China's slowdown worsened in May as its factories saw a further deterioration in demand at home and abroad, dealing a new blow to a global economy struggling with a sharp downturn in Europe and a falt

A spy scandal involving a Chinese diplomat working at the embassy in Tokyo looks set to cost a Japanese cabinet minister his job, a report said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will sack hi

Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital, a US-based broadcaster said, as a young mother became the latest Tibetan to self-im

Two Tibetan monks set themselves on fire outside a temple in Lhasa to protest against Chinese rule, according to a report.

US-based Radio Free Asia said in a statement that the men were taken away b

A 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit northern China on Monday morning, shaking buildings in the capital Beijing, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The earthquake struck at 10:22am (0222 GMT) at a depth

China's new push to open state controlled industries may look bold after a decade of stuttering privatisation progress, but Beijing faces stiff resistance from vested interests in its effort to extend

Chinese manufacturing contracted in May for the seventh consecutive month as exports deteriorated, British banking giant HSBC said Thursday, arguing the data showed the need for more policy easing.

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A three-year-old toddler drove through a busy intersection in China on his toy scooter. He was captured by a traffic video camera crossing the intersection.

The traffic police immediately spotted th

The World Bank cut its economic growth forecast for China in 2012 to 8.2 per cent on Wednesday and urged the country to rely on easier fiscal policy that boosts consumption rather than state investmen

The Chinese city of Beijing has now set in place a 'two fly' rule as part of guidelines for public toilets, the BBC quoted Beijing Times in a report.

The rule means no more than two flies should be f