China has clamped down further on issuing business visas, government officials said Thursday, in the latest expansion of already-tight entry restrictions for next...

According to the China Aid Association, Pastor Zhang Zhongxin has been sentenced to two years in a Chinese labor camp by Shandong Province authorities for participation...

China will allow a modicum of dissent at the Olympics, setting up special protest zones far from the main sports venues, in a shift that supporters and detractors said...

Residents in the last township to be moved to make way for the rising waters of the Three Gorges Dam reservoir have been relocated, a state news agency reported...

Hundreds of people were evacuated Wednesday from the massive building that will house broadcasters from around the world when the Beijing Olympics open, fearing there...

Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month’s Olympics, a security official said Wednesday, in a sign China’s...

Broadcast officials say the massive building housing television facilities for next month’s Beijing Olympics has been evacuated due to an apparent gas leak.

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group has dropped its bid to buy a stake in a Chinese construction equipment maker, the two companies said Wednesday, after multiyear...

President Bush is committed to an $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz said Wednesday, amid reports that the U.S. is...

Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month’s Olympics, a security official said Wednesday, in a sign China’s...

Questions about salaries are out. Ditto queries about the age of a foreigner visiting Beijing for the Olympics. And an inquiry about someone’s love life? Forget...

Dr Ram Baran Yadav has made history by becoming the first president of republic Nepal through a closely contested presidential run-off held Monday, thus fulfilling the...

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group’s bid to invest in a Chinese construction equipment maker has ended without a purchase, the Chinese company said Wednesday,...

Hold up, the alternates for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team might be going to China, after all.

Overwhelming numbers of Chinese say next month’s Olympics will help their country’s tattered image abroad, and they predict the Beijing Games will be...

Strikingly large numbers of Chinese are happy with their nation’s direction and booming economy yet are deeply worried about rising prices, pollution and the gap...

Chinese police investigating two deadly bus explosions in a southwestern city have not found any links between the blasts and next month’s Olympic Games,...

Only seven pandas remain at China’s most famous breeding center, after a final group of 13 animals were transferred from the earthquake-damaged facility, an...

Before starting off with a bang, Olympics is already in news for reason both good and bad. Just yesterday Olympics was here for green fire crackers and today its back...

Twenty miners have escaped or been rescued from a flooded coal mine in southern China but six have died and 30 remain trapped, a state-run news agency said Tuesday.