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China says US economy remains 'resilient'

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China's leader-in-waiting on Friday expressed confidence in the battered US economy and warned against politicising trade issues, on the third day of an official visit by America's vice-president.

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US-China basketball friendly ends in brawl

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A basketball friendly between China's military and a visiting US team descended into a mass brawl in Beijing this week, just as US Vice President Joe Biden was in town to try to improve US-China relat

UFO seen at China airport

Air traffic at an airport in China was restricted for about an hour after a UFO was spotted over it, media reports said on Thursday.

The UFO was seen over the runway at Chongqing Municipality's Jiang

Woman castrates husband on suspicion of infidelity in China

A Chinese woman was sentenced for eleven years in jail for castrating her husband following suspicion that he was having an extra-marital affair.

The woman pleaded guilty to intentional injury at a c

China sends anti-terrorism unit to restive west

China has sent an elite anti-terrorism unit to the restive far western region of Xinjiang in the wake of recent violence there and ahead of an international trade convention, a state newspaper reporte

Thousands riot in southwest China town

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Thousands of residents of a town in southwest China took to the streets on Thursday, smashing police vehicles in the latest protest by citizens angered by the rough handling of local officials, accord

China launches first aircraft carrier on maiden sea trial

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China launched its first aircraft carrier for a maiden run on Wednesday, a step likely to boost patriotic pride at home and jitters abroad about Beijing's naval ambitions.

The long-awaited debut of t

China says it suffered hacker attacks from US, India

Days after it was accused of hacking networks of 72 major global entities, including the Indian government, China on Tuesday said it was also a victim of nearly five lakh cases of cyber snooping, ha

Patient's stitches removed as he couldn't afford surgery

A doctor in China's Hubei province removed the stitches he had just sewn on the hand of a man as the patient could not afford the surgery.

Twenty-year-old Zeng said he injured his two fingers when he

200,000 evacuated in China in fear of typhoon

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Over 206,000 people in the coastal areas of east China have been evacuated as the region braces for one of the strongest typhoons in years - Typhoon Muifa - that is expected to hit during the weekend.

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