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The battle started when a government-hired crew tore down the metal cross atop the one-room church in this village surrounded by rice paddies last month.

A Christian evangelist in eastern China says hundreds of police have taken down a local church's cross amid a crackdown on church buildings around Zhejiang province.

A Palestinian girl holds a placard showing a picture of a child crying during a demonstration in support of the children of the Gaza Strip on July 27, 2014 in the West Bank northern city of Nablus.AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH RAMALLAH: While the Gaza Strip burns, the occupied West Bank is smoldering, with violent clashes between Palestinians and ... (more)

The food processing company accused of mishandling meat at its Shanghai, China plant says it will suspend sales and recall all food processed there.

Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 on the Taiwanese island of Penghu Thursday, July 24, 2014.

River turns blood red in China. It went from pristine clear water to deep red in a matter of minutes say locals.

Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean will make an official visit to the People's Republic of China from Sunday to July 31, 2014 at the invitation of Member of CPC Central Committee Political Bureau Meng Jianzhu.

Show of strength: A Chinese People's Liberation Army cadet sits in a Main Battle Tank during a demonstration of military hardware on the outskirts of Beijing.

China has investigated over 25,000 people for corruption in the first six months of 2014.

A piece of clear packing tape secures a blue card to the back of a chair in the Bartlinski family dining room.

Israeli media say the country's Security Cabinet has unanimously rejected a U.S. proposal for a temporary pause in Israel-Hamas fighting.

Regulators in Shanghai have found that scandal-hit China-based food supplier forged production dates on some of its products and sold them after their expiry, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.

China denounced the launch of a British parliamentary inquiry into the affairs of Hong Kong that has begun 30 years after the two countries agreed on the return of the financial hub to Beijing [SHANGHAI] China denounced the launch of a British parliamentary inquiry into the affairs of Hong Kong that has begun 30 years after the two countries agreed ... (more)

A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday.

The U.S. says China has tested a missile designed to destroy satellites and is urging Beijing to refrain from destabilizing actions.

A waterway in eastern China has mysteriously turned a blood red color. Residents in Zhejiang province said the river looked normal at 5 a.m. Beijing time on Thursday morning.

China has banned bus passengers in the capital of western Xinjiang region from carrying items ranging from cigarette lighters to yogurt, state media said on Friday, in the latest effort by authorities to prevent violent attacks.

Matmo made landfall along the east coast of Taiwan Tuesday night, local time, with winds over 160 kph .

The battle started when a government-hired crew tore down the metal cross atop the one-room church in this village surrounded by rice paddies last month.

The skyscraper build-out comes as China's leaders grapple with the best way to build cities and accommodate a swelling urban population.