Rapid wage increases are threatening China's competitiveness, but improved productivity and other advantages mean it will continue to attract investors, analysts say.

Labour costs in China would matc

India has overtaken China in exports growth rate recording an increase of 16.1 per cent in 2011, topping the list of all major trading countries in the world, says a WTO report.

"India had the faste

It's a tale of Olympian proportions: A man, a rickshaw, and a slow journey from a Chinese village to London through 16 countries.

Fifty-three rescuers sent in to recover five trapped coal miners at a colliery in southwest China had to be pulled to safety on Thursday after they too became stuck underground, state media said.

The wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai and a family aide have been charged with the murder of a British businessman, the government said Thursday, pushing ahead a case at the center of a messy

Dominant China put Asia on top of the world at the Beijing Olympics but the pressure is on as they bid to repeat the feat away from home.

When London 2012 gets into full swing on Saturday, China will

A cancer-causing toxin linked to mildewed cattle feed has been found in baby formula in China, an official said on Monday, the latest quality problem to plague the nation's dairy industry since a 2008

The heaviest rain to hit Beijing in six decades killed at least 10 people and left cars and buses submerged, and 10 other storm deaths were reported elsewhere as China braced on Sunday for more downpours.

The death toll from the heaviest rain to hit Beijing in over 60 years has risen to 37, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.

Xinhua news agency said more victims of the downpours which battered muc

Chinese artist and fierce government critic Ai Weiwei said on Friday his challenge against a $2.4 million fine for alleged tax evasion that he says is politically motivated had failed.