China, Japan citizens back Obama for second term: poll
Citizens of China and Japan overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama to win a second term, according to an AFP-Ipsos poll which suggests Mitt Romney's tough talk on the Asian powers could have dented his image.
Top headache for China's new leaders: job creation
The factories that have powered China's economic miracle are reeling from the global slowdown, presenting the incoming leadership in Beijing with a restless workforce at a defining moment in the country's growth story.
Asia drug boom fuels surge in opium cultivation: UN
Opium cultivation in Southeast Asia has doubled over the last six years as growing demand for heroin in China and the rest of Asia lures more farmers to grow poppies.
Envoy urges China to play 'active role' in Syria crisis
UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday he hoped China would play an active role in helping end the violence in Syria as he met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi for talks in Beijing.
Dollar, euro gain in Asian trade after China data
The dollar and euro climbed against the yen in Asia on Thursday as positive Chinese manufacturing data boosted risk sentiment, while traders were also looking ahead to a crucial US jobs report.
Father of flying fish found in China: palaeontologists
Palaeontologists in China said Wednesday they had found the world's oldest flying fish, a strange, snub-nosed creature that glided over water in a bid to evade predators some 240 million years ago.
Chinshanlo is a citizen of Kazakhstan: Talgat Yermegiyayev
She had been living and training in Kazakhstan since she was 14. There has been no official claims submitted to the Agency or the Weightlifting Federation: head of Kazakhstan Sports Agency.
Nissan chief wary of China amid island row: report
Nissan would think twice before making new investments in China, the firm's chief told the Financial Times, as Japan-brand auto sales dive amid a territorial row between Tokyo and Beijing.
China has not officialy requested Kazakhstan to return Chinshanlo
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry and Weightlifting Federation refuted information that Chinese weightlifting center sent official requests to return Chinshanlo.
Nothing China writes about me is true: Zulfiya Chinshanlo
Kazakhstan Olympic weightlifting champion Zulfiya Chinshanlo officially refuted the rumors of her plans to leave for Chinese national team.
Zulfiya Chinshanlo shows her Kazakhstan passport
Zulfiya Chinshanlo showed her Kazakhstan passport to refute rumors of her return to China and abandonment of Kazakhstan weightlifting team.
China protesters wary after chemical plant victory
Protesters who forced a Chinese city to halt a new chemical plant massed outside government offices Monday in a wary response to their victory, which highlighted the country's growing environmental activism.
China watches US democracy avidly, but without envy
The world's two biggest economies choose their next leaders in early November, an accident of timing that lays bare the vivid contrast between China's opaque communist state and America's riotous democracy.
Family of Chinese PM has hidden fortune: NYT
Relatives of China's reformist premier have amassed huge riches during his tenure, according to a report Friday that came as the Communist Party prepares for a pivotal handover of power.
Chinese ships enter waters disputed with Japan
Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands early Thursday, the Japanese coastguard said, sparking a strong protest from Japan.
S. Korea readies third bid to join global space club
South Korea hopes to launch a satellite into space on Friday in its third attempt to join an elite club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India.
Zulfiya Chinshanlo regained Chinese citizenship or not?
Gold-winner of the 2012 London Olympics, member of Kazakhstan national weightlifting team Zulfiya Chinshanlo is returning to China, some say.
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry commented row over Chinese article insulting Kazakh women
This is merely an opinion of one person: Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry's press-service.
Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation refutes rumors on Chinshanlo and Maneza moving to China
Secretary General of Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation denies that Kazakhstan Olympic champions Zulfiya Chinshanlo and Maya Maneza are leaving Kazakhstan's national team.
Chinese writer insulted Kazakh women
His article speaks of “unbelievable hospitality of Kazakhs who are ready to offer their daughter to a guest spending a night in their house”.