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Goldman Sachs Group Inc's metals warehousing unit is exploring its first foray into China, and privately held C Steinweg has expanded capacity there, sources said, as a financing scandal in a major Chinese port fuels a scramble for market share.

Severe drought and scorching heat has damaged over a million hectares of farmland in China's Henan and Inner Mongolia provinces, with no immediate relief in sight, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Gay rights activists in China are preparing for what they say could be a legal milestone in their fight to stop homosexuality being treated as an illness.

The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping investigations of certain crystalline silicon PV products imported form the People's Republic of China and Taiwan.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's name has graced the pages of the Communist Party's flagship newspaper more frequently than any other leader since founding father Mao Zedong, according to researchers.

After more than six weeks of sometimes testy talks, House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a compromise plan to fix a veterans health program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records... After more than six weeks of sometimes testy talks, House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a compromise plan to fix a veterans health ... (more)

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.