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Cracked earth marks a dried-up area near a wind turbine used to generate electricity at a wind farm in Guazhou, 950km north-west of Lanzhou, Gansu Province on Sept 15, 2013.

The 120-strong business delegation read like a Who's Who of British business Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, BP, Barclays, GlaxoSmithKline and Virgin.

China's most developed regions were attacked by smog over the weekend. A total of 104 cities in 20 provinces in and near China's two largest industrial clusters - the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Yangtze River Delta region - fell victim to heavy smog that reduced visibility to less than 10 meters in some places, according to the ... (more)

China on Sunday announced a ban on the serving of shark fin and bird's nest soup at official banquets, as part of a sweeping government crackdown on corruption and excessive spending.

A Palestinian child holds a lit candle as he prays in front of a poster of late South African leader Nelson Mandela, during a special service in his honor at the Holy Family Church, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013.

China's Chang'e 3 moon mission, the country's first flight to land a rover on the moon, is depicted in this graphic released by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

China's exports outperformed market expectations in November due to improved data in the United States and the European Union.

McLaren Automotive Ltd., maker of the million-dollar P1 supercar, said it has yet to see signs of a recovery in demand in China since the ruling Communist Party began cracking down on conspicuous extravagance late last year.

Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance and Zhang Limin, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Guyana signed an Agreement on Economic and Technical Co-operation yesterday whereby, the Government of the People's Republic of China will provide RMBA 30,000,000 to finance projects to be agreed upon by both Governments, a release from the ... (more)

Chinese authorities have issued an orange alert as smog choked central and eastern China causing an increase in the number of people seeking treatment in hospitals for respiratory problems.

Archaeologists have uncovered more than 80 skulls of young women who may have been sacrificed 4,000 years ago in China.

Accompanied by a pair of violinists and the two "Roca Angels," Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recently led those appearing at the Sogo Department Store on Nanjing Road in Shanghai, China, to promote Tacoma's hometown confection.

Merrill Newman -- the 85-year-old American detained by North Korean authorities earlier this fall -- is on a flight back to freedom after being locked up in North Korea.

When an international report shows New Zealand's maths, science and reading scores for 15-year-olds are in "absolute freefall" - to quote Labour's education spokesman, Chris Hipkins - two questions emerge.

President Xi Jinping has said to PM John Key that mutual trust and trade co-operation are the twin engines of partnership.

China's first lunar rover entered the moon's orbit on Friday, state media reported, a key step towards the vessel's planned landing later this month.

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A Chinese girl was caught on camera brutally beating a toddler before apparently throwing him off the 25th floor of a building to his death.

Famed Chinese film director Zhang Yimou is being sued by two lawyers for breaking China's one-child policy, in what they say is a protest against rich people flouting the rules.

A factory in China that builds phone casings for Samsung is facing accusations that it treats its workers poorly, prompting the electronics giant to investigate.