An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit near the east coast of Japan's Honshu island Wednesday, the Hong Kong Observatory said.

The epicentre of the temblor that struck at 2.33 GMT was i

In a shocking incident, a Chinese hospital dumped 16 dead foetuses near a river bank, the latest such case to expose chronic loopholes in the country's hospital management system.

The dead bodies, w

Small aircraft will be banned from flying over the Chinese capital for the next two weeks when parliament and the country's top political advisory body meet.

Planes, helicopters, gliders and manned b

A violent mob on Tuesday chopped to death at least 10 people in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang Uygur region, following which police chased the mob and shot dead at least two rioters.

The clash took

Twenty people died when a group of armed men attacked a market in Xinjiang, the latest outbreak of violence in the ethnically divided Chinese region, authorities said on Wednesday.

The motive behind

Bangladesh will launch 20,000 websites by 2015 to take e-service to the masses, a media report said on Monday.

The websites will have information on the country, social safety nets, disaster warning,

A bronze chime and several other artifacts dating back to 475-221 BC have been unearthed in east China.
The chime was discovered in a tomb located under a construction site in the city of Suqian in Jiangsu province.

Reacting sharply to defence minister A.K. Antony’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh for its statehood celebrations, China on Saturday said India should refrain from taking any action that could “complicate” the border issue.

China is planning to build the world's largest airport at the cost of around USD 15 billion, which will replace America's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the busiest airport in the

China's economy will grow by 8.5 percent in 2012, a think-tank has said.

It faces a significant downward pressure this year due to complicated situations, said Li Wei, director of the State Council's