a mental disorder, bit off the penis of six- year-old son in a sudden outburst on a road, leaving the onlookers shocked and the little boy writhing in pain

China has posted a trade deficit of $31.5 billion in February 2012, the biggest in at least a decade as imports increased faster than exports.

Exports expanded by 18.4 per cent year on year to $114.4

A 20-year-old Chinese woman who spent over 4 million yuan ($633,858) on more than 200 plastic surgeries received a rude shock when told that she could not undergo any more procedures.

The woman, iden

Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted children and women in 2011, some of whom had been sold for adoption or forced into prostitution as far away as Angola, officials said on Sunday.

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China's trade balance plunged $31.5 billion into the red in February as imports swamped exports to leave the largest deficit in at least a decade and fuel doubts about the extent to which frail foreig

China's annual rate of consumer inflation slowed sharply to a 20-month low of 3.2 per cent in February, comfortably within Beijing's 2012 target of 4 per cent, giving policymakers room to further loos

A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region on Friday, according to the China Earthquake Network Centre.

The temblor, which jolted the Lop coun

China's first aircraft carrier is likely to be commissioned on August 1 and deployed in the disputed South China Sea, boosting its blue water aspirations.

"The military authority plans to let the ai

The Chinese yuan weakened 22 basis points to 6.3235 against the US dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System.

This marks the fourth straight day of decline against th

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's attempts to 'split' China are 'doomed to fail', said an official following a string of self-immolations in recent months.

The Dalai Lama clique's separatist acti