Wall Street Journal says also hit by Chinese hackers
The Wall Street Journal said Thursday its computers had been hit by Chinese hackers, becoming the latest US media organization to report an effort to spy on its journalists covering China.
Smoke but no fire in smoggy Shanghai
Shanghai was forced to deny that China's future tallest building, now under construction, was on fire Thursday after what looked like smog surrounded the towering structure.
Recent quake in Almaty oblast damaged over 200 buildings in China
The 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Kazakhstan on January 28 caused damage to over 200 buildings in the near-border region of China.
Daimler seeks stake in China car maker: report
German auto maker Daimler is planning to buy a 10 to 20 percent stake in the passenger car unit of its Chinese partner BAIC Group and could sign the deal Friday.
China's military at 'high risk' on corruption: watchdog
China's armed forces are battling a major corruption problem, with little political oversight and no whistleblower mechanism to counter graft.
'Finnegans Wake' is new Chinese publishing hit
A new Chinese translation of "Finnegans Wake", renowned for its linguistic difficulty in the original, is proving a hit in China -- although one academic called the author James Joyce "mentally ill".
'Off the scale' smog envelops Beijing again
Pollution levels in Beijing rose above index limits on Tuesday, the US embassy said, as a dense cloud of haze shrouded large swathes of northern China.
Chinese military plane boosts global reach
China's new heavy-lift transport aircraft and a successful missile interception test are key steps in expanding the strength and reach of its armed forces.
Over 50 million tons of crude pumped via Atasu-Alashankow oil pipeline
Since the pipeline was launched in 2006 the volume of crude has been growing by 20% a year on average.
China media threatens N. Korea aid cut over atomic test
North Korea's sole major ally China will decrease aid to Pyongyang if it goes ahead with a planned nuclear test, state-run media said in an unusually frank warning on Friday.
Taiwan boat leaves islands after Japan water cannon duel
A boat carrying Taiwanese activists headed for disputed Japanese-controlled islands turned back Thursday after coastguard vessels from the two sides converged and duelled with water cannon.
South Korean rocket launch set for Jan 30
South Korea confirmed Thursday that it will make another bid on January 30 to put a satellite in orbit and join an elite club of global space powers that includes China, Japan and India.
China may turn Kazakhstan into desert
Kazakhstan ecologist spoke about the consequences of China's diverting of transborder rivers to its semi-desert lands.
Taiwan activists head for Japan-controlled isles
A boatload of Taiwanese activists protected by the island's coastguard was Thursday heading for Japanese-held islands at the centre of a bitter international wrangle involving Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei.
DNA shows ancestry of present-day Asians, Native Americans
Present-day Asians and Native Americans are descended from a group of people who were already in China 40,000 years ago, according to an analysis of fossil DNA published this week.
Cathay asks crew to volunteer for early retirement
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific on Tuesday asked its cabin crew to volunteer for early retirement as part of its cost-cutting measures to boost profitability amid a global slowdown.
Kazakhstan and China to jointly construct anti-avalanches facility at Khorgos River
The agreement was reached during the 10th sitting of the Kazakh-Chinese Committee for Transborder Rivers.
Clinton stands by Japan on China island row
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a veiled warning Friday to China not to challenge Japan's control of disputed islands as Tokyo's new government vowed not to aggravate tensions.
China ships in waters around disputed islands: Japan
Three Chinese government ships Saturday entered Japanese territorial waters around disputed islands, Japan's coastguard said, hours after a veiled US warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo's control.
Kazakhstan and China discuss construction of waterworks facilities at transborder rivers
Mid-December 2012 Tengrinews.kz reported that Kazakhstan plans to settle the issue of transborder rivers with China by 2015.