Sustained oil prices above $100 could further heighten tensions over control of the South China Sea, as Vietnam, China and other Asian nations look to stake their claim on potential untapped energy resources and reduce…
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Four people, including a police officer, and an unconfirmed number of rioters were killed on Monday after a police station was attacked and set on fire in Hotan, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local police…
A Beijing Capital International Airport employee checks a passenger’s belongings Monday. Passengers can send items banned from flights via express delivery. Photo: Wang Zi/GT A new airport delivery service aimed at passengers who do not…
China’s Wang Hao (front) and Chen Ruolin dive during the 10m platform synchro final Monday. Photo: Lu Yun/GT China doubled their gold medal haul at the world championships’ diving events Monday as their bid for…
Coins and bills from a Red Cross Society of China collection box are counted as donors hope the money is going to disaster relief. Photo: CFP Surely some people must feel sorry for Guo Meimei,…
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently released the “2011 Blue Book on Public Services.” It shows that culture and sports have the highest public satisfaction while social security and employment have the lowest. According…
BEIJING – China’s think tanks called on Monday for stricter steps to be taken to control the capital’s fast-increasing population and said population pressures are likely to become stronger in the next 20 years. Visitors…
China’s inflation escalated to the highest level in three years, with the consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, jumping 6.4 percent year-on-year in June. Chinese leaders have vowed to give priority to…
Yu Jianrong at his house on the outskirts of Beijing. Behind him is a picture he painted of a petitioner. Hou Zhihui / for China Daily Related reading: An outsider with inside information Yu Jianrong has…
A champion gymnast forced to turn to begging after injury ended his career prematurely has become a media sensation in China after a fan recognised him eking out a living on the streets of Beijing….