#xinhua news agency

China`s official media said Thursday that reports claiming former president Jiang Zemin had died were "pure rumour", ...

China and Vietnam have pledged to resolve a row over competing South China Sea territorial claims "peacefully", ...

Heavy rain drenched a swathe of what had been drought-gripped southern and eastern China, killing 24 people and ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his son and heir apparent celebrated the "successful" outcome of his trip to China ...

Rescue workers have recovered four bodies after a rain-triggered landslide at a quarry in south China but 17 people ...

China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have conducted a joint anti-terror exercise in northwest China, Xinhua reported on ...

China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan conducted a joint anti-terror drill in the restive western region Xinjiang, where ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered all regional heads to join a movement to save fuel and electricity to ...

Chinese authorities have detected extremely low levels of radiation from Japan`s crippled nuclear power plant on ...

China`s celebrated Shaolin Temple is training young kungfu disciples to play football in the far-off hope of reversing ...

At least 14 people were killed and 135 others injured in an earthquake that struck a remote area of southwest China ...

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Organ traffickers in China could face the death penalty under a draft law being reviewed by the country`s top ...

Asian nations on Wednesday prepared "mammoth" evacuation plans for more than 100,000 migrants trapped in Libya, many ...

A Chinese-flagged commercial ship reportedly hijacked by Somali pirates was safe and being escorted by anti-piracy ...