China youth suicides blamed on education system: studyChina's high-pressure, exam-driven education system is responsible for the vast majority of suicides by schoolchildren in the country, state media said Wednesday, citing a study.
More than 200 held in China terror video crackdownPolice in China's Xinjiang region, home to mainly Muslim Uighurs, have arrested more than 200 people over six weeks for "dissemination of violent or terrorist videos", state media said Monday, amid a wave of train station attacks.
12 May 2014
ASEAN alarm over China sea spatSoutheast Asian leaders have expressed "serious concern" over territorial disputes in the South China Sea, according to a statement released Monday, amid a growing row between Vietnam and Beijing over contested waters.
12 May 2014
Questions remain as China remembers 6 years since quakeSix years after a huge earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in China, questions over poor building work and corruption were still being asked on Monday's anniversary, as online posters remembered the dead.
12 May 2014
Woman fights python to save pet dog in Hong KongA woman used a pocket knife to fight off a huge Burmese python which attacked her dog while out walking in a Hong Kong country park, a report said.
11 May 2014
China's Xiaomi leads Asia's low-cost smartphone driveXiaomi may be little known outside China, but the fast-growing smartphone maker is at the forefront of a new wave of Asian brands challenging the dominance of Apple and Samsung with high-spec, low-price phones.
Three-year old boy conquers InternetThree-year old Zhang Junhao of Shandong province in China has won the sympathy of the jury and the audience with his dance on the Amazing Chinese TV show.
Six wounded in knife attack at Chinese train station: policeSix people were wounded in a knife attack at a Chinese train station Tuesday, police said, after a string of violent episodes at transport hubs authorities blame on "terrorists" from the restive region of Xinjiang.
06 May 2014
Cargo ship sinks, 11 missing near Hong Kong: officialsEleven crew members from a Chinese cargo ship are missing after it collided with a container vessel and sank just outside Hong Kong waters on Monday, authorities said.
05 May 2014
Chinese mourn young firemen who fell from highriseTwo young Chinese firefighters who fell to their deaths during a blaze in a highrise building are being hailed as heroes of their generation on social media.
03 May 2014
Microsoft to sell Xbox One in China in SeptemberMicrosoft will later this year start offering its Xbox One game console with a local partner in China, where such devices were banned for more than a decade.
01 May 2014
Disney eyes bigger plans with ShanghaiAmerican entertainment giant Disney is set to pour an additional $800 million into its Disney Shanghai, its first theme park on the Chinese mainland, officials said.
29 April 2014
Most back to work after China shoe factory strikeA nearly two-week strike at a huge shoe factory in southern China appears to have ended after the Taiwan-backed company agreed to meet some of the workers' demands, including raising their living allowance and benefit payments.
27 April 2014
China offers cash in Xinjiang for tips on beardsAuthorities in China's restive Xinjiang region are offering cash to informants who report on neighbours with excessive facial hair, state media has reported.
26 April 2014
China to punish top web portal Sina over pornChina plans to restrict Internet giant Sina's right to publish after finding pornographic content on the portal, a report said Friday, in Beijing's latest move to tighten control of the web.